- Henry J. Kaiser High School (hs)
- Academic Honesty Policy
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FUSD requires all students to demonstrate honesty and to abide by ethical standards in preparing and presenting materials, as well as in testing situations. Grades should reflect the student's own work in the fairest possible way. Academic dishonesty, cheating, or plagiarism involves an attempt by the student to show possession of a level of knowledge or skill which the student does not possess. It involves any attempt by a student to substitute the product of another, in whole or in part, as the student’s own work. This policy covers all school-related tests, quizzes, reports, class assignments, and projects.
*Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids, including text messages and/or taking pictures of an exam, etc. is prohibited in all classes and could result in teacher disciplinary action and/or academic consequences.
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following...
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- Obtaining information from another student during an examination.
- Communicating information to another student during an examination.
- Knowingly allowing another student to copy one’s work.
- Offering another person’s work as one’s own.
- Using an unauthorized electronic device to solicit, transmit, or search for answers.
- Taking an examination for another student or having someone take an examination for oneself.
- Sharing answers for a take-home examination unless specifically authorized by the teacher.
- Using unauthorized material during an examination.
- Altering a graded examination or assignment and returning it for additional credit, under the pretense that the teacher made an error.
- Having another person or a company do the research and/or writing of an assigned paper or report.
- Misreporting or altering the data in laboratory or research project.
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Plagiarism is to present the ideas, words, or creative product of another as one’s own. Credit must be given to the source for direct quotations, paraphrases, ideas, and facts which are not common knowledge.
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- Stealing or attempting to steal an examination or answer key.
- Stealing or attempting to change official academic records.
- Intentionally impairing the performance of other students and/or a teacher, for example, by adulterating laboratory samples or reagents, by altering musical or athletic equipment, or by creating a distraction meant to impair performance.
- Alteration of computer and/or grade book records or forgery of signatures for the purpose of academic advantage.
- Sabotaging or destroying the work of others.
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- Collusion occurs when any student knowingly or intentionally helps another student perform an act of academic dishonesty. Collusion is an act of academic dishonesty and will be disciplined in the same manner as the act itself.
