HS Football Conduct Protocol and Expectation, 2015

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GHS Social Media Policy

The following social media expectations have been established by Generic High Schooland the Generic High School Athletic Department for our student-athletes and staff.

GHS and GHS Athletics understand and appreciate that our young men and womenhave a great deal of freedom of expression available to them on various and variedsocial media outlets. GHS and GHS Athletics acknowledge and establish the conceptand ideal that with these freedoms also comes very real and very tangible expectations

and responsibilities.

Expanding Our World and Protecting Our Values

As an organization with a commitment to quality of education and the safety of ourstudents, as well as the preservation of our outstanding reputation as a school andathletic department, the standards for appropriate online communication at Generic HighSchool are necessarily high. While we respect the right of students, employees, alumni,and other members of our community to utilize the variety of social media optionsavailable, we must insist that the following standards be met by our students and facultyat all times, as well as by alumni and all other users who participate in GHS-sponsoredsites.

GHS Social Media Comments and Participation Policy

Comments to GHS-sponsored sites, such as school and school activity/sports-centered websites via blogs, online forms, etc., or social media sites, are welcome andencouraged, and we look forward to hearing from you. To promote respectful discussionwithin this forum, we request that you be courteous and productive and avoid commentsthat are profane, obscene, offensive, sexually explicit, inappropriate, inflammatory orotherwise objectionable. Blogs often foster debate of an issue; users are to engage insuch exchanges with mutual respect for others opinions.

For the privacy of users and their families, please assume that all postings to GHS-sponsored sites will be publicly available on the Internet and therefore publicly

accessible without limitation or protection of any kind. Please consider how muchpersonal information to share, with the understanding that this information may be linkedto your name and published on the Internet.

By posting a comment or other material to GHS-sponsored sites as outlined above,users give GHS the irrevocable right and license to exercise all copyright,publicity, andmoral rights with respect to any content you provide, which includes using yoursubmission for any purpose in any form and on any media, including but not limited to:displaying, modifying, reproducing, distributing, creating other works from, and


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publishing your submission. GHS reserves the right to review all comments before theyare posted, and to edit them to preserve readability for other users.

GHS further reserves the right to reject or remove comments for any reason, includingbut not limited to our belief that the comments violate this Comment Policy, to determinein its sole discretion which submissions meet its qualifications for posting, and to remove

comments for any reason, including but not limited to our belief that the commentsviolate this Policy. Any submissions that fail to follow this Policy in any way or areotherwise irrelevant will be removed.

We also reserve the right to amend this Policy from time to time in our judgment toaddress issues that may arise and changes in our operations or the law.

In posting material on GHS-sponsored sites, you agree not to:

Post material that GHS determines is threatening, harassing, illegal, obscene,defamatory, slanderous, or hostile towards any individual or entity.

Post phone numbers, email addresses or other confidential information of students,

faculty, staff or any other person other than yourself. If you choose to post your owncontact information for any reason, please be aware that the information will beavailable to the public and is, therefore, subject to potential misuse.

Post material that infringes on the rights of GHS or any individual or entity, includingprivacy, intellectual property or publication rights.

Post material that promotes or advertises a commercial product or solicits businessor membership or financial or other support in any business, group or organizationexcept those which are officially sponsored by or affiliated with GHS, except indesignated areas specifically marked for this purpose.

Post chain letters, post the same comment multiple times, or otherwise distributespam via any GHS-sponsored and/or affiliated site.

Allow any other individual or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing

comments. Post comments anonymously, or under multiple names or using another persons

name.

GHS reserves the right to do any or all of the following:

Ban future posts from people who repeatedly violate this Policy. We may affect suchbans by refusing posts from specific email addresses or IP addresses, or throughother means as necessary.

Remove or edit comments at any time, whether or not they violate this Policy.

User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Generic High School, its affiliates,directors, employees, successors and assigns against any damages, losses, liabilities,judgments, causes of action, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys feesand costs) arising out of any claim by a third party relating to any material user hasposted on GHS-sponsored or affiliated sites.

By posting a comment or material of any kind on a GHS-sponsored site, the user herebyagrees to the Policy set forth above.


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Faculty/Volunteer Use of Social Networking Sites

GHS respects the right of employees and volunteers to use social media and networkingsites, as well as personal websites and blogs, but it is important that employees andvolunteers personal use of these sites does not damage the Schools reputation, itsemployees, or its students or their families. Employees and volunteers should exercisecare in setting appropriate boundaries between their personal and public onlinebehavior, understanding that what is private in the digital world often has the possibilityof becoming public, even without their knowledge or consent. The School stronglyencourages all employees and volunteers to carefully review the privacy settings on anysocial media and networking sites they use and exercise care and good judgment whenposting content and information on such sites.

When using a social media site, an employee or volunteer may not include currentstudents as friends, followers, or any other similar terminology used by various sites.If an employee maintains or participates in any GHS-sponsored or affiliated onlinecommunity that extends to persons who are parents, alums, or other constituents, s/hemust exercise good judgment about any content that is shared on the site. Additionally,employees and volunteers should adhere to the following guidelines, which are

consistent with the Schools workplace standards on harassment, student relationships,conduct, professional communication, and confidentiality:

An employee or volunteer should not make statements that would violate any of theSchools policies, including its policies concerning discrimination or harassment;

The employee or volunteer must uphold the Schools value of respect for theindividual and avoid making defamatory statements about the School, its employees,its students, or their families;

An employee or volunteer may not disclose any confidential information of theSchool or confidential information obtained during the course of his/her employmentor involvement, about any individuals or organizations, including students and/ortheir families.

If the School believes that an employee or volunteers activity on a social networkingsite, blog, or personal website may violate the Schools policies, the School may requestthat the employee or volunteer cease such activity. Depending on the severity of theincident, the employee or volunteer may be subject to disciplinary action.

Creating and Maintaining Official GHS Social Networking Sites

All "official" GHS social networking sites must be approved by the Webmaster andDirector of Communications and should adhere to the following standards:

Logos and graphics used on the site must be consistent with the branding standards

and usage guidelines of the School; Sites that accept comments or postings by anyone other than the site administrator

must be diligently monitored to ensure that information displayed fits within GHSguidelines and is appropriate to the subject matter of the page;

Students should not be expected to utilize the site as the only source of importantinformation since student access to social networking sites is restricted on the GHSnetwork.


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Unauthorized pages that have not been approved by the Webmaster and Director ofCommunications will be treated as personal pages, and are therefore limited to thestandards provided above.

Student Use of Social Media

First and foremost, students are encouraged to always exercise the utmost caution whenparticipating in any form of social media or online communications, both within the GHScommunity and beyond.

Students who participate in online interactions must remember that their posts reflect onthe entire Generic High School community and, as such, are subject to the samebehavioral standards set forth in all Student Code of Conduct handbooks, pledges andagreements.

In addition to the regulations found in these Student handbooks, pledges andagreements, students are expected to abide by the following:

To protect the privacy of GHS students and faculty, students may not, under anycircumstances, create digital video recordings of GHS community members either oncampus or at off-campus GHS events for online publication or distribution.

Students may not use social media sites to publish disparaging or harassing remarksabout GHS community members, athletic or academic contest rivals, etc.

Students who choose to post editorial content to websites or other forms of onlinemedia must ensure that their submission does not reflect poorly upon the school.

Failure to abide by this Policy, as with other policies at GHS, may result in disciplinaryaction as described in the Student Handbook, or as determined by the Office of theDean of Students.

I understand my rights and responsibilities as they pertain to the Generic High School Social

Media Policy, and I agree to follow and abide by this Policy in spirit and to the letter.

Player Signature__________________________________ Date__________________

Parent Signature__________________________________ Date__________________

GHS SMP 2014


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Generic High School Mascots Football Pledge

The Football Team Policy Booklet you received, along with this agreement, is designed to inform our Student-Athletes and their parents of what they can expect from Generic High School Football as well as what will beexpected from them. Please read and consider both carefully. Your understanding can and will make adifference. Your ability to agree to a total commitment requires a thorough understanding of our objectives, forno one can fully extend himself without knowing exactly what is expected - and why.

GHS Mascot Football is built to be a phase of your education, and is designed to be compatible with yourstudies. GHS Mascot Football is not a business or a way of life, but hopefully you recognize that football canadd an important dimension to your high school experience - in addition to being highly rewarding, and a greatdeal of fun. The core content of our program includes a focus on things like loyalty, discipline, sportsmanship,and a physical challenge of your strength, endurance, and courage. It is an experience in sacrifice where youwill be asked to sublimate personal goals for team objectives.

GHS Mascot Football represents a special opportunity for young men of your age. The nature of GHS MascotFootball strives for team success through the dedicated efforts of many individuals working together. Whenyou work with someone and depend on him, loyalty becomes a necessity. This means that coachs see thatyour best interests are served and that you, in turn, exhibit a concern for your teammates and coaches as well.No group effort can be successful without loyalty; disloyalty demeans the individual more than it hurts thegroup. Our concept of loyalty extends beyond individuals and encompasses principals such as acceptingdiscipline, rules and protocols. No team will become great with even a single dissident. Only complete loyaltywill enable you to extend your effort beyond your limits and, if we are going to continue to honor a greattradition, this will be necessary.

Team rules are a very important part of our program. Commitment to follow our team rules is mandatory for allplayers. GHS Mascot Football players must also conform to all school rules, and do their best in all classes. Asa player you represent the GHS Football Program and your actions reflect on our program, good or bad. Allplayers are expected to attend all practices and meetings. Any player that cannot attend a practice mustinform the Head Coach prior to missing practice. When a player misses practice it hurts the entire team andimpedes coachs ability to have an effective team practice. When you accept the responsibility of GHS MascotFootball, you recognize that rules are necessary for the discipline of a well-trained team. Remember: the best-prepared, most committed team has the best chance of success. It is required that you accept the manymeanings of the word discipline as applied to football. You must recognize the discipline of individualassignments, which makes the team concept of football possible and enables you to continue to playsuccessfully - even though things may not be going well for you personally. It is only through this approachthat we can stay together when things become difficult and continue to build a program with great tradition and great successes.

I understand the expectations of the Generic High School Mascot Football Program as outlined in our GHSSports Handbook, our Sport Specific Policy Booklet and in this Pledge, and agree to follow all team rules,expectations, policies and protocols in spirit and to the letter.

Player Signature__________________________________ Date__________________

Parent Signature__________________________________ Date__________________

HS Football Conduct Protocol and Expectation, 2015

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