Honor Code
ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
Academic honesty and personal integrity are fundamental components of a student's education and character development. The Board expects that students will not cheat, lie, plagiarize, or commit other acts of academic dishonesty. The well-being of the entire school community depends on the student accepting responsibility for personal conduct in both social and academic endeavors.
The academically honest student produces work representative of his/her own efforts and abilities, whereas the academically dishonest student attempts to show knowledge and skills he/she does not possess by claiming it as his/her own. Academic dishonesty may take many forms, moreover, the practice of academic dishonesty undermines the purposes of education and denies the student his/her right to personal and academic integrity.
The Anaheim Union High School District believes that promoting academic honesty is the responsibility of the total school community. Only when there is a commitment on the part of all concerned can a school's academic environment facilitate a healthy respect among students for the value of academic honesty. In such an environment, students will know that teachers will not ignore or condone cheating, plagiarism, or other acts of academic dishonesty. Students will also know that teachers, administrators, and parents/guardians will hold them accountable for any act of academic dishonesty.
STAKEHOLDER RESPONSIBILITIES
Student
The student is expected to adhere to the principles of academic honesty in completing all school-related tests, quizzes, reports, homework, assignments, projects, activities, and other academic work, both in and out of class. No form of student work is exempted from this policy.
Parent/Guardian
Consequences for ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
On the first offense:
• teacher will assign "no credit" (zero/F) for the work in question
• teacher will assign a "U" in citizenship for the current grading period
• teacher will notify parent/guardian
• teacher will submit a referral to the administrator
• administrator will contact parent/guardian regarding the incident
• administrator will enter incident into student's disciplinary file
• conference will be held with the parent/guardian and student
On the second offense:
• teacher will assign "no credit" (zero/F) for the work in question
• teacher will lower the semester grade by one full letter grade
• administrator will contact parent/guardian regarding the incident
• administrator will notify student's counselor
• student will be ineligible and/or lose eligibility in all academic organizations
(NHS, CSF, etc.) for the remainder of the school year
• student will be removed from any elected and/or appointed leadership position
for the remainder of the school year
• student will receive no academic recognition at award events, including
promotion and graduation ceremonies, for the current school year
On the third offense:
• teacher will assign "no credit" (zero/F) for the work in question
• teacher will lower the semester grade by one full letter grade
• teacher will assign "U" in citizenship for the semester grade
• teacher will notify the parent/guardian
• administrator will assign off-campus suspension
• administrator will contact parent/guardian regarding the incident
• student may be transferred to another school within the district
• student will be ineligible and/or lose eligibility in all academic organizations
(NHS, CSF, etc) for their entire attendance at distict schools
• student will receive no academic recognition at award events, including
promotion and graduation ceremonies, for thir entire attendance at district schools
All students and parents are required to sign the Academic Honesty Policy each year.
