ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY

Academic dishonesty is defined as:

• Submitting for class credit any project or material which is partially or totally the work of someone else, including copying papers, homework assignments or a test.
• Preparing work for another student or giving/lending assigned work to another student who will represent this work as his/her own.
• Communication with anyone other than the teacher during a test, including giving or receiving verbal, written, or visual aid.
• Willfully exchanging (receiving or disclosing) information as to the content of the test with any other student who will be taking the test in another class or section.
• Using the Internet as a means to copy work or post work for other students to copy.
• Plagiarism in any form, including plagiarism committed by a member of a group in which the group is responsible for the assignment. In such a case all members of the group have violated the cheating policy.

Consequences for Academic Dishonesty

On the first offense a student will:

• Receive a one day on campus suspension and a parent telephone call
  
• Receive 0 points without possibility of making up the assignment
  

The following types of dishonesty will result in a one-day suspension at home, parent conference and a “Withdraw/F” on the first offense:

• Illegally obtaining an examination
• Illegally obtaining and using a teacher’s edition to complete class assignments or homework
• Changing a grade in a teacher’s grade book or computer
  

On the second offense, and any future offense in a high school career, the student will:

• Receive a one-day on campus suspension and a parent conference will be held
  
• Be dropped from the class with an ‘F’

All students and parents must sign the Academic Honesty Policy each year.

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