Bring Your Own Device

Trying to maintain a highly functioning and up-to-date fleet of Chromebooks for our students is not sustainable for the school from a long term perspective. Our ultimate goal is for each student, sixth through twelve grade, to have their ‘own’ device; teaching them to be good stewards of this digital resource. 


Each student will be required to have a personal device. This can happen in a variety of ways:

1. With the constant increase in technology, you can purchase a nice/inexpensive computer for your child to use. To give you some direction, here are a couple of examples of recommended devices:
   1. Laptop: $300 - $1000
   2. Chromebook: Around $200
   3. If you prefer to purchase a device from a local business, we have a relationship with Comp-U-Save. They will be able to direct you to a computer that will fit your budget and needs. You can use the following table that lays out a list of minimum specifications for a new device.​
2. We will STILL have Chromebooks available for students to use if they forget their device or their battery is not charged. 
   1. The Chromebooks will be in the office
   2. Students will need to ‘sign out’  and return the device each day.
   3. We will not allow students to ‘sign out’ computers if they aren’t using them to grow/participate in the instruction inside the classroom.
   4. Failure to return the chrome book will result in a charge to the student’s account (we have issues with Chromebooks being left all over the building).

​On behalf of the IT Department, we would like to welcome you to GCA. 

Grace is a Google Workspace school, which means the bulk of our apps on campus revolve around the use of Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, etc.

As a complement to that, we recommend downloading Google Chrome if you do not have it already. 

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