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Educating and Cultivating Servants for ChristTechnology at CVCASchool-wide SoftwareCVCA uses Office 2010, the Adobe CS 6.0 suite, and Windows 7 operatingsystem on the 310 computers throughout the school. All of the computershave the same core programs so that any student or staff member can workon any computer in the building.Student Flash DrivesWe highly recommend that your student have a flash drive of at least 2 gigabytesin size to transfer their files from home to school and vice versa. Flashdrives can be purchased in larger stores, and generally are under $10.Student Email AccountsEvery student has access to a CVCA email account. You and your studentshould create a secure password that has numbers or symbols, capital letters,and lower case letters. An example would be to use the first letter of eachword of a phrase; for example, “Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound!”would become AghSts! Please have your students write their password in asecure place to ensure they can access email account throughout the year.We also recommend that they change their password from previous years andchange it at least once during the school year. A good time for the changewould be right before Christmas break. Students, please do not give yourpassword to your friends. This can cause problems for you in the future.Family RenWeb AccountsEvery teacher may communicate by email to both parents and students.Therefore, parents and students need to be able to obtain, read, and respondto the teacher using this communication tool. Please update your RenWebrecords if you change your email address. Information can be updatedthrough ParentsWeb, under the Family Information section, and then bymodifying the Family Demographic Form.Faculty EmailTo email a faculty or staff member, please type in the individual’s first initial,last name, and @cvcaroyals.org. For example, kbeavers@cvcaroyals.org wouldbe the email address for Kim Beavers, Technology Coordinator.Technology PoliciesWe have an internet policy, a technology committee, and a Facebook policyat CVCA. If you would like more information on CVCA technology policies,please contact technology department members Kim Beavers, BrandonDavies, Phil Dipane, or Matt Riordan.Computer LabsIn addition to general-use computers in the Library, CVCA has seven dedicatedcomputer labs throughout the building: Library Lab, Room 117A,Room 132, Room 134, Room 108, the Engineering Lab in Room 120, and aMac Lab in Room 123.J-TERM 2013The following J-TERM TRIPS arestill accepting registrations:DOMINICAN REPUBLIC• Doulos Discovery School• Leader: Mrs. Heather Bartel• hbartel@cvcaroyals.orgEUROPE• London, Paris, and Rome• Leader: Mrs. Joy Meszaros• jmeszaros@cvcaroyals.orgNORWAY• Short Term Exchange Program• Leader: Mr. Steve Kasiguran• skasiguran@cvcaroyals.orgThese additional TRIPS are alsoavailable to selected students:SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ANDENTREPRENEURSHIP• Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan• Leader: Mrs. Kim Beavers• kbeavers@cvcaroyals.orgSCHOOL OF MINISTRY• Boston’s Puritans• Leader: Pastor Rick Thompsonand Mrs. Chrisi Thompson• rthompson@cvcaroyals.orgBASKETBALL TEAMS• Leader: Coach Jay Peters• jpeters@cvcaroyals.orgHOCKEY TEAM• Leader: Coach Doug Fairchild• dfairchild@cvcaroyals.orgThe list of high school COURSESwill be available in September.JUNIOR HIGH students areautomatically enrolled in J-term.THE LINK 5