Transcript Honor Code Constitution

Honor Code
Constitution
Forest Park High School
The Honor Code Pledge
I will neither give nor receive
unauthorized aid on any test, quiz,
research paper, lab or any other
student-generated work as long as I am
enrolled at this or any other academic
institution."
Expect Excellence
Faculty Responsibilities
As a member of the Forest Park Senior High
School Community, each member of the
faculty and staff is responsible for
referring all cases of suspected cheating,
plagiarism and any other violation of the
Honor Code to the student’s administrator.
Faculty Responsibilities
Faculty and Staff members shall:
 abide by the decision of the Court and the
administrator in charge.
 Inform students of their responsibilities as
they apply to the Honor System
 Correct behaviors in students who they feel
are starting to exhibit questionable behaviors
as they relate to the Honor System
Faculty Responsibilities
 Continuously remind students of their
responsibility to uphold all portions of the
Honor System
 Inform students of the requirements of
any assignment as they pertain to the
Honor Code
 Conduct both formal and informal lessons
on the Honor Code and cheating
 Post the Honor Code in each classroom in a
prominent place.
Student Responsibilities
• It is the responsibility of all students to:
– Ensure that they will not violate any
portion of the Honor Code
– Question faculty and staff members
when uncertain about potential
violations of the Honor Code
– Seek permission to combine their
efforts with other students when
working on any assignment
Grounds for Conviction for
Violation of the Honor Code
• Activities that have the effect or
intention of interfering with education,
pursuit of knowledge, or fair evaluation of
a student’s performance are prohibited.
• Examples of such activities include but are
not limited to the following definitions:
• Cheating: using or attempting to use
unauthorized assistance, material, or study
aids in examinations or other academic work
or providing unauthorized assistance or
material, or study aids.
• Example: using a cheat sheet in a quiz or
exam, giving information about a test or quiz
already taken, altering a graded exam and
resubmitting it for a better grade, etc.
• Plagiarism: using the ideas, data, or language
of another without specific or proper
acknowledgment.
• Example: copying another person’s paper
(including homework assignments), article, or
computer work and submitting it for an
assignment; replicating someone else’s ideas
without attribution; failing to use quotation
marks where appropriate, etc.
• Fabrication: submitting contrived or altered
information in any academic exercise.
• Example: making up data for an experiment,
fudging data, citing nonexistent articles,
contriving sources, etc.
• Misrepresentation of academic records:
misrepresenting or tampering with or
attempting to tamper with any portion of a
student’s transcripts or academic record.
• Example: forging a change of grade slip,
tampering with computer records, falsifying
academic information on one’s resume, etc.
• Facilitating academic dishonesty: knowingly
helping or attempting to help another violate
any provision of the Code.
• Example: working together on a take-home
exam or allowing someone to copy your work,
etc.
• Unfair advantage: attempting to gain
unauthorized advantage over fellow students
in an academic exercise.
• Example: gaining or providing unauthorized
access to examination materials, obstructing
or interfering with another student’s efforts
in an academic exercise, lying about a need
for an extension for an exam or paper,
continuing to write even when time is up
during an exam, destroying or keeping library
materials for one’s own use., etc.
Reporting a Suspected
Violation
Any student, member of the faculty or
staff or administrator may refer a
student to the Honor Court for a possible
Honor Code violation. All referrals must be
in writing on the appropriate form and
must be signed by the person who fills out
the referral. The Court, its members and
representatives, will keep these referrals
confidential. All referrals will be turned in
to the administrator who oversees the
Court.
Procedures
Meeting Schedule
The Honor Court will meet once a month
starting in the second week of school and
continuing through the last week of school
in June. Additional days may be added to
the calendar as the number of referrals
dictates. Court dates are to be posted on
the Forest Park Senior High School
website.
Procedures
Preliminary Actions
1. After receiving notice of a suspected
Honor Code violation, the Honor Court
shall have five school days to send written
notice of the violation to the accused
2. The Honor Court must act on the referral
within the next two-week period or/at the
next Court date set by the administrator
who oversees the Court
Procedures
Preliminary Actions Cont’d
3. The accused shall be called before the Court.
The Chief Justice, Associate Justice, Clerk,
a minimum of two other Court members and
at least one faculty advisor must be
present for the Court to convene.
4. At this hearing, the accused will enter a plea
of guilty or not guilty.
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If the accused enters a plea of guilty, he/she will
receive a punishment in accordance with the
school discipline guidelines. He/she may choose
to not be present if a plea of guilty is entered.
- If the accused enters a plea of not
guilty the hearing will continue.
Procedures
Honor Court Proceedings
1. In order for the Court to convene a
minimum of five Court members and a
faculty advisor must be present. If a
quorum of these individuals cannot come
together the Court will not meet and a new
date will be set.
Procedures
2. During the trial, the accuser’s statement
will be read and he/she may make a
statement if they are present. The
accused can then also make a statement.
In addition, the accused may bring one
witness to the hearing to speak on his/her
behalf.
Procedures
3. After these statements, the Chief
Justice may wish to call any witnesses that
the Court deems necessary to arrive at a
just conclusion. The members of the
Court, faculty advisors, or administrator
can ask any witness questions to help
determine guilt or innocence.
Procedures
4. At the end of the questioning period, the
accuser or the accused can make a final
statement before the Court enters a
closed session to deliberate based on the
evidence given in Court.
Procedures
5. Conviction of a student requires a
majority vote by the voting members of
the Court. The faculty advisors and
administrator may not have a vote in this
process.
Procedures
6. As soon as a decision has been made, the
accused will be verbally made aware of the
verdict and will be notified in writing
within three school days. The
administrator in-charge will then set up a
time to hand down the appropriate
punishment that will be determined by the
Court's recommendation, the
administrator and Prince William County
School policies and regulations.