Learn the Tools
Microsoft Office, Google Apps, and coding are just a part of what students learn to use in their creation and collaboration projects.
Forward Thinking
Technology change is not about the tools, it is about people. We learn to make our school, community, and world a better place by using our talents.
Learning our Strengths
We expose students to a wide variety of activities to help them find their strengths.
Tools We Give You to Be Successful
PowerSchool Access
Every student in grades 6-12 receives a PowerSchool username and password. This is linked to your computer userid and password. So, when you change one, you change both!
A Personal Email
Every student in grades 6-12 also has a personal email account ending in westwoodschools.org. Every teacher and other student’s contact information is pre-loaded in your address book. Just type their name and there they are! This email can also be used to get student discounts when making technology purchases for education purposes.
A UserId and Server Space
Every student in grades 6-12 receives a computer userid. This ID can be used on any of the school’s computers on campus. Students also have access to Google Apps and other tools.
Google Services
Your email is through Google Apps for Education. This means you have access to all of the GSuite of Services (it used to be called Google Drive.) You can access all of these services at drive.google.com and log in with your student ID. This includes Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, Drawings, Calendar and many other services. This also means that you can set up Google services on your mobile phone using your Westwood ID.
Print From Your Computer or Mobile Device
The Westwood network is engineered as a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) network. As always, you must have permission to use your device for school-related work. See the technology director for help setting up your device. You must be on the student wifi network in order to print.
iPad Lab
The iPad Lab is used by elementary grades to introduce them to technology.
Sign up for an Office Live ID
We also recommend the digital notetaking service One Note. This is a free Microsoft tool that will sync between computers, your mobile phone, and all devices using the Office Live ID. See our IT Director for help.