Policy on Student Anonymity on the College Website

The college has developed this Website with the implicit intention of providing a educational and social resource to students, parents, teachers and the community. Access to e-mail and the Internet will enable students to explore thousands of libraries, databases, museums, and other repositories of information and to exchange personal communication with other Internet users around the world.

Families should be aware that some material accessible via the Internet might contain items that are illegal, defamatory, inaccurate, or potentially offensive. While the purposes of the college are to use Internet resources for constructive educational goals, students may find ways to access other materials. We believe that the benefits to students from access to the Internet in the form of information resources and opportunities for collaboration exceed the disadvantages. But ultimately, parents and guardians of minors are responsible for setting and conveying the standards that their children should follow when using media and information sources. Therefore, we support and respect each family's right to withhold permission to use the Internet by their children in the college.

Students are responsible for appropriate behaviour on the school's computer network just as they are in a classroom or elsewhere in the college. Communications on the network are often public in nature and general school rules for behaviour and communications apply. It is expected that users will comply with the rules set by the school and class teachers. The use of the network is a privilege, not a right, and may be revoked if abused. The user is personally responsible for his/her actions in accessing and utilizing the school's computer resources. The students are advised never to access, keep, or send anything that they would not want their parents or teachers to see.

• Student's work will only appear in an educational context on the college website.
• The school will remove any students' work or photographs at parents request.
• Personal details such as home address, telephone number, contact details, or personal information will not appear with student photographs.
• The college will not publish identifying information such as a photograph accompanied with the students name without first informing the student.

This policy is intended to protect the identities of college students as much as possible while attempting to make as much positive use of the resource as possible. Parents should note the precautions above and we would be grateful for any enquiries or comments in reply.

Information on Internet Safety