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Prairie High School Academic Integrity Policy
The faculty of Prairie High School believes that all students must demonstrate honest and ethical behavior.
Academic dishonesty, cheating, or plagiarism involves an attempt by the student to present another's work as his or her own.
Because the faculty understands that not all plagiarism or cheating is intentional, every student at PHS will be expected
to attend training sessions to help avoid plagiarism. These sessions will be designed to aid students in: (1) quoting with
correct citations, (2) paraphrasing with integrity, (3) extracting meaning and summarizing passages in their own words with
credit to the source. All students will sign an agreement at the end of their training stating their understanding that plagiarism
and cheating are not tolerated at Prairie H.S.
Cheating and plagiarism includes but is not necessarily limited to:
-Copying or giving an assignment to a student to be copied unless specifically permitted specifically by the teacher.
-Submitting another student's work as your own.
-An act of using the exact words, a close paraphrase, or a unique idea from another person's writing.
-Submission of any work that is not the student's own work.
-Use of unauthorized material including textbooks, notes, calculators, or computer programs during an examination or on
a major project.
-Supplying or communicating in any way unauthorized material including notes, textbooks, calculators, or computer programs
on a major project.
-Unauthorized access to an exam or answers to an exam.
Consequences for violation of this policy may include:
-Any freshman or sophomore student caught cheating or plagiarizing on school work may receive a failing score for the assignment.
-Any junior or senior caught cheating or plagiarizing on school work will receive a failing score and may be suspended
from school.
-Any student cooperating in a situation involving cheating or plagiarism is subject to the same consequences.
-Parents or guardians will be notified in cases where cheating or plagiarism is discovered.
-A conference will be required between the student and the administration when a student is found to be involved in plagiarism
or cheating.
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