Academic Policies/Expectations 

Academic Lab

You will have an opportunity to meet during the 4th block on “Blue” days with your teacher(s) to receive individual help. 

Opportunities available during Academic Lab:

·         Getting help from teachers

·         Making up assignments

·         Utilizing resources of the library and computer labs by signing up ahead            of time

·         Studying

·         Meeting with counselors and administrators

·         Student meetings

Expectations and Procedures:

  1.  During this time, your Academic Lab teachers will take attendance and issue citizenship grades.

  2.   You are not permitted to leave the building during this time. 

  3.   Your teachers will keep up with students and know how your time is being used. You will have to indicate the teacher/place that you plan to visit in Responsive Scheduling before leaving your AcLab classroom.

  4.   You must remain in your chosen MOD for the entirety of the MOD.

  7.   If you choose to remain in your AcLab classroom, you must work quietly and respect other’s need to do the same.

  8.   If you do not meet these guidelines/expectations, you will be at risk of losing Academic Lab privileges and may receive other disciplinary consequences.

9. Teachers may specifically request you if they need to see you. Teachers will use Responsive Scheduling to add you to their roster.

        10.  If you do not meet the expectations of AcLab, an administrator will assign you to Grounded Academic Lab. Students that are placed in Grounded Academic Lab may not travel. 

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. 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. Intentional plagiarism is a form of cheating, and 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.