• Students are encouraged to check their email at least once per day
• Students may receive email from their teachers to communicate reminders, course content, pose questions related to class work, etc
• Students may send email to their teachers with questions or comments regarding class

@ocsdny.org email system controls whom email messages can be sent to and whom they can be received from

Students cannot receive email from outside the school domain @ocsdny.org

• Email is to be used for school-related communication only.
• Do not send harassing email messages or content.
• Do not send offensive email messages or content.
• Do not send any malicious, unlawful, invasive, infringing, defamatory, or fraudulent email.
• Do not intentionally distributes viruses, worms, Trojan horses, malware, corrupted files, hoaxes, or other items of a destructive or deceptive nature. 
• Do not send or read email at inappropriate times, such as during class instruction.
• Do not send email to share test answers or promote cheating in any way.
• Do not use the account of another person.
• Do not send unsolicited bulk email. 
• Do not open an email from an unknown sender.
• Do not send personally identifiable information or other protected data through email.
• Students are prohibited from revealing or disseminating personal information about themselves (e.g., full name, home address, age, phone number, etc.) or that of other students or colleagues except in approved curricular activities that are supervised or moderated by teachers or other District staff.

Students are encouraged to email staff concerning school-related content and questions. Teachers will not be expected to answer student email outside of their regular work day, although they certainly may do so.

• Email that is sent within the District is monitored and filtered. Rules/filters are set up to monitor student email for profanity, harassment, and other inappropriate content. Student email that is identified as inappropriate will be blocked from delivery and no notice of non delivery will be given.
• If a student receives an inappropriate or offensive email they must report it to a teacher or counselor immediately.