A growing body of research documents the negative impact of technology in general and cell phones in particular in adolescent, educational, emotional and physical development. For those reasons, no Logic student is allowed to bring personal electronics on campus. Further, we STRONGLY urge parents to refrain from giving their children cell phones while still in Logic or Rhetoric Schools. Parents who ignore this request would do well to read The Anxious Generation and The Tech Exit.
CELLPHONES (ECDS)
An ECD (Electronic Communication Device) is any device that is designed to receive and/or send an electronic signal. Logic Students may not have any ECD on the Geneva campus. ECDs are never permitted on boardwalk spaces, in classrooms, etc. ECDs may NEVER be used by students in any of the locker rooms or bathrooms on campus! Apple watches, Fitbits and similar time-keeping devices are ECDs and are not permitted on campus.Geneva School of Boerne and its agents are not responsible for preventing theft, loss, damage, or vandalism to cellular telephones or ECDs if brought onto its property. Phones are available in the Logic/Rhetoric Office and in the competition gym.
This means parents/guardians will have to communicate in advance and plan their drop off and pick up. If a parent/guardian needs to communicate with the student then they need to contact the Rhetoric School Office at 830-755-6101.
Failure to comply with the above conditions will result in the ECD being confiscated and the student receiving three demerits and detention. To retrieve the ECD, a parent of the student will need to come to the LS/RS Admin Office between the hours of 8am and 4pm.
- GENERAL APPEAL REGARDING ECDS
Research has documented the sometimes permanent damage that cell phones, social media, video games, screen-based activities and unrestricted internet access do to adolescents. Rapidly increasing student depression, anxiety, technology addiction, lack of empathy and increase in mean and vindictive behavior are all documented outcomes of teen cell phone, internet and video game use. The scientific research confirms what we have experienced. These devices shape our students in ways diametrically opposed to how we want them shaped. Parents are urged to be aware of what the consumption of the latest technological gadget might unleash in their student’s life. Additionally, parents and students need to understand the seriousness of this policy and its strict enforcement. - ECD ETIQUETTE
During school events like concerts or games, students should not have ECDs, and it is good manners for adults to put ECDs away and not talk or text. Additionally, during off-campus field trips, ECDs are NOT allowed. All chaperones will have a phone as means for contact.