Student Email Guidlines

Student Email Guidelines:
The Winthrop Public School District provides electronic resources for students in grades K-12; including Gmail
accounts that are used to access the District’s Google Apps, which is an integral part of the curriculum. The
District expects proper behavior and language in the use of these Gmail accounts which will be consistent with
classroom standards. The guidelines listed below are intended to govern the use of the District provided Gmail
accounts and Google Apps, whether the accounts are accessed inside or outside of the school environment or on
school-owned, public, or personal computers.
Proper Use of District provided Gmail:
Students will use their Gmail accounts to communicate with their classmates, teachers, or other school
community members about school-related topics. While students can e-mail teachers throughout the District,
they should not expect teachers to e-mail assignments to them or to provide private tutoring through e-mail.
Students should not ask for or respond to e-mails requesting personal information that is not related to a school
project. Parents should not use their child’s account(s) as a way of communicating to their child’s classmates,
teachers, or other members of the school community.
Students’ Responsibilities:
Students are fully responsible for the confidentiality of their Gmail accounts, passwords, personal information,
and any activities that occur in the use of their accounts. Students should have no expectation of privacy when
using District provided Gmail accounts. The student agrees to notify his/her teacher or principal immediately if
any unauthorized use is made of his/her District provided Gmail account. The student agrees to report
immediately to his/her teacher or principal the receipt of any unwanted or inappropriate emails from the
Winthrop Public School District employees. Most importantly, the District urges any student who receives any
harassing, threatening, intimidating, or other improper messages through the computer systems to report it
immediately. It is the District's policy that no student should be required to tolerate such treatment, regardless of
the identity of the sender of the message. While e-mailing, students are responsible for following all parts of the
District Acceptable Use Policy

Internet Acceptable Use Policy
The Winthrop Public Schools technology program recognizes the use of the Internet as a valuable
research tool. Before using this tool, students need to understand how to use it in an acceptable manner.
● The primary use of the Internet is for educational purposes.
● Being able to use the Internet is a privilege, and your teachers and principal are the decision
makers when it comes to whether you use it. If your behavior on the Internet is not appropriate,
you may be suspended from its use.
● All Winthrop Public Schools have a filter installed on the server to prevent students from entering
inappropriate sites (obscene, child pornography, harmful to minors) however, this software is not
foolproof. Take responsibility for your own actions. If you find yourself at an inappropriate web
site, you must minimize the browser window and notify the teacher immediately. Do not
download, copy or tell any other students the location of any inappropriate material you may
happen to find.
● You may not copy material and say that you wrote it yourself. Remember if you didn’t write it
you must identify where you found it.
● Any damage to the computers, how they are set up, or files that belong to others, will result in the
loss of your privilege to use the Internet, and perhaps the computers themselves.
● You may not give anyone your password. Don’t let anyone use your computer account for
Internet activity unless you are working with them.
● You may not go to chat rooms or use email.
○ Students at WMS can use school email.

The above are examples of inappropriate use. Since there can never be an all-inclusive list, we fully
expect that students do only those things necessary to complete their assignments. If a student is in
doubt about something they want to do, they must first ask a teacher. Violations of this agreement
also subject the student to additional school discipline as determined by the principal.
The Winthrop Public School System, along with the other organizations sponsoring this Internet link-up,
will not be liable for the actions of anyone connecting to the Internet through this hook-up. In addition,
the Winthrop Public School System takes no responsibility for any information or materials that are
transferred through the Internet. Winthrop Public Schools makes no guarantee of reliability of the
Internet connection, nor is it responsible for any loss or corruption of data while using this Internet
connection. Winthrop Public Schools shall monitor the use of the Internet and data stored in the machines
to be sure that these rules are not being broken. Winthrop Public Schools can change these rules without
immediate notice.