Purpose:

Notre Dame School's web site supports the school’s curriculum goals by providing instruction and resources. This site also supports the curriculum goals by educating, informing, guiding, and entertaining students, teachers, and parents through evaluated web resources and original documents.

Selection Criteria:

1. Web resources and original documents that are connected to this web site have been chosen and written to support the purpose of this site.

2. Only evaluated web sites with emphasis on free access, regular updates, non-biased information, easy navigation, author/producer contact information, and supports copyright laws have been chosen.

Internet Safety

Students and teachers are educated on safety practices when using the Internet especially on the issues of personal information disclosure and inappropriate material. Below are some sources for information on Internet safety:

• iSafe Internet Safety Program

Privacy and Intellectual Respect:

Student and teacher original work may be published on this site.  Grade level will be attached to submissions and a first name will be added with permission. No other information will be attached to the submission. All submissions are considered property of the author. Notre Dame Catholic School respects the author rights when publishing them on this site.

School photographs related to curriculum based projects may be placed on this site, but subjects in picture will not be named. Parents and guardians will be informed of this practice and have the right to request that their child be excluded from the photographs placed on this site.


Copyright:

Students and teachers at Notre Dame Catholic School will honor and respect the United States Copyright Laws. Copyright education curriculum is implemented in the beginning of each school year. Copyright education is based on respect of other’s property. All teacher and student projects are reviewed for copyright infringements. All original material on this web site is copyrighted and permission from the author is necessary to use the material. Contact the library for permission. 

 For more information on the Copyright Laws go to:

• Library of Congress
• EarthWeb