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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Mt. Hope High School recognizes the need for all students to assume responsibility for their own schoolwork. Academic integrity must be preserved not only for its own sake but also in fairness to the objective evaluation of all.
Academic dishonesty occurs when students obtain or assist others in obtaining credit for work which is not their own. Students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of personal integrity. Students are expected to follow rules prohibiting dishonest academic behavior and to resist peer pressure to violate Mt. Hope High School's standards.
Students will not use dishonest methods to fulfill academic expectations and responsibilities. Whenever students have a question about this procedure, or any procedure, they should ask their teachers, counselors, or administrators. Study or homework collaboration is not considered academic dishonesty unless prohibited or limited by procedures or expectations which have been established by the teacher. Teachers shall guide students in understanding when collaborative efforts are not appropriate. Examples of academic dishonesty may include, but are not limited to, the following:
➤ unauthorized communication with another student during an examination or quiz; forgery;
➤ copying material from another student during an examination or quiz;
➤ allowing another student to copy from one's examination or quiz;
➤ using unauthorized notes or devices;
➤ submitting falsified data or other material for grading purposes;
➤ submitting a paper or project which is not the student's work;
➤ copying another person's assignment;
➤ allowing another student to copy one's assignment;
➤ stealing or accepting stolen copies of tests or answer keys;
➤ changing answers and seeking credit on an assignment or examination after the work has been graded and returned;
➤ altering a teacher's grade book;
➤ using electronic devices, internet sources and programmable calculators in violation of guidelines established by the teacher;
➤ using professional help such as an author, expert, or purchased service in violation of guidelines established by the teacher;
➤ copying computer files, online documents, or data created by others and claiming them as one's own;
➤ any other violation that constitutes plagiarism.
Plagiarism is the act of taking and using as one's own work another's published or unpublished thoughts, ideas and/or writings. This definition includes computer programs, drawings, artwork, and all other types of work which are not one's own. Types of plagiarism include word- foreword, mosaic (rearrangement or rewording without documentation) and indirect (paraphrasing of a passage without documentation). Material taken from another source without adequate documentation may include, but not be limited to, the following:
➤ failing to cite with quotation marks the written words or symbols of another author;
➤ failing to footnote the author and sources of materials used in a composition;
➤ failing to cite research materials in a bibliography;
➤ failing to name a person quoted in an oral report;
➤ failing to cite an author whose works are paraphrased or summarized;
➤ presenting another person’s creative work or ideas as one’s own in essays, poems, music, art, computer programs, or other projects; and
➤ copying or paraphrasing ideas from literary criticism or study aids without documentation.
➤ copying information directly from AI (artificial intelligence source) without putting into one’s own words.
First Offense: When a teacher finds reason to believe a student or group of students has violated the academic integrity policy, the following steps will be taken:
➤ The teacher will share his/her observation with the student.
➤ The teacher will refer in writing whatever information they have to the Associate Principal.
➤ The Associate Principal and the teacher will confer.
➤ If they concur that cheating has occurred, the teacher will notify parent(s) and student(s).
➤ Any work submitted by a student or students in which he or she has cheated may receive a grade of zero. Resubmission of work will be at teacher discretion in collaboration with administration.
Additional or More Serious Offenses: More serious offenses include but are not limited to:
➤ theft, sales or distribution of any evaluation materials including, but not limited to, examinations and/or quizzes;
➤ hacking into any school or teacher software or device to access and/or alter any data for personal use or to share access with others
➤ breaking into and/or examining a teacher's personal possessions (e.g., desk, files, cabinet, etc.) to obtain or view evaluation instruments;
➤ changing and/or falsifying a grade in a teacher's grade book, on the computer or through other school devices used to record student grades;
➤ unauthorized possession of a stolen evaluation instrument;
➤ repeated incidents of academic dishonesty.
Consequences: for any offense beyond the first or a more serious initial offense shall include:
➤ The teacher will share his/her observation with the student.
➤ The teacher will refer in writing whatever information the teacher has to the Associate Principal.
➤ The Associate Principal and the teacher will confer.
➤ If they conclude that cheating has occurred, the Associate Principal will notify parent(s) and student(s).
➤ Any work submitted by a student or students in which he or she has cheated may receive a grade of zero. Resubmission of work will be at teacher discretion in collaboration with administration.
➤ National Honor Society members will be placed on probation or dismissed from the NHS. See Code of Conduct for additional information regarding the disciplinary process
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