It is the Mission of Deerfield Community School:to inspire each student to think, to learn, to achieve, to create and to care.
Mission: to inspire each student to think, to learn, to achieve, to create and to care
Our school provides a safe and caring community in which each child is seen as a unique individual.
Our curriculum goes beyond the standards through flexible instruction, which is engaging, challenging, fosters creativity and is relevant to students' lives.
Our students understand assessment as a means to gauge their learning. We use diverse assessment to drive our instruction and measure progress.
Our students meet the world with the skills needed to continue their success as learners and responsible community member
SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS-- REGULATIONS - APPROVED: JANUARY, 2016
1. The Superintendent or designee reserves the right to remove and/or not post any comments at any time, for any reason. In the event that the Superintendent or designee chooses to permit comments on an official social media platform, the District reserves the right to remove postings that:
a. are abusive, defamatory, or obscene;
b. are fraudulent, deceptive or misleading;
c. target, disparage, or discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, race, religion, sexual preference, age, sex, or disability;
d. contain spam, advertising, solicitations or include links to other sites;
e. contain confidential information;
f. are in violation of any intellectual property right of another;
g. are in violation of any law or regulation;
h. violate any School District policy; or
i. are otherwise offensive, graphically or in tone.
j. contain complaints about District staff.
2. The main page of every District-sponsored social media site should indicate it is the "Official page of the School District."
3. Written parental release is required before posting of student photographs in District-sponsored social media. Release by verified email address with phone or other oral confirmation is acceptable. Posting of photographs or videos of students in violation of any law or regulation is not permitted. Obscene images and videos will not be posted.
4. To the extent possible, the content posted on District-sponsored social media pages are preserved and archived using policies and procedures that are consistent with the District's records retention and disposal policies.
5. Endorsements of any product, cause, political party or political candidate are forbidden.
6. The District should make a reasonable effort to block followers who are deemed inappropriate if they can be seen by others viewing its Follower list.
7. The District will only follow other social media and/or send direct messages to other social media accounts with objectives that align with the educational mission of the District.
8. In the case of Twitter, the District's Twitter feed will be used for broadcasting purposes only. The District will not respond to a tweet via a "reply."
9. In the case of Facebook, the District's Facebook page should be set up as a "fan" page where fans may be permitted to post comments. The page administrator(s) is (are) authorized to block/remove fans and postings from the District's Facebook page where the posts and comments do not support the educational mission of the District.
10. All content on the District's website/social media pages must relate to education, curriculum, instruction, school-authorized activities and athletics, school or district news or general information relating to work, activities and accomplishments of the District and its staff, as representatives of the District.
11. The privacy settings of the District's website/social media pages are managed by the page administrator(s). All posting of comments on the District's pages are at the discretion of the page administrator(s). The page administrator(s) reserve the right to remove or not post any comments at any time, for any reason.
12. The District should only associate with other social media groups with objectives that are consistent with the educational mission of the District.
13. The District's social media pages are a means to connect to the public. Accordingly, the District will not use social media pages to send direct private messages to individuals.
