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Saint Joseph High School (Lakewood) > chapter-8-DISCIPLINE > section-8-1-Philosophy > topic-8-1-07-Academic Dishonesty Policy

Academic Dishonesty

Academic dishonesty is contrary to the philosophy of Saint Joseph High School and subject to disciplinary action.

Cheating
Cheating includes the following:

copying from others during a quiz/test/exam;
copying homework (or other assignments) from another student or allowing one’s homework to be copied;
communicating the material on a test before, during, or after classes;
communicating exam answers with another student during an exam, including by cell phone;
offering another person's work as one's own;
taking an exam for another student or having someone take an exam for oneself;
sharing answers for a take-home exam unless specifically authorized by the instructor;
tampering with an exam after it has been corrected, then returning it for more credit;
using unauthorized materials, prepared answers, Cliffs Notes, Spark Notes, Book Rags, etc, written notes or information concealed in a blue book or elsewhere during an exam;
allowing others to do the research and writing of an assigned paper, including use of the services of a commercial term paper company or material available on the Internet; and
seeking and using answers to classwork, tests, and homework posted on the Internet instead of using approved teacher resources and your intellect to complete assignments.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement (citation, quotation marks).

There are 3 main forms of plagiarism:

to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own,
to use a creative production without crediting the source, and
self-plagiarism: to re-use one’s work without consent of the previous and current teacher.

Collusion

Academic dishonesty includes student collaboration / collusion that is not approved or directed by the teacher. Any student who knowingly or intentionally helps another student cheat or plagiarize is subject to disciplinary action.

Discipline Policy for Academic Dishonesty

Three incidents of Academic Dishonesty over the course of a student’s career at Saint Joseph High School are grounds for dismissal. The discipline policy is enforced by the Dean of Student Life and is as follows:

First offense

Student receives a Misconduct which is recorded in her discipline record.
Student receives a “0” on the assignment. The teacher may assign the student a similar assignment (for no credit) to ensure the student has an opportunity to authentically learn the course content.
Teacher contacts the student’s parents/guardians and informs them about the incident.
Student serves a detention.

Second offense

Student receives a Misconduct which is recorded in her discipline record.
Student receives a “0” on the assignment. The teacher may assign the student a similar assignment (for no credit) to ensure the student has an opportunity to authentically learn the course content
Teacher contacts the student’s parents/guardians.
Student serves two detentions.
Student and her parents/guardians meet with the Dean of Students.

Third offense

Student will be dismissed from Saint Joseph High School

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