Uniform Policy:
- Uniform policy will be strictly enforced in all classrooms every day.
Student Behavior:
- Read the Handbook for guidelines and discipline involving student behavior.
Attendance & Tardy Policy
- Be at school!
- If you are late to class, you must get a late slip from Mr. McDermid.
- Unexcused Absences result in the homework being considered Late
- Late work has a 25% penalty for the first day. 50% penalty for the second day.
- Absences accrued due to “Suspension” are considered Unexcused.
- If you miss school and it is Excused, you still have to make up the work.
Cheating, Dishonesty, and Plagiarism
Simply put, plagiarism is another word for “cheating!” A student is guilty of plagiarism if they take something someone else has written or said, and uses it as their own. Cheating can also include situations where a student looks at another student’s answers when the teacher has expressed that collaboration is not allowed, such as quizzes or tests. Academic Dishonesty also occurs when a student shares his or her answers with friends.
The penalty for cheating will always result in the assignment receiving a ZERO GRADE. The following may also occur:
- The teacher will the headmaster of the school.
- A copy of the incident being placed in the student’s permanent file.
- A meeting with any of the following: student, headmaster, teacher, and parents.
Please see the Student Handbook for more information on Academic Dishonesty and read the excerpt below to learn more about this topic.
| An Honor Code ExcerptThere will be the periodic expectation that students work together and to help each other learn, and the school encourages a classroom environment in which the ideas of students are valued both by the teacher and by fellow students.
Students may get help from a parent in understanding an assignment or in solving a problem. Parents and students should realize that the purpose of the homework is to reinforce what the child has been doing in the class and to solidify understanding. Therefore, parents who help children with homework should ensure that the student is able – after receiving help – to solve the problems or do the work independently. This same thinking applies when a student receives help from another student. Most tests, quizzes, and written assignments (compositions, research paper, and so forth) are intended by the teacher to be done independently by the student. Students who copy information from another student, or who in any way present work or ideas as their own when they were, in fact, taken directly from someone or some place else, have violated the code of academic honesty. Students preparing compositions or papers must acknowledge any passages which they quote verbatim or paraphrase, in whole or in part, from any source, according to guidelines which will be made clear by the teacher. “I realize that copying and presenting the work of someone else as if it were my own is dishonest. I realize that it is my responsibility not only to adhere to the above code, but also to report to the teacher any such dishonesty of which I am aware. Whether I myself copy the work of someone else, give my own work for someone else to copy, or tolerate such action in others, I am guilty to one degree or another of academic dishonesty.” |
