Academic Honesty

An academically honest student:

• Understands that copying the work of others, whether it be from a classmate or a print/internet source, will not help them to absorb and understand material they need to learn in order to progress in a subject.

• Knows that copying may lead to no mark being given because it does not allow the teacher to assess their knowledge, understanding or skill development.

• Knows how to reference in MLA8 style using a Works Cited page and providing in-text citations when the teacher asks for them to be included. 

• Never uses copy and paste in written assignments such as essays. Instead, they summarize ideas in their own words as notes, then write up their papers as a second stage, with a reference included for each source of information they have referred to. 

• Uses quotation marks when quoting exact phrases, which they attribute clearly to an author and keep limited in length. 

• May talk through an assignment with teachers and friends to make sure they understand a task, but doesn’t share their Google documents with other students, unless the teacher has approved this for a group assignment.