ACADEMIC HONOR CODE

As a student at Millikan High School, I understand that I am responsible for completing my own assignments and products. I accept the responsibilities for my own learning and behavior and know that cheating and plagiarism are unacceptable.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• Using another person’s idea, opinion, or theory; or
• Using any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings—any pieces of information—that are not common knowledge; or
• Copying another person’s actual spoken or written words; or
• Paraphrasing another person’s spoken or written words
• Without providing proper credit and citations.
• Downloading papers from a website and turning them in as your own
• Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
• Copying, borrowing, or turning in as one’s own, the work of another student
• Using crib notes/cheat sheets while taking a test
• Getting answers to a test from a student in another period
• Purchasing papers or hiring someone to write the paper for you

I understand the consequences for plagiarism and cheating that listed below, and that the incidents carry over from year to year.

1st incident of plagiarism or cheating – teacher calls home, teacher referral to administrator, 3 demerits assigned, “0” on assignment, may receive a “U” for the semester.

2nd incident of plagiarism or cheating – administrative referral, 3-day suspension, “0” on assignment, will receive a “U” for the semester.

3rd incident of cheating or plagiarism – administrative referral, R.I.A./Placement.