Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. What is the right thing?
Be where you say you are going to be. If you are supposed to be in the Select room, don't leave without asking. If you ask to go to the Learning Commons, then that is where you should be. If you sign out to go to the bathroom, then the only place you should go is the bathroom - not the nurse or another teacher.
Don't leave during passing period. If you have more than one period in a row, stay in the room during passing period. This minimizes disruptions to yourself and the people around you.
Don't cheat. Cheating is using other people's work to demonstrate your learning. If you plagiarize, you can be written up, and you will be given a zero. If you are working in a group, but you let them do all the work and then try to get credit, that is dishonest, and you will not get credit.
Cheating on ALEKS is any activity that gets you credit without you doing the math yourself. It includes searching answers on the internet, using calculators when not approved, having other people do the work for you, or getting answers from other people during Knowledge Checks.
FIRST OFFENSE: The first time we suspect you are cheating, we will assign an immediate Knowledge Check of the most recent skills you have completed. This is an EXTRA 25 problems that you will have to complete under supervision before continuing on. This assessment will check if you have learned the most recent skills, or if you have bypassed them by cheating.
SECOND OFFENSE: The second time cheating is suspected, it is reasonable to suspect that the entire ALEKS course has been passed by cheating. To check this, a Knowledge Check of the entire course up to that point will be assigned. This will result in an EXTRA 30-50 problems that must be completed under supervision.
THIRD OFFENSE: The third time cheating is suspected, all progress on the ALEKS course will be erased, which means you will have to START OVER! You may also be recommended for removal from Select PLACE.
Don't plagiarize! Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. There are two kinds of plagiarism: blatant and inadvertent. The following is from the student handbook:
Blatant
The first time a student commits blatant plagiarism, the teacher will file a discipline report on the student conference with the student, and contact the student's parents.
The student will receive zero points for the assignment, with no possibility of making up the assignment.
If a student commits blatant plagiarism a subsequent time at MCHS, the student will fail the course in which the plagiarism occurred. The student will also not be eligible for membership in the National Honor Society, and if already a member, membership will be revoked.
Inadvertent
The first time a student commits inadvertent plagiarism, the teacher will file a discipline report on the student conference with the student, and contact the student's parents.
The student will have the opportunity to complete the assignment to correctly credit source material and resubmit the assignment within three school days, which will then receive an automatic 20% grade reduction. If the assignment is not completed within three school days or still contains evidence of plagiarism, the assignment will receive zero points.
If a student submits a second assignment any time in his MCHS career with evidence of inadvertent plagiarism, the teacher will file a second discipline report, conference with the student, and conference with the student's parents.
The student will have the opportunity to complete the assignment within three school days to credit source material correctly and resubmit the assignment, which will then receive an automatic 30% grade reduction. If the assignment is not redone within three school days or still contains evidence of plagiarism, the assignment will receive zero points.
A third instance of apparently inadvertent plagiarism will be treated as a first instance of blatant plagiarism, resulting in zero points for the assignment with no possibility of re-submitting the work.
A fourth instance of plagiarism at any time in a student's MCHS career will result in failure of the course in which the plagiarism occurred. The student will also not be eligible for membership in the National Honor Society, and if already a member, his membership will be revoked.