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District Devices
The following are systems we have in place to manage, protect, and guide our students and staff on their district assigned devices.
Board Policies
- 2022 Electronic Resources and Internet Safety 6.24 English | Spanish
- 2022F1 Procedure - WSD Electronic Resources and Internet Safety 8.24 English | Spanish
- 2022F2 Procedure - Form - Electronic Resources 08/18 English | Spanish
- 2022P Procedure - Electronic Resources and Internet Safety 6.24 English | Spanish
- 2023 - Digital Citizenship 6.24 English | Spanish
- 2023F2-Artificial Intelligence Classroom Protocol 6.24 English | Spanish
- 2023F4-Student Artificial Intelligence Use Pledge 6.24 English | Spanish
Parent Resources
- A Technology Use Contract (English) (Spanish)
- Internet Safety at Home Handout (Eng/Span)
- Protecting your kids online (English PDF) (Spanish PDF)
- Parents' Guide to Smartphone Safety (English PDF) (Spanish PDF)
- Parents' Guide to Parental Controls (External Website Link)
- Common Sense Media Parent articles and help (External Website Link)
Device Permission and Use Forms
- Introduction and Information Letter (2025-2026) English | Spanish
- Introduction and Expectation Videos English | Spanish
Required Forms for 1:1 Device - Required yearly forms to participate in the 1:1 device program
- 2025-2026 Personal Technology Permission and Use Signature Page (English & Spanish) - Acceptable use, Device use, permissions, and coverage procedures.
- 2025-2026 Device Assurance and Coverage Form - This form is required for all students participating in our take home program. All secondary students and select 3-5 grade classrooms (check with your school).
- 2025-2026 Device Assurance and Coverage Form (Printable)
- Technology Acceptable Use Procedure 2022P English | Spanish
- Mobile Device Use Procedure 2022MD English | Spanish
- Permission for student to be filmed in class and posted to our website English | Spanish
Take-Home Program Device Assurance
The Wenatchee School District will be providing students and families the option of obtaining device assurance. This must be purchased or declined annually. This is only required for grade levels that take home devices daily.
The following claims are covered by our coverage policy; accidental damage, cracked screens, drops, liquid damage, theft, fire, flood, natural disasters and power surge due to lightning.
This coverage will provide replacement cost and protect the mobile device (on and off school grounds). The cost is per incident (2 incidents per year; after 2 incidents the full repair cost will be charged). The initial fee of $26 covers your first repair if necessary, you will be fined an additional $26 for a 2nd repair if needed. Any additional repair will be billed at the full rate for the necessary repair. Loss of the device is not covered unless it is a theft with accompanying police report.
To register and pay for coverage for your student's device, fill out the required form and pay at the building's office with cash, check, or credit card for the indicated fee, or you have the option to pay online using WSD's online payment portal. Payments must be made within 60 days of the start of school.
- Online payment for device coverage, TouchBase, which offer options for parents/guardians to make easy and fast payments electronically.
| iPad shell | TBD |
|---|---|
| iPad camera | TBD |
| iPad screen | $150.00 |
| On/Off button | TBD |
| Volume | TBD |
| Headphone port | TBD |
| iPad cord | $20.00 |
| iPad charger brick | $20.00 |
| iPad keyboard case | $110.00 |
| iPad external keyboard | $75.00 |
| iPad case (non keyboard) | $50.00 |
| iPad full replacement if lost or not returned | $450.00 |
| Chromebook screen | $150.00 |
|---|---|
| Chromebook adapter | $20.00 |
| Chromebook keyboard | $25.00 |
| Chromebook individual key | $25.00 |
| Chromebook touchpad | $25.00 |
| Chromebook charging port | $100.00 |
| SD port | $100.00 |
| USB port | $100.00 |
| Headphones port | $100.00 |
| I/O HDMI | $25.00 |
| Speakers | $25.00 |
| Charger brick | $25.00 |
| Webcam OR WEBCAM HOUSING | $25.00 |
| OuTERSHELL (EACH: BOTTOM CASE, CLAMSHELL, OR BEZEL) | $25.00 |
| Chromebook full replacement if lost or not returned | $350.00-$450.00 |
| Hotspot | $100.00 |
|---|---|
| Hotspot power cord | $25.00 |
About One-to-One Devices
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary - Chromebooks K-5
- Castlerock Early Learning - Chromebooks if needed
- Lewis and Clark Elementary- iPads Kindergarten and Chromebooks 1-5
- Mission View Elementary - Chromebooks TK-3 and iPads 4-5
- John Newbery Elementary - Chromebooks K-5, One classroom in 5th grade with iPads
- Sunnyslope Elementary - iPads Kindergarten and Chromebooks 1-5
- Washington Elementary - Chromebooks K-5
- Foothills Middle - iPads
- Orchard Middle School - iPads
- Pioneer Middle School - iPads
- Wenatchee High School - Chromebooks
- Westside High School - Chromebooks
Excellence in education requires that technology be integrated with learning throughout the educational program – not merely added on.
Increasing access to technology is essential for the future, and one of the learning tools of 21st Century students is an electronic device. The individual use of computers and tablets is a way to empower students to learn at their full potential and to prepare them for college and the workplace.
According to studies and school reports, students who use a computing device (in a one-device-per-student setting) are more organized and engaged learners, attend school more regularly, advance their knowledge and understanding of technology, and become constructors and designers of information and ideas.
Computers and tablets are next generation devices that make learning more engaging and accessible. In addition, they are an interactive, light weight and always up-to-date digital alternative to traditional textbooks.
These technologies will make many of our goals possible, including higher levels of individualization, inclusion, relevance, academic achievement, well-rounded growth and preparation.
Annual Perception Survey Data (Prior to going full 1:1 ):
Our vision for the Personal Device Initiative is to create community classrooms using classroom and personalized technology that show the potential of our long term vision for learning in Wenatchee schools.
The Director of Technology, Technology Facilitators and 1:1 Teachers will be working closely to develop plans and procedures to make learning more personal for students. This will mean a change in the way we teach and a change in the way students learn. We do not want to just add technology to the classroom and not change how things are done.
Education is a multivariant challenge. Throwing technology at the problem without redesigning the whole context just won't work. Some students and teachers will of course benefit from technology, and we'll read about them in vendor case studies. But most will continue to struggle and work around the newest complexity thrown into their environments.
As Wenatchee Public schools moves to making learning personal, choosing the right place to start and build from is critical. Over the past few years our Technology Planning Committee has worked on the school district's long term plans for technology.
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, funding through the federal CARES Act, and a commitment from our board to increase the technology budget using local levy dollars all of our schools are now 1:1.
Participating teaching staff are provided an iPad or Chromebook, an Apple TV and some other training and tools to begin to shift their thinking and teaching, thus readying them for when students also have devices.
Our Technology Facilitor is the direct support for this program with other supports in place from Learning & Teaching and our other technicians.
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