RVHS 1:1 Chromebooks

As part of 9th grade orientation on August 15th, students will return their current school-issued Chromebooks and receive new ones*. Students should bring their current (old) school Chromebooks to orientation day for device return, but may keep their chargers since these are compatible with the devices they will receive and it’s nice to have a spare.  

All 9th graders receive a new, Lenovo 300e Chromebook to use during their 4 years of high school.  These Chromebooks come with an Accidental Damage Protection Plan and a protective case.  Please remind your child to leave the protective case ON at all times.  Removing the case violates the terms of the Accidental Damage Protection Plan, and the process of removing the case causes screens to crack when done incorrectly. Our Cyber Crew only accepts devices for warranty repair that have protective cases in place,

10th-12th grade students who are new to Jeffco schools will also receive a Chromebook at orientation. 10th-12th grade students new to RVHS, but unable to attend orientation can pick up Chromebooks in the library on the first day of classes. Students transferring to RVHS from another Jeffco high school and those returning to RVHS will continue to use the Chromebook issued to them in 9th grade. 

* Eighth graders attending Jeffco middle schools were directed to take their devices home over the summer and return them in August at their high schools . If unique circumstances resulted in a Chromebook being returned to a middle school already, that information has been shared with us and the student’s account will already show the Chromebook as returned. Students who didn’t attend a Jeffco middle school won’t have a Chromebook to return.

Each year, Jeffco re-negotiates contracts with our vendors to ensure proper use of taxpayer dollars. All incoming students in the same graduating class will receive the same Chromebook model as their class peers; however, there may be different models from one graduating class to another (see below). Chromebooks will come with a district-provided protective case.

1. Classroom Management & Student Safety - School Chromebooks provide home and school web-filtering and offer teachers and parents tools to monitor students activity. Parents can use Securly to receive daily or weekly synopsis of student activity and block specific websites. Teachers can use similar software to monitor student screens, temporarily freeze screens, and quickly distribute resources & links directly to student Chromebooks. 

2. Equity and device speed -Since students will be accessing the internet with a district owned device the speed will vastly improve and all students will have equal access to vital tools for learning. Students keep the Chromebook over school breaks, providing increased access for learning.

3. Streamlined app/software deployment - Educational apps can be pushed to all student devices.

4. Device consistency for teachers & students

5. Device technology support & repair 

6. Compatibility with standardized assessments - State-mandated online tests can be taken on a school-managed Chromebook but not on most personal devices.