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Introducing Student Wakelet Accounts

What?!? Student Accounts in Wakelet? Wakelet is one of our favorite multipurpose instructional tools. Until now, students under 13 could add to a teacher’s collection of resources and create content in Spaces. But now, thanks to listening to the voices of teachers, Wakelet has added the ability to create secure student accounts simply by using […]

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Securly Cloud 360: Prioritizing Student Safety and Device Management

Henderson County Public Schools are excited to share that we have purchased Securly 360 Cloud, a system designed to ensure student safety, provide internet filtering and device management tools for the classroom. This system has web-filtering for all device types including ways to monitor for cyberbullying, suicide and violence. It also provides Securly Classroom for […]

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Welcome to 2020-2021

We want to welcome you to a new school year in HCPS! Whether you are a returning staff member or new to the district, we want to be sure you are ready for this year. Here are a few tips and resources to make sure you start out with the tech resources you need for […]

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Kahoot! and Digital Citizenship

October 14th through the 18th is Digital Citizenship Week. To support this important week, Kahoot! and Common Sense Media have joined forces to provide some fun, interactive Kahoot! activities for promoting digital citizenship.  Available Kahoots include News & Media Literacy, Who Are You on Social Media?, Dealing with Negativity Online and several more.  Use this […]

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Don’t Forget About Digital Citizenship

This is the second year that the HCPS Internet Safety System has been in place.  This system is designed to help students have a basic overview of digital skills and agree to be responsible digital citizens before using the internet at school.  This year every student in grades K, 1, 3, 6, and 9 and […]

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Welcome to 2019-2020!

Welcome to the new school year!  We are excited for a new year to begin. Whether you are new to HCPS or are returning for another great year, we wanted to remind you of a few resources to help you get the year started off right. Join your Google Groups and add your Google Calendars […]

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HCPS Internet Safety System Now Available in Spanish

We are super excited to announce that the student resources within the HCPS Internet Safety System are now available in Spanish! After the system’s launch in the 2018-2019 school year, we knew we needed to expand these resources to be accessible for our Spanish-speaking students in order to ensure comprehension of the instructional materials. This […]