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Courtesy Policy for eDevices - High School

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Doing the Right Thing with Technology
"...Our colleagues were frustrated with the amount of time they spent asking students to put cell phones and MP3 players away. The administrators were frustrated at the increased time they had to spend disciplining repeat offenders. And some parents weren’t happy when their children had these expensive devices taken away from them in school. We realized that prohibition alone wasn’t working and that we weren’t teaching students appropriate uses of technology. We also realized that we were missing out on an excellent opportunity to integrate technology into our school curriculum..."
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