Academic Integrity

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

De La Salle High School expects students to be honest in their academic work. Academic dishonesty is viewed as a serious ethical issue and a violation of the principles of justice and personal responsibility inherent in the school’s ideals.

Should a student violate this policy, there will be consequences in all cases. The teacher will confer with the student; the teacher will inform the Dean of Students and the Vice President for Academic Life of the violation; and the parent will be contacted. Repeat offenses and behaviors not included in the following list will be assessed on an individual basis by the administration and personnel involved.

Cheating, of any kind, may result in the loss of credit and/or academic honors. Students may be suspended from classes as a result of cheating. This will depend on the facts of a situation. Whether class suspension occurs or not, students will be required to participate in up to forty (40) hours of service to the school community. The community service requirement may not be completed in less than ten (10) school days from the time a ruling on the cheating incident has been made. Beginning on the eleventh (11th) calendar day following the beginning of the community service, a student may complete the remaining hours according to the needs of the school, the availability of prefects, and the schedule of the student. Until the completion of the community service hours and a review meeting with the Vice President for Academic Life occurs, the student is prohibited from participation in co-curricular activities. A second offense brings serious consideration to a decision to expel the student.

The following academic consequences are considered if a student violates this policy:

1. Homework: The student may receive a grade of zero (0) for the assignment.

Other than assignments that are determined to be “cooperative assignments,” this includes a student who copies another student’s homework, or a student who allows others to copy his work. 2. Cheating on a Quiz or Examination: The student may receive a grade of zero (0) for the quiz or examination. 3. Unauthorized Viewing of an Examination: The student may be dropped from the course with a grade of F. 4. Plagiarism: “The use of quotations within a paper is a way of representing the continuity of research within a field and introducing the ideas of others by referring directly to their works. By definition, a research paper involves the assimilation of prior scholarship and entails the responsibility to give proper acknowledgment whenever one is indebted to another for either words or an idea. ...Failure to give credit is plagiarism” (Cf. Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for