SOUTH SMARTS 22-23

Strategies for managing your time and school work 

S-Schedule- On Mondays, look at the week ahead. Mark all events in your planner you already know about (sports practice, work shift, club meeting, family obligations, etc.)

M-Make Time to do your work for each class. Plan to do Red day classes after school on Red days; do Blue day classes after school on Blue days. 

A-Actually do it! Sit down, phone down, and do the work assigned for each class. Turn it in on time. 

R-Reach out to your teachers and resources. Ask them questions or for clarification. They like to help you! Use Schoology to see your teachers’ calendars and to find your work after an absence. 

T-Take a Break- After completing your homework, do something good for you that brings you joy! 

S-Stay Focused- Classes must be completed by the end of the semester. Also, keep up with your email by checking it each day. 

South High Homework Expectations

Homework at Parkway South High may include short-term or long-term assignments that include reading, writing, analysis, and other forms of classroom preparation.   You must allocate time outside of class to successfully complete assigned homework and to prepare for classes.

·  Parents are encouraged to become involved in all aspects of your education, including homework

·  Homework is a part of your grade; therefore, failure to fulfill this responsibility can affect your academic grade

When you are absent you are encouraged to contact each teacher by e-mail and/or check the school website.  If this is not a viable option for your family, please contact your counselor for assistance.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism, or taking credit for someone else’s work, is a serious academic offense.  In some cases, it may even be a violation of copyright laws and, thus, a crime.  The faculty of Parkway South wants students to avoid plagiarism and truly learn by completing their own assignments.  Plagiarized work, whether unintentional or intentional, will not be accepted.  Images, designs and music are included in this policy.

Unintentional Plagiarism

Until properly revised, papers and projects in which a student makes sporadic use of others’ work without properly acknowledging sources will receive no credit.  A paper that contains copied phrases must be rewritten so that all statements are either expressed in the student’s own words or are properly quoted.  At the teacher’s discretion, a penalty may be imposed on work that needs revision for this reason. 

Intentional Plagiarism – Large Passage or Whole Paper

Project Plagiarism

Turning in a paper or project largely or entirely written or created by someone else and claiming it as your own work is the most serious form of plagiarism. Examples include, but are not limited to, papers in which extended passages are copied from a book, magazine or other source; papers obtained from another student, friend or family member; or papers found on the Internet.  For intentional plagiarism, the result will be a zero or an “F” on the assignment.  The decision to allow a student to submit revised work for partial credit will be left to the teacher’s discretion.  Depending on the weight of the assignment, the result may be an “F” for the grading period.  Because intentional plagiarism is a form of cheating, students who commit this offense may be referred to their administrator for disciplinary review.

Methods to Avoid Plagiarism

Students can avoid plagiarism, either unintentional or intentional, by observing the following suggestions::

 1.   When taking notes, put information in your own words.

 2.   Changing a few words or phrases from another writer’s work is not enough to make the writing “your own.”  The writing is either your own or some other person’s; there are no in-betweens. 

 3.  When writing the paper, unless the information is so commonly known that it could be found in several sources, you must cite the source. South High’s  librarians have instructions on how to cite resources located on the library homepage on South High’s website

4.  Even if the wording is your own and even if the writing style and phrasing are your own, you must cite the source unless the idea is also your own.

5. The language in your paper must either be your own or indicated clearly as a direct quote from the original source. 

6.  If the language comes from another writer, quotation marks are necessary in addition to an in-text citation.