NSSD Technology Update
September 2019
Student Safety & Monitoring
Keeping students safe while utilizing the school-issued Google suite of products is of paramount importance to the North Santiam School District. For the past two years, parents have expressed concerns regarding monitoring their children's online activities both at home and school. To respond, we would like to make you aware of a recent step our District has taken to monitor school-issued accounts and would like to invite you to partner with us. Bark for Schools is a powerful new monitoring service we are utilizing to help us better protect students both at school and at home. This is a highly secure product and is compliant with all related laws and regulations.
When schools give students access to laptops and email accounts, an incredible world of learning opportunities opens up — as well as potential dangers. Bark helps us monitor all of the content our students are creating, sharing, and sending through school-issued accounts (not other devices connected to our wifi) and the sites they are accessing. All building principals have a dashboard to monitor flagged material and receive alerts issues identified as severe. This helps us to detect potentially dangerous situations that students may be facing both in and out of school, including cyberbullying, threats of violence, predatory advances, sexual content, and suicidal ideation.
In the coming days, you will receive an invitation to create a free account for the Bark for Schools Family Alerts Dashboard. If you choose to opt-in, you'll receive alerts if issues are detected on your child's account after school hours and during weekends, breaks, and holidays. Bark provides all of the above for free as part of their give-back program and is available to all K-12 schools and districts in the U.S. You can also enable Bark’s products for families, which monitor texts, email, YouTube and more than 24 social media platforms for potential safety concerns on your student’s personal accounts. In 2018, Bark detected 1.2 million instances of cyberbullying, 140,000+ communications discussing self-harm or suicidal ideation, nearly 100 student conversations with sexual predators, and 51 potential acts of violence in schools.
NSSD Mobile App "ALL IN ONE SPOT"
NSSD App Front Page
- Top Stories: The top 5 stories from the district scroll across the top banner.
- Activity Stream: Feeds all information from twitter, Facebook and the website
- Calendar: Updates from the school website
- Notifications: Any messages from the school office will be sent to your personal notification box when you are signed in.
The Power of The NSSD App
View your child's:
- Grades/Assignments/Missing Assignments
- Lunch Balances
- Attendance
- Schedules
Configure your customized alerts and settings:
- Low grades
- Attendance
- How you want to receive calls (turn off calls for each parent)
Download and Sign In
Download:
- Enter your App or Google Play Store via your mobile device
- Enter North Santiam SD 29J in the search bar
- Download the App to your mobile device
Parent Sign In:
- Click on Student Info icon
- Enter your primary phone number
- Click on forgot password and follow the steps provided
Student Sign In:
- Enter your firstname.lastname
- Click forgot password and follow the steps provided
North Santiam School District
Email: david.bolin@nsantiam.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.nsantiam.k12.or.us/
Location: 1155 North 3rd Avenue, Stayton, OR, USA
Phone: 5037696924