Robinson Secondary School Academic Honesty Policy

Robinson Secondary School Academic Honesty Policy

 

First offense: If a student cheats on a major assessment, they may retake the assessment within 5 school days with the following penalty:

• Maximum grade of 70% of the grade on retake

• After-School Academic Honesty Detention*

• Student will be placed on a one year long probation for all honor societies 

* Academic Honesty Detention entails a 1.5-hour detention in which the student would be required to complete academic dishonesty curriculum/assignment(s)

Second offense:  If a student cheats on a major assessment, they may retake the assessment within 5 school days with the following penalty:

• 60% of the grade earned on the retest

• Saturday school detention

• Student will be dismissed from all Honor societies. If a student is not yet a member of an honor society, they may not apply to be a member for the next school year

Third offense and subsequent offenses:  If a student cheats on a major assessment, they may retake the assessment within 5 school days with the following penalty:

• No retake possible

• Up to two days of ISS

• Student will be prohibited from applying to SGA or any other school leadership role for the next academic year 

 

Honor societies

• Students can apply with only one offense, but only for probationary status

• Probationary period lasts for the remainder of the school year

• If a student is late to a required meeting, does not complete service hour requirements, or suffers another malpractice infraction, that student is then dismissed from the honor society

 

Minor assessment incidences of malpractice

• Minor assessments include formative or informal assessments, classwork or homework

• Malpractice within minor assessments  will be handled within the classroom by the classroom teacher

• Class grade consequence will be a 50% for that assignment

• Teachers will inform parents of malpractice via email and cc grade level administrator

• If a student accumulates 3 separate instances of minor assessment malpractice, he/she will then be moved to the first major offense consequence status.