Topic 8-1-07 – Academic Dishonesty Policy

Bishop Alemany High School considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious academic offenses.  Bishop Alemany considers cheating and plagiarism as follows (but not limited to):

Cheating is the attempted or unauthorized use of materials, information, notes, study aids, devices, or communication during an examination or assignment.  Examples include but are not limited to:

·         Copying from another student during an exam/quiz/test/assignment or allowing another to copy your work.

·         Unauthorized collaborating on a take-home assignment or examination.

·         Using unauthorized notes during a closed-book examination.

·         Submitting substantial portions of the same work to two different classes.

Plagiarism is presenting another person's ideas, research, generated work or writing as your own, such as (but not limited to):

·         Copying another person's actual words without the use of quotation marks and footnotes (functional limit is four or more words taken from the work of another).

·         Presenting another person's ideas or theories in your own words without acknowledging them.

·         Using information that is not considered common knowledge without acknowledging the source.

·         Failure to acknowledge collaborators on homework and laboratory assignments.

·         The unauthorized use of AI platforms and/or submitting generated work as your own.

NOTE:  Bishop Alemany uses Turnitin to check for plagiarism and AI generated work through Canvas.​

Each instructor will issue, but not be limited to, a failing grade on any submission/content that has been identified as plagiarized or an exam in which you have cheated.  Any opportunity to make up/redo will be at the teacher's discretion.  In addition, instructors will report said infraction to the Deans for any further disciplinary action per the Parent-Student Handbook and for recording the incident in a student's file.

​Violation of Academic Integrity Policy

Plagiarize:  1. To steal and pass off as one's own the ideas or words of another.  2. To commit literary theft.  3. To present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.  [Source:  Webster's Third New International Dictionary]​

If a student copies work from another student or assists another student with copying,

• The teacher will confiscate the material from both parties involved.
• Both students will receive a zero for the assignment.
• The teacher will write up an Academic Integrity Report and turn in materials and report to the appropriate Dean of Discipline.
  

1^st offense:      One detention after school on days when school was in session.

2^nd offense:     Two detentions over two consecutive days when school was in session.

3^rd offense:     Step Three Probation

If a student cheats on an exam or quiz, or aids another student during an exam without expressed permission from the teacher, or uses any unauthorized aid:

• The teacher will confiscate any material.
• The student will receive a zero on the exam or quiz.
• The teacher will contact the parent/guardian.
• The teacher will write up an Academic Integrity Report and turn in materials and report to the appropriate Dean of Discipline.
  

1^st offense:      Step Three Probation (Quiz); Possible Step Four Strict Probation (Test/Final Exam)

2^nd offense:     Step Four Strict Probation (Quiz); Possible Dismissal (Test/Final Exam)

3^rd offense:     Subject to dismissal regardless of the number of semesters between the first and second incident.

If a student uses, purchases, or blatantly plagiarized the work of any other person with or without the expressed permission of the owner of the work (using another person's words, images, or ideas without giving that person credit):

• The teacher will confiscate any necessary material.
• The student will receive a zero on the assignment.
• The teacher will contact the parent/guardian.
• The teacher will write up an Academic Integrity Report and turn it in with the materials to the appropriate Dean of Discipline.
  

1^st offense:      Step Three Probation

Step Four Strict Probation (action taken depends on the severity of the offense and is at the discretion of the Dean or Administrator)

2^nd offense:     The student will be subject to dismissal regardless of the number of semesters from the first to the second incident; the Registrar's Office will denote plagiarism on the official school transcript of the student.

Note:  The Bishop Alemany High School Academic Integrity Policy will view violations on a case-by-case review, with disciplinary consequences up to and including expulsion with a permanent note on the student's transcript.​

If a student has a combination of violations of Academic Integrity for an academic year, the student may appear before the Discipline Board and face dismissal from Bishop Alemany High School.