Academic Honesty:
Definition
Plagiarism is taking or lending at inappropriate times a person’s work, information, ideas, research and/or documentation without properly identifying the originator. This applies to class work, homework, projects, and/or tests. Students need to cite outside sources appropriately. Students cannot copy and use as their own any information taken directly from outside resources (i.e. internet, textbooks, magazines, newspapers, and/or other students, etc.)
Cheating also comes under the heading of the “Academic Honesty Policy.” Students should NEVER have a cell phone with them during a test.
The teacher’s professional judgment will determine whether cheating has occurred. Students are reminded not to:
Look at another’s paper during a test.
Talk to another student during a test.
Use cheat notes.
Let someone see your paper during a test.
Copy others’ work
Copy passages and/or data from uncited sources as one’s own.
Give test information to others (in or outside of class).
Submit individual projects not wholly your own.
Fabricate or alter written, computerized, or lab data.
Forge or falsify facts.
Share assigned work without teacher permission
1ST Incident
Student receives an “F/Zero” for the assignment, test, or project.
Teacher notifies student, parent, counselor, and grade-level administrator.
Cheating incident is logged into SASI as first offense for cheating.
Student may be referred to ACS/grade level counselor.
Student serves a minimum of a detention; additional consequences depending the gravity of the situation.
Repeated Incidents
Student receives an “F/Zero” for the assignment, test, or project. This may affect the overall grade for the class.
Teacher notifies student, parent, counselor, and grade-level administrator.
Cheating incident is logged into SASI as third offense for cheating.
A formal letter regarding cheating incident will be added to student’s permanent school file.
Student may be referred to ACS/grade level counselor.
Meeting is held with student, parent(s), teacher, counselor, and grade-level administrator or principal.