3.613 Academic Honesty
As Christians we are called to reflect integrity in all aspects of our lives. It is critical that we hold students to a high standard of integrity in their work in the classroom. Academic dishonesty occurs when students obtain or assist others in obtaining credit for work which is not their own. Students must conduct themselves according to the highest standards of personal integrity. Students shall follow rules prohibiting dishonest academic behavior and must resist peer pressure to violate Lakeway Christian Schools standards. Whenever students have a question about this procedure or any procedure, they should ask their teachers and/or advisors. Teachers
will inform students of procedures and practices relating to homework and classwork. Students should assume that all quizzes, tests, and exams should be done independently, unless they are specifically informed by their teacher.
Study or homework collaboration is not considered academic dishonesty unless prohibited or limited by procedures/expectations established by the teacher. Teachers will guide students in understanding when collaborative efforts are not appropriate. However, students should realize the distinction between collaboration and copying another student’s work. These standards would also apply as they relate to sharing and collaborating with documents via technology.
At no time should students' hand in identical work unless it is a group project which lists all students’ names who contributed to the assignment.
Plagiarism is the act of taking and using as one’s own work another’s published or unpublished thoughts, ideas and/or writings. This definition includes computer programs, drawings, artwork, digital images or media, and all other types of work which are not one’s own. Types of plagiarism include word-for-word (which includes cutting and pasting material from other sources), mosaic (rearrangement or rewording without documentation) and indirect (paraphrasing of a passage without documentation).
The following consequences for academic dishonesty and/or plagiarism are to be implemented summarily across all classes for a school year:
will inform students of procedures and practices relating to homework and classwork. Students should assume that all quizzes, tests, and exams should be done independently, unless they are specifically informed by their teacher.
Study or homework collaboration is not considered academic dishonesty unless prohibited or limited by procedures/expectations established by the teacher. Teachers will guide students in understanding when collaborative efforts are not appropriate. However, students should realize the distinction between collaboration and copying another student’s work. These standards would also apply as they relate to sharing and collaborating with documents via technology.
At no time should students' hand in identical work unless it is a group project which lists all students’ names who contributed to the assignment.
Plagiarism is the act of taking and using as one’s own work another’s published or unpublished thoughts, ideas and/or writings. This definition includes computer programs, drawings, artwork, digital images or media, and all other types of work which are not one’s own. Types of plagiarism include word-for-word (which includes cutting and pasting material from other sources), mosaic (rearrangement or rewording without documentation) and indirect (paraphrasing of a passage without documentation).
The following consequences for academic dishonesty and/or plagiarism are to be implemented summarily across all classes for a school year:
- 1st instance, the teacher will report any incident of academic dishonesty to the student and contact parents by phone. A zero will be given on the assignment in question, additional education on cheating and/or plagiarism will be provided to the student by the teacher. The teacher will record the incident in FACTS.
- 2nd instance of cheating in any form will result in the teacher notifying the student and contacting parents by phone, as well as, assigning a zero on the assignment in question. The teacher will refer the student to school administration to be assigned in-school suspension. The teacher will record the incident in FACTS.
- 3rd instance of cheating in any form will result in the teacher notifying the student and contacting parents by phone, as well as, assigning a zero to the assignment in question. The teacher will refer the student to school administration to be assigned a behavior contract. Administration will record the incident in FACTS.
- Any additional instances of cheating in any form could result in a student being recommended for expulsion. Records will be kept of students who are charged with academic dishonesty and/or plagiarism.