Academic Honesty

Examples of Plagiarism, Cheating, and Misuse of Technology

• Using the work (written, audio, video) of another person and presenting it as your own without citing the source.
• Apps, websites, blogs, online services, and free-lance services that provide answers or complete the work.
• Having a parent, student, or other person complete any portion of an assignment without permission or not specifying which item they completed.
• Engaging in scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, or unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work.

If a student is caught having violated the above provisions, then the following will occur: 

1. Upon a first offense, the student and guardian as well administration* (defined as the principal/ assistant principal.) The teacher will then have the following course of action.
   • If the instructor and administration judge the academic dishonesty particularly obvious, then if all concerned parties decide unanimously, a Missing/Cheating will be issued until the following conditions are met:
     • Meeting with teachers during office hours to discuss the next steps and helpful resources to avoid repeat offenders. 
     • An alternate assignment will be issued. They can earn up to 75% on this assignment. But no curves, retakes, or resubmissions will be offered.
     • Inform the student that all their future work will be graded thoroughly from this point forward.
   • This offense will be logged in Infinite Campus and the student's permanent file. 
2. Upon a second offense, a notification will be made to the student, guardian, and administration, and the following occurs:
   • An automatic zero will be administered, and no opportunity for a retake will be given.
   • A referral for In-School Suspension will be issued and carried out in the period that the offense took place.
     • During that session, they will meet in a restorative justice circle with parents, the administration, and the teacher. 
   • All relevant material (plagiarized material etc.) will be placed in the student's file and logged in Infinite Campus.
3. Upon a third offense, a notification will be made to student/guardian and administration, and the following actions will occur.
   • An automatic zero with no opportunity to redo the policy.
   • An immediate out-of-school suspension (OSS) referral will be written for a period of 1-3 days (at the administrations' discretion) for habitual interference of the educational environment.
   • All relevant material will be added to the student file, and notification will be logged in Infinite Campus.
4. If a student is found to have let another student copy their work, the following actions will be taken:
   • An automatic zero will be administered, and no opportunity will be given to redo the assignment, and students and guardians and administration* will be notified.
   • Also, return to class will be based on satisfactory completion of a reflection form and meeting with a teacher.
   • This offense will also be logged in the student file and IC.

*In cases where the student receives SPED or  ELL services, those instructors will be included in the discussion to ensure fairness.