TECHNOLOGY
MOBILE DEVICES
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Mobile devices
- Grades 2 - 8 are issued a Chromebook to use at home and school. School Chromebooks automatically connect to a special network on campus and should not be connected to the FA network. Students in these grades are prohibited from bringing personal laptops to school.
- Upper School students are allowed to bring personal laptops and connect them to the school Wi-Fi.
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Connecting to the school Wi-Fi
- Cell phone use is allowed as indicated by student/parent handbook
- Students in Middle and Upper school can connect mobile phones to the "FA" network using the first part of their email address (before the @fayacademy.org) and their email address password. Upper school students use the same method to connect their laptops to the school Wi-Fi.
- Students and staff are prohibited from "hot spotting" and connecting computing devices to bypass the campus Wi-Fi and in-turn bypassing the school firewall. If there is a legitimate website that students need access to and the firewall is blocking it, please email support@fayacademy.org with the details.
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School issued Chromebooks
- Please notify the technology department (support@fayacademy.org) in the event that a Chromebook is damaged or malfunctioning.
- A replacement Chromebook will be issued to the student if it is damaged.
ACCESS CARDS
AVAILABLE SOFTWARE
Fayetteville Academy has purchased site licenses of software for students and staff to use both on campus and at home on personal devices. Students can log into these services with their FA email address and password.
- Google - Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive, etc.
- Microsoft - Office 365
- Adobe Creative Cloud - Acrobat, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, etc.
- Canva.com - website for the creation of graphics, presentations, etc.
SAFETY
Fayetteville Academy strives to provide a safe online experience for it's students. To that end, Fayetteville Academy is compliant with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) that restricts access to images that are harmful to minors. Fayetteville Academy utilizes the following technology in an effort to keep our students safe.
- Campus computers - Firewall (campus network) and safety software that alerts administration (with a screenshot) if it detects keywords it classifies as self harm, bullying, or inappropriate.
- School Issued Chromebooks - Firewalls (campus network and on the device) and safety software that alerts administration (with a screenshot) if it detects keywords it classifies as self harm, bullying, or inappropriate.
- Networked Computers - Any computer connected to the campus network is monitored by our firewall. This includes laptops owned by upper school students.
- Email - Student's email messages are scanned for "Inappropriate" keywords. Messages with these keywords are quarantined and reviewed by the technology staff before allowing them to be delivered or being blocked.
Information about online activity that is inappropriate is given to the respective division director.
Parents of students assigned a school Chromebook that would like detailed information regarding the online history of their student can contact the helpdest at support@fayacademy.org.
