Heritage Christian Academy has chosen the Apple iPad because:
1. Long Battery Life
2. Regularity (we want all students on the same device)
3. Teachers are teacher, not IT professionals
     -with different OS's and tablets our teachers would be spending much time on IT help, not on subject material.
4. Capability to filter off-site 
     -we have the ability to filter your students' iPad 24/7, on and off campus.
5. Boot Time 
     -iPads are instant on

-Mr. Brenchley

We are starting the 1-1 initiative with the current 9-11th graders. Students not in these grades are still welcome to buy an iPad, but it is not required. 
-Mr. Brenchley
technology@hcakc.org

Apple iPad 2 or newer are appropriate for the 1-1 initiative here at HCA. Students can choose between the traditional full size iPad and the iPad mini. Any iPad that can support iOS 6 or newer.  If you have any questions please email technology@hcakc.org or contact Mr. Brenchley

-Mr. Brenchley
Emergent Technologies Librarian

iPad batteries can last an entire school day with a single charge. We do not offer charging stations for iPad's at school. It is the expectation that students will come to school with iPad's fully charged. 

Logging into MyBigCampus is platform independent. It work the same way on all web browsers. Logging with iPad requires the app but can also be done with the following steps: 
1. Go to www.mybigcampus.com 
2. Enter the username and password that HCA gave you (ex. username - lastnamefirstinitial) 
3. Start typing Heritage Christian Academy and select "Heritage Christian Academy West" from the dropdown menu.
4. Click "Log in"

If at any point you don't remember your username and/or password please see Mr. Brenchley in the West Campus or email technology@hcakc.org

Thank You
-Mr. Brenchley
Emergent Technologies Librarian

If at any point you do not know your username or password please see Mr. Brenchley at the West Campus or email technology@hcakc.org. 
Usernames follow the following format [lastnamefirstinitial] and passwords are set by the IT staff. 
-Mr. Brenchley

Logging into MyBigCampus can be performed in a few steps: 
1. Go to www.mybigcampus.com 
2. Enter the username and password that HCA gave you (ex. username - lastnamefirstinitial) 
3. Start typing Heritage Christian Academy and select "Heritage Christian Academy West" from the dropdown menu.
4. Click "Log in"

If at any point you don't remember your username and/or password please see Mr. Brenchley in the West Campus or email technology@hcakc.org

Thank You
-Mr. Brenchley
Emergent Technologies Librarian

We have tried to find ebooks that are available for the 2013-2014 school year. Below is a list that was sent to all parents via email. 

Across Five Aprils

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Call of the Wild

Christmas Carol

Crime and Punishment

Dictionary of Legal Terms (2010) 

Ellen Foster

Emma

Ethan Frome

Frankenstein

Good Man is Hard to Find

Growing up Christian

Hamlet

House on Mango Street

Inferno

Julius Caesar

Lord Teach me to Study the Bible in 28 Days

MacBeth

Man Who Was Thursday

Mere Christianity

Mythology (2013)

New How to study your Bible

Night

Odyssey

Once and Future King 

Reason for God

Right thinking in a world gone wrong

Scarlet Letter

Song of Roland

Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (2010)

Tale of Two Cities

Tempest

The Great Divorce

The Hiding Place

The Hobbit 

The Red Badge of Courage

Things Fall Apart

Three Theban Plays

To Kill a Mockingbird

Treasure Island

Tuck Everlasting

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Understanding the Times (Book, not workbook)

Waiting for Godot