The Code

THE CODE

Students attending South Lakes High School are expected to conduct themselves honorably in pursuit of their education.  Cheating, plagiarism, and fraud violate ethical codes of conduct and will not be accepted at South Lakes High School. The Honor Code expressly forbids the following academic violations:

Cheating
Examples of cheating include but are not limited to:

• Copying another person’s work.
• Allowing another person to copy your work.
• Using unauthorized notes, aids, or written material in any form during a test.
• Unauthorized use of technological devices (cell phones, cameras, ipods, games, etc) when taking an assessment.
• Talking; copying from another person’s paper; giving or receiving information by signs, gestures, or deception during any type of assessment.

Plagiarism
Examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:

• Presenting someone else’s work as your own including the copying of language, structure, programming, computer code, ideas, and/or thoughts of another without proper citation or acknowledgement.
• Copying word for word, without using quotation marks or giving credit to the source of the material.
• Failing to use proper documentation and bibliography.
• Having somebody else do assignments which are then submitted as one’s own work.

Falsification/Lying
Examples of falsification/lying include but are not limited to:

• Making an untrue statement verbally or in writing with the intent to deceive.
• Creating false or misleading impressions.
• Forgery of official signatures.