San Pasqual High School - Academic Honesty

Academic Honesty

San Pasqual High School Ethics Policy

Academic Honesty: (this information is taken from the Student Handbook)

Academic honesty is a strict expectation of all students enrolled in the Escondido Union High School District. Students are to do their own work on ALL school assignments and tests (unless otherwise directed by the teacher).

Acts of academic dishonesty, which will not be tolerated, are listed and defined below:

Cheating on Tests: Any intentional giving or use of external assistance relating to an examination, test or quiz, without express permission of the teacher.
Fabrication: Any intentional falsification or invention of dates, citation, or other authority in an academic exercise.
Unauthorized Collaboration: Intentional collaboration on an assignment between a student and another person, if such collaboration is not expressly permitted by the teacher.
Plagiarism: Any intentional use of another's ideas, words, or work as one's own. Plagiarism includes the misuse of published material and the work other students.
Theft or Alteration of Materials: Any intentional and unauthorized taking, concealment, or alteration of student, teacher, or library materials.

Failure to observe the rules relating to academic honesty will result in consequences to be determined by site administrator(s) and the instructor.

Consequences:

Students who commit any of the above violations of the District Ethic Policy including cheating or plagiarizing on any test, quiz, report, computer disk, homework, in-class assignment or any school related test (PSAT, SAT, ACT, etc.) are subject to the Ethic Policy. Helping another student on an exam or assignment is also a violation of the Ethics Policy if the instructor designates students are to work on their own. Violations on a national exam (PSAT, SAT, etc.) will result in the removal from any leadership position for the rest of the year. In addition to the following consequences, other disciplinary consequences may apply.

1st offense:

Teacher contacts parent.
Referral to Assistant Principal.
Parent conference with Assistant Principal or Dean, if necessary.
Automatic "0"/failure on assignment or test.
"U" in citizenship.
Placed on probation in the class of infraction for the remainder of the year and required to sign the SPHS Ethics Contract.
Student Aides will be dropped from the class with W/F (Withdraw/Fail) grade.

2nd offense:

Teacher contacts parent.
Referral to the Assistant Principal.
Parent conference with Assistant Principal and teacher.
"U" in citizenship and work habits for the semester. Placement on probation for ALL CLASSES for the remainder of the semester, plus the entire next semester.
Student is removed from any and all elected and appointed leadership positions for the remainder of school year. If in the same class as the first offense: "F" grade in class and removal from the class and placed in In-School Intervention for the duration of the semester in that class.

3rd offense:

W/F (Withdraw/Fail) in any class in which the violation occurs.