Honor Code

To assist students in understanding that the academic work that they do must be their own or that they must learn to give proper credit when they do research. Each classroom has the Honor Code posted on it, and all students sign each test indicating that they have abided by the Honor Code:
    On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized assistance on this work.

On a test, test, quiz, or homework, the student is indicating that he or she has in no way looked at or copied information from another student’s work/paper or that he or she has not “cheated” in anyway by having concealed information.

On research papers, the student is indicating that he or she is not submitting a paper or parts of a paper written by someone else, copied from another course, or contains information whose source has not been sited.

In essence, the student is attesting that he or she not only understands the importance of honesty and integrity but also applies it to his or her work.



Code of Conduct

    I will not lie, cheat, steal, harass others, nor tolerate those who do.
“You are free to choose, but you are not free to determine the consequences of your choice.”

The Dean of Students and the Discipline Committee are responsible for overseeing students’ conduct and for determining consequences that are appropriate for the offence. The Dean of Students’ office maintains conduct records, which are summarized and become part of the student’s official grade reports and transcripts. Depending on the severity and repetition of the infractions and the conduct record of the student, the school may impose one or more of the following consequences:

Verbal and written warnings,
Written assignments,
Research projects,
School and community service,
Before-school and after-school detentions,
Work details before and after school and during lunch or during suspensions,
Weekend work-details,
*In-school suspension,
*Out-of-school suspension,
Dismissal

*Suspensions: There are offenses which call for the student to be removed from the classes or school. Grades are affected since the student misses the work, the tests, and other instructions. Students are made fully aware of the consequences to suspensions. While students may an “F” for each subject/day missed, the students should keep up with their work so that when they return to class they will not be behind. Teachers do not provide academic help or grade work during suspension.