ACADEMIC HONOR CODE 

At Conard, we strive to create an environment wherein each individual acts honestly.  We believe it is the right, privilege, and responsibility of each individual to contribute to and work in an environment of trust. 

 Even though the following document refers to academic policy, honorable behavior covers the full range of activities within the school environment.  Infractions of a “non-academic nature” will fall under the guidelines of the student behavior and discipline and may result in a school suspension.

The Conard High School Academic Honor Code addresses academic cheating, plagiarizing, lying, and stealing. Academic cheating encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

Ø        willful giving or receiving of an unauthorized, unfair, dishonest, or unscrupulous advantage in school work over other students

Ø        attempted cheating

Some examples:

Ø      deception;

Ø      the use of talking, signs, or gestures during a quiz;

Ø      copying from another student or allowing the copying of an individual assignment;

Ø      passing test or quiz information during a class period or from one class period to members of another class period with the same teacher;

Ø      submission of pre-written writing assignment at times when such assignments are supposed to be written in class;

Ø      illegally exceeding time limits on timed tests, quizzes, or assignments; 

Ø      improper use of a graphing calculator; unauthorized use of study aids, notes, books, data, or other information;

Ø      computer fraud; sabotaging the projects or experiments of other students, or improper collaboration without the teacher’s knowledge.

Academic plagiarizing encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

Ø      presenting as one’s own the works or the opinions of someone else without proper acknowledgment (e.g. published or electronically generated sources).

Ø      borrowing of the sequence of ideas, the arrangement of materials, or the pattern of thought of someone else without proper acknowledgment.

Some examples:

Ø      having a parent or another person write an essay or do a project which is then submitted as one’s own work;

Ø      failing to use proper documentation and bibliography

Academic lying encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

Ø        willful and knowledgeable telling of an untruth or falsehood as well as any form of deceit,

Ø        attempted deception,

Ø        forging a signature,

Ø        fraud in an oral or written statement

Some examples:

Ø        lying or failing to give complete information to a teacher;

Ø        feigning illness to gain extra preparation time for tests, quizzes, or assignments due.

Academic stealing encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

Ø        taking or appropriating without the right or permission to do so and with the intent to keep or make use of wrongfully, the school work or materials of another student or the instructional materials of a teacher.

Some examples:

Ø        stealing copies of tests or quizzes,

Ø        illegitimately accessing the teacher’s answer key for tests or quizzes,

Ø        stealing the teacher’s edition of the textbook;

Ø        stealing another student’s homework, notes, or handouts.

 CONSEQUENCES/PENALTIES

 First Offense

The student receives no credit for the work involved and a reduced grade in citizenship.  However, the first offense for plagiarism may result in the teacher’s request that the student rewrite the paper with a reduced grade. 

If plagiarism is present in a rough draft, there is no penalty provided it is corrected in the final draft.

The teacher will:

Ø call the parent;

Ø file a report with the Assistant Principal;

Ø remind the student of the consequences for a second offense. 

Second Offense

The student receives an “F” for the marking period in that course and a “5” in Citizenship on the next report card.  In addition, the student will jeopardize eligibility for membership in the school’s honor societies and in any leadership positions.

The teacher will:

Ø     call the parent;

Ø     file a report form sending a copy to the student’s Guidance Counselor and Assistant Principal, the incident will become part of the student’s disciplinary record kept in the Main Office;

Ø     remind the student of the consequences for a third offense.

Third Offense

The student receives an “F” for the entire course and a “5” in Citizenship.

The teacher will:

Ø     call the parent;

Ø     file a report with a Guidance Counselor and Assistant Principal;

The student may appeal penalties for the second and third offense to the Assistant Principal.  Consequences for violating the Academic Honor Code are applied on a class-by-class basis.  An incident in one class does not affect a student’s record in another class.  Several first offenses in a variety of classes, however, are considered seriously disruptive of the educational process and may result in further disciplinary action up to and possibly including expulsion.

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