Users, staff and administration of  Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic Elementary School have the opportunity to access the Internet to facilitate educational and personal growth in technology, information gathering, and communication skills. The following statements apply to all users when they access any  Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic Elementary School network connection.

Responsibilities of User:

Users are responsible for adhering to Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic Elementary School Internet guidelines and policies and to the School Code of Conduct.

The school facilitator has the right to monitor all activities.

Transferring copyrighted materials to or from any Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic Elementary School network without express consent of the owner of the copyright is a violation of Federal Law and is, therefore, forbidden by Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic Elementary School.

Users accept the responsibility of keeping all inappropriate material from entering the school network.

Use of electronic mail and other Internet facilities to harass, offend, or annoy other users is forbidden. Each user has the responsibility to report all violations of privacy.

Accessing personal E-Mail accounts through the school’s computer is forbidden.

Users may not allow any other person to use their password or to share account information.

Attempts to circumvent system security in any way to gain unauthorized access to local, network, or Internet resources are forbidden.

Use of the Internet for commercial gain or profit is not allowed from an educational site.

Users may not move, repair, reconfigure, modify, or attach external devices to the systems. The Network Administrator has the right to monitor all accounts.

For reasons of personal safety, users will NEVER post personal contact information about themselves or other people. This may include address, telephone number, school address, etc.

Users will not access material that is profane or obscene (e.g. pornography) or that advocates illegal acts, violence or discrimination towards other people.

Users will not plagiarize works they find on the Internet. Plagiarism is taking the ideas of writings of others and presenting them as if they were one’s own.

Users will not use obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, rude or threatening language. Nor will they through means of the Internet, harass or annoy any other users.

Users will not knowingly or recklessly post false information about a persons or organizations.

Users will not make deliberate attempts to disrupt computer systems, or destroy data by spreading computer viruses or by any other means. These actions are illegal.

The illegal downloading of copyrighted software for use on home and school computers is prohibited.

The school or the Archdiocese of Philadelphia reserves the right to amend this policy. Additional rules and regulations may be added at any time. Users are responsible for reading and following these rules.