Policy On Plagiarism And Cheating
Cheating and plagiarism are very serious academic offenses.
Plagiarism involves using the ideas or words of others as your own. Any student who plagiarizes on a paper or who cheats on a test or exam will receive an automatic "zero" for the paper, test, and/or exam. The parents of the student will be notified concerning the offense and will be notified of the "zero" grade.
In the case of a term paper, the student WILL NOT have the option to rewrite the paper. In the case of a test, the student WILL NOT be permitted a re-examination.
The following circumstances require footnoting and would constitute plagiarism if not properly documented:
All word-for-word quotations.
All passages that you have summarized or paraphrased.
All charts, graphs, diagrams that are not your own.
All statistics that you have not compiled yourself.
All theories or interpretations that are not your own.
All key words or terms that you have taken from a special source.
This is a school-wide policy and will be followed by all teachers and students. If it becomes necessary, the teacher may request a conference with the student, the parent, a guidance counselor, principal and curriculum coordinator. We believe that students who plagiarize have cheated themselves out of the experience of being responsible members of the academic community and have cheated their classmates by pretending to contribute something original which is, in fact, a cheap copy. Students who do not thoroughly understand the concept of plagiarism and methods of proper documentation should request assistance from their teacher and from librarians.
