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Academic Honesty

A set of values that promote personal integrity and good practice in learning and assessment.

Student Expectations

• be honest in presenting all of their work
• know what constitutes cheating and how to abide by rules of academic honesty
• acknowledge help from parents, other students, and friends
• say "no" to students who want to copy their work
• understand that their teachers value their ideas and want them to present ideas using their own language and voice
• understand the teachers' guidelines for group and individual work
• understand and use technology and library resources properly
• acknowledge resources
• seek guidance from teachers when unsure how to follow rules of academic honesty

Academic Dishonesty

Students act with integrity and honesty; they take responsibility for their own actions. Academic dishonesty, which is also known as cheating, includes:

• Collusion - Helping someone else cheat, such as allowing your own work to be copied by another who is expected to do their own work.
• Misconduct - Refusing to follow directions, such as taking test materials from a classroom or using electronic devices when you are not supposed to.
• Plagiarism - Using the ideas and work of others as your own such as copying language or an image from a book or a website and not citing where it came from.