Westland Parent Teacher Association
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Westland-Net, the Westland Middle School e-mail network, has more than 900 members. Membership is limited to current and incoming Westland families and Westland teachers and staff. Similar to networks for a number of other schools in Montgomery County, including Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Westland-Net is for communicating about school matters and education in general. When you join Westland-Net, you are agreeing to abide by the Acceptable Use Guidelines set forth below.
Westland-Net moderators for the 2008/09 school year are John & Lisa Vanjoske. Please click here to contact them.
- Click the Yahoo Groups button below..
- You will see instructions at the Yahoo Groups site, and receive a confirmation email.
- When you receive the confirmation e-mail, click on the link
provided in the body of the message or copy the link into the address
bar of your web browser. - When that link opens a YahooGroups web page, look at the bottom of
the page and click on the "join the mailing list instead" link. - That will open a screen in which you can make a "Comment to
Owner". You MUST enter your name. If you are the parent of a student
at Westland (or soon-to-be), enter your child's name, grade, and current
school. If you are not the parent of a Westland (or soon to be) student,
please describe your connection to Westland and why you want to be on
the list. If you do not provide this information, it will significantly
delay your approval for Westland-net membership. Click on "Continue"
when you are done. - Once you submit that information, you should receive a message
within a day or two informing you that you are subscribed to Westland-Net. - Note: The first time you use the Yahoo Groups Westland-net website, you
have to register and record a password (set up a free Yahoo account that
has no effect on your email), even if you've already been receiving and
sending messages from/to a Yahoo Group e-mail network.
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STATEMENT: Westland-net is a privately created and maintained forum on Yahoo! Groups where those affiliated with Westland Middle School (Westland) can informally share ideas on topics and issues. Westland-net is sponsored by the Westland PTA. Postings on Westland-net do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of any entity related to the State of Maryland, Montgomery County, the Montgomery County Public Schools, or teacher or parent organization, including but not limited to any PTA.
MEMBERSHIP: Westland-net welcomes all members of the educational community centered at Westland Middle School, including faculty and staff members and parents of students. The primary audience for the Westland-net is made up of the parents of students currently enrolled at Westland Middle School.
APPLICABILITY: These Guidelines apply to all members of Westland-net. In joining Westland-net, members agree to abide by these Guidelines as well as the Yahoo! Groups Terms of Service and Yahoo! Group Guidelines.
DEFINITIONS:
Westland-net: Westland-net is an e-mail network for Westland Middle School to both share and ask for information and to exchange ideas about school. Westland-net allows any member of the list to send e-mail to the whole list of members.
Moderator: Volunteer Westland parent(s) who manage the list membership, adding and removing members on request. Moderators do not review messages before they are posted.
Yahoo! Groups: Yahoo! Groups give users a place to meet, interact, and share ideas with each other. These services are currently provided at no cost to Westland PTA and messages will contain advertising.
GUIDING PRINCPLES/PURPOSE: Westland-net is for communicating about school matters and education in general. While a majority of Westland families are members of Westland-net, it is a supplementary medium of communication; it does not replace any of the other methods the school or the PTA may use.
ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION:
Westland-net is for communication and interest about Westland. You will be asked for your affiliation with Westland when you request to join Westland-net. Your name will not be added to Westland-net without your permission. Moderators will not disclose or share members’ names or e-mail addresses. Yahoo! Groups has its own privacy policies.
Only members of Westland-net can post messages, receive messages, or review messages on the Yahoo! Groups web site.
Westland-net is considered an “unmoderated list”. That is, no one reviews messages before they are posted. You are encouraged to use electronic communications in a manner that is respectful to others.
Attachments to email messages are automatically removed so as to restrict the spread of computer viruses, worms, etc.
Replies may go to the original sender and/or to all of Westland-net. Please review the “TO” line of your message to ensure that you are sending your message to the intended recipient(s).
The school and the PTA strongly recommend that you take issues with individual teachers or administrators about your child or school policies directly to the person who knows the most about it.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Each member may express views freely; however:
a. you may NOT advocate on behalf of candidates for the Board of Education or political office
b. you may NOT use language that constitutes libel, slander, defamatory claims, or hate speech
c. you may NOT advocate for nor deride particular faiths or beliefs.
d. You are expected to use electronic communications in a manner that is respectful to others.
e. You must sign your name to your posting and state your affiliation with Westland. For example: The writer John Doe who is the parent of the student Mary Doe, class of 2008 would sign the message:
John Doe
(Mary Doe, '08)
Mary Smith, the (non-existent) Study Hall teacher would sign:
Mary Smith
Study Hall Teacher
2. Appropriate language, behavior and style are expected from all Westland-net members at all times and in all messages. If you have a disagreement with another member, you will be asked to take the discussion “off line” from Westland-net.
3. Westland-net has proved a resource for the community for non-school or education related topics. These off-topic messages, that is, messages not specific to Westland, are permitted but not encouraged.
a. When posting an off-topic message, you must clearly state the topic of your posting and put “Off Topic” in the subject header. This will permit those not interested in non-Westland related topics to identify them quickly and treat them appropriately.
b. Off-topic messages are not to be used by commercial enterprises to advertise or solicit business.
ENFORCEMENT: A member who egregiously or repeatedly violates these guidelines will be removed from Westland-net.
RESOURCE(S):
* Westland High School Web Pages: http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/westlandms
* Montgomery County Public Schools Web Pages: http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/
* Yahoo! Groups Guidelines http://groups.yahoo.com/local/guidelines.html
* Yahoo! Privacy Statement http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/
* Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms
Thanks to Ardoth Hassler, B-CCnet and the B-CC PTSA for permission to use their Acceptable Use Guidelines as a model for Westland-net.
To send a message to everybody on the list, address an e-mail to
Westland-net@yahoogroups.com. Westland-net does not allow attachments to
message. You must sign your message with your name, student's name and
graduation year. (For example, Mary Smith, Bill '08). Messages posted to Westland-net are not reviewed prior to posting.
Daily Digest Option
Generally, list members receive each e-mail message as it is sent. If you
would prefer, you can receive a single daily e-mail (containing the text
of all messages sent the previous day). To sign up for this option, send a blank message to westland-net-digest@yahoogroups.com
To leave Westland-net and stop
receiving messages, send a blank message to
Westland-net-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com