Academic Integrity

As a Jesuit school we strive to be intellectually competent. To us that means placing a priority on learning over the grade. When the grade is valued over the learning, cheating is more likely to occur. As a student in Algebra II-Honors, you have the moral obligation and responsibility to respond to the challenge with honesty about the work produced.

Cheating and Plagiarism

Cheating: a dishonest attempt to gain an unfair advantage over another student by using aides or devices not approved or allowed by the instructor. Cheating also includes gathering or dispersing information about the assessment. Assessments can be quizzes, tests, homework assignments, projects, classwork, or anything else that is graded for credit.

Cheating involves deception and deceit and does not honor the integrity of the assessment, which is designed to measure the knowledge and level of comprehension of an individual.

Plagiarism: presenting ideas or work as your own without proper credit being given to the source.

Plagiarism in math most commonly involving copying all of part of a problem from another student or from a solution guide of some sort and crediting the solution as your own by not noting, annotating, or specifying the source.

Some examples of cheating:

  • Having your cell/smart phone or smart watch on your body during an assessment
  • Taking photos of your work on an assignment and dispersing them to others
  • Texting a student in another period about what was on a test after you take it
  • Collaborating on an assignment without approval or transparency
  • Preprogramming a calculator to contain answers or other unauthorized information for exams
  • Not being in press-to-test mode during an assessment
  • Not exiting press-to-test before leaving the exam room
  • Concealing and utilizing unauthorized information or technology during an exam
  • Using, giving, or selling completed assessments to another student
  • Copying or loaning your paper to another student to “see” or copy your work
  • Copying solutions from a solutions manual or online resource (e.g. PhotoMath, Slader)
  • Fabrication, falsification, or misrepresentation of any kind, such as changing answers on a returned test to attempt to receive more credit.

Some examples of what is permitted:

  • Work on an assignment collaboratively with dialogue and retain your individual work
  • Annotating an error and corrects with ink when receiving assistance

Academic and Disciplinary Penalties (see student handbook for more details)

  • Violations of academic integrity will be immediately reported to the dean.
  • Academic penalties for any of the violations above may include, but are not limited to, a zero for the assignment or assessment in question.
  • Disciplinary penalties may include suspension or expulsion.