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Title: BHS Academic Misconduct


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BHS Academic Misconduct
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Are any of these plagiarism?
  • Reading someone elses term paper and then
    writing your own using his/her ideas.
  • Taking a report or term paper you wrote for one
    class and reusing it for another.
  • Not citing your references.
  • Copying from the internet and editing it to be
    yours.

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Plagiarism
  • Copying the language, structure, and/or ideas of
    another and representing them as ones own work
    is plagiarism.

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  • Examples of plagiarism include but are not
    limited to
  • Using another persons ideas as your own is
    plagiarism.
  • Using the exact words of an original without
    quotation marks, documentation or citation is
    plagiarism.
  • Using the exact words of an original without
    quotation marks even if the source is documented
    is plagiarism.
  • Note When you put your name on a piece of work,
    your responsibility is simply to distinguish
    between what is yours and what is not, and to
    credit those who have in any way contributed.
    (Academic Writing at WFU)

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  • Using sources without giving credit is
    plagiarism this would include, but not be
    limited to friends, parents, on-line essays,
    texts, music and video clips, photos, projects,
    and artwork.
  • Taking or borrowing words, even if you change
    many of them is plagiarism changing word
    choice/order to better imitate your writing or to
    avoid detection is also plagiarism.

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Are any of these Cheating?
  • Copying someone elses homework
  • Asking your friend who took the test 1st period
    what questions were on the test when you have it
    8th period.
  • Asking your parent or friend to do all or parts
    of your project

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Cheating
  • Cheating is defined as receiving or giving
    unauthorized assistance on academic work for any
    course or subject.
  • Examples include but are not limited to
  • Copying answers from another students work,
    including homework.
  • Allowing someone to copy any academic work,
    including homework.
  • Providing or using unauthorized study aids,
    notes, books, data, or other information
  • Otherwise acting dishonestly in the process of
    completing course work

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Consequences- Applicable for 4 years at BHS
  • 1st Offense
  • Zero on the assignment
  • Parent notification by teacher
  • Name recorded in the Brookfield High School
    Academic Misconduct Record
  • Student is not eligible for National Honor
    Society, Peer Counseling, French and/or Spanish
    Honor Societies, Key Club, and/or Student Council
    for 6 months
  • Student is not eligible to participate in
    co-curricular activities for 2 weeks

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  • 2nd Offense
  • All consequences listed above in 1st offense and
  • Meeting with parent/administration
    /guidance/teacher
  • Withdraw from National Honor Societies, Student
    Council, Key Club, Peer Counseling
  • Excluded from receiving academic awards for the
    year in which the offense occurred
  • Student is not eligible to participate in
    co-curricular activities for 4 weeks

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  • 3rd and Subsequent Offenses
  • All consequences listed above in 1st offense and
    2nd offense
  • A grade of 50 for the quarter
  • Minimum of one day suspension
  • Student is not eligible to participate in
    co-curricular activities for 6 weeks

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Responsibilities
  • Student Responsibilities
  • Abide by the BHS Academic Misconduct Policy
  • Help to establish an academic environment where
    all members of the school community view a
    violation of the policy unacceptable
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