For student use, Avon is primarily a Chromebook district. Chromebooks provide streamlined access to Google Workspace apps, such as Google Classroom and Google Drive, as well as the district Clever portal and numerous other educational apps. The use of Chromebooks within the classroom allows for many and varied opportunities for students to be active learners and read, research, collaborate, communicate, and create. In our experience, Chromebooks have also proven optimal for our students to access their learning for their technical strengths: they are lightweight but generally durable, have a healthy battery life, encrypt data securely, receive immediate security patches, perform a self-check on every boot to ensure all is operating well, and provide easy reset and recovery options if anything goes awry. We strongly recommend Chromebooks for student use for all of these reasons.
All students in kindergarten have access to school-owned Chromebooks and shared classroom iPads that will stay at school.
For the 2026-2027 school year, all students in grades 1-12 will already have or will be issued a school-owned Chromebook.
Students entering grades 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 will keep their Chromebooks from the year prior.
Students entering grades 1, 5, and 9 will be issued new Chromebooks. (Students in grades 5 and 9 who already have a school Chromebook will trade theirs in for a replacement.)
Any student in any other grade who does not yet have a school Chromebook will be issued one.
BYOT/BYOD will no longer be an option for student learning devices. (We will continue to support BYOT/BYOD as needed for special/medical circumstances that require personal devices and WiFi access.)
Students are expected to take care of their Chromebook at all times and to bring a fully charged device to school each day.
If your student experiences tech issues, please notify the teacher and the teacher will submit a help ticket on behalf of the student.
You are also welcome to email the technology department anytime at [email protected].