COVID-19 FAQ

What are the technology requirements for Students?

Each St. Stephen’s student will need to have their own dedicated laptop computer or Chromebook for the 2020-2021 academic year. This requirement is designed to achieve several objectives.
Technology Objectives
  • Ensure that students can fully engage in academic activities and realize the corresponding learning benefits.
  • Help students build and sustain the strong sense of being connected to our community that is distinctive of the St. Stephen’s Experience and particularly important during times of physical distancing and remote or hybrid learning.
  • Minimize the extent to which students share computers and other devices that could spread COVID-19.

In a poll of our families conducted last October, about 80% reported that their children have their own laptop or Chromebook device. We recognize that some of our current students and some of our new students do not have these kinds of devices. The school will distribute a limited number of devices to students who are not able to provide their own. If your child does not have a laptop computer or Chromebook, please email St. Stephen’s Director of Technology Dan Laws at dlaws@sstx.org, and he can arrange the loan of a device for the academic year.  

Our IT team are working closely with faculty and administration to determine any other technology requirements for our students in the coming year. He will send an email to all parents in the coming weeks as they finalize those decisions
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