A Booker T. Washington Hornet realizes that unethical academic behavior is not acceptable in the Hive. When a Hornet cheats he/she devalues the academic reputation of all the students, including one’s self, whose hard work has established Booker T. Washington High School as the best high school in Oklahoma. Our school’s reputation is guarded by us, the Hornets.
Unethical academic behavior includes:
Dishonesty
altering of grades or official records
attempting to gain advanced information on examination questions
collaborating during an examination with any other person by giving or receiving information by any means
collaborating on laboratory work, takehome examinations, homework, or other assigned work when instructed to work independently.
Breach of Copyright/Plagiarism
use the words and ideas of another person without appropriate acknowledgment by quotation, reference, or footnote
paraphrasing the words and ideas of another person in such a way that leads the reader to believe they originated with the writer
submitting as one's own any report, essay, computer program, speech, or artwork prepared totally or in part by another student
Deceit
submitting altered or falsified data as experimental data from laboratory projects or research
providing false information regarding the completion of course assignments