Technology/Help Desk

All personal technology - personal laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc. - must be put away upon arriving to school, and cannot be used until 3:01 p.m. Students may bring/use personal tech if it has been cleared with a teacher and/or administration. Students who need to phone home may use the front office phone. 

Middle School Electronics Policy 2020-21

Computers are provided in the classrooms. Students will benefit greatly from access to a computer and the Internet at home for homework.

We have to approve every game installed in our computer lab through entering an administrator password. We have a list of guidelines we use to make sure a game is school-appropriate.  If any game becomes very popular to the point of making an impact on classes or negative social behavior, we reserve the right to remove that game and discontinue its play in the computer lab.  We are happy to talk to anyone who has further questions.

It is SAAS policy that parents are not given outright access to their students’ grades in Schoology. We believe it is important that student and parent open that dialog and establish a plan for sharing such information.

Midterm and final grades, however, may be viewed through MyBackpack. For assistance with MyBackpack, contact Tech Staff.
 

Technology Department team members are always available to help with software and peripheral-hardware issues for devices purchased outside of SAAS, any physical damage repair will need to be handled by outside help as those devices are not covered by the warranty offered on devices purchased through SAAS.

The Technology Department will do its best to provide students with a loaner device for a short period of time if a student experiences total failure of a device, regardless of where that device was purchased.