Google Apps for Education for NMS Students

Google Apps for Education Letter and Sign-Off Coming Home on Tuesday, Oct. 28

Below is a letter all students will be bringing home with them on Tuesday, October 28.

It is an excellent opportunity for all of Nichols Middle School to start taking advantage of the Google Apps for Education opportunities we have been waiting for since the Middleborough Public Schools decided on using Google for our email, and in turn, became a "Google School."

There are so many opportunities we are going to be able to take advantage of once your child gets the signed permission slip from parents to do so.

Once you receive the letter and have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Student Google Accounts for Nichols Middle School

Middleborough Public Schools has created Google accounts for all K-12 students to allow for collaborative sharing using Google Apps for Education.  These accounts will be used for school-related communication and projects only. 

On October 30^th at 5:30 PM there will be a Google Apps for Education information session held at Nichols Middle School in the auditorium prior to the Parent Teacher Conference.

Accounts for students in grades 6-12 will have access to Google applications including email.  However, email will be restricted to the Middleborough Public Schools domain.  A student will not be able to correspond with aol, yahoo, gmail, etc. accounts, but only with staff and students within Middleborough Schools. Email addresses associated with web 2.0 tools, such as Prezi and Lynda.com, will be allowed through the email filter.

No K-8 student will be assigned an account without parental or guardian approval.  Parents will be asked to provide consent for the use of the student accounts on the attached sign-off form (please sign attached sheet).

The account naming convention will be the last two digits of year of graduation, last name, first name, middle initial@middleboro.k12.ma.us. For example, Jonthan L. Smith is a member of the class of 2015 so his email address would be 15smithjonathanl@middleboro.k12.ma.us

Students will receive their email address and password instructions from their homeroom teacher.

Please read the Middleborough Public Schools Student Google Account Acceptable Use Guideline (see back of this sheet).

Thank you,

 Martin R. Geoghegan

Middleborough Public Schools Student Google Account Responsible Use Guidelines

Middleborough Public Schools has created Google accounts for all K-12 students to allow for collaborative sharing using Google Apps for Education.  These accounts will be used for school-related communication and projects only. Accounts for K-5 students will have access to Google applications only, and will not have access to email.  Accounts for students in grades 6-12 will have access to Google applications including email.  However, email will be restricted to Middleborough Public Schools domain.  A student will not be able to correspond with AOL, Yahoo, Gmail, etc. accounts, but only with staff and students within Middleborough Public Schools.

No student K-8 will be assigned an account without parental or guardian approval.  Families of students in grades 9-12 may choose to opt out of having email functionality. The account naming convention will be last two digits of year of graduation, last name, first name, middle initial@middleboro.k12.ma.us. For example, 15smithjonathanl@middleboro.k12.ma.us. Students will receive their log-in and password instructions from their homeroom teacher.

Middleborough Public Schools supports the use of Google accounts to enhance the teaching and learning process.  All middleboro.k12.ma.us accounts are housed on a Google mail server, thereby giving students’ access to Google Apps for Education.  This also allows teachers and students to share information housed in these file areas with others. The account will be considered the student’s official middleboro.k12.ma.us email address until such time as the student is no longer enrolled in Middleborough Public Schools district.

Students must follow the Middleborough Public Schools Network Acceptable Use Policy.  Access to and use of student accounts is a privilege and Middleborough Public Schools maintains the right to withdraw the access and use of an account when there is reason to believe that violations of the law or district policies have occurred.  In such cases, the alleged violation will be thoroughly investigated.

Middleborough Public Schools does not guarantee the security of electronic files located on the Google system.  Privacy will be maintained to the extent possible; however, system administrators may have to examine activities, files, and electronic mail to gather sufficient information to diagnose and correct problems with system software or hardware, as well as investigate any alleged violations as stated above.

Revised with permission from Norwell Public Schools