Academic Honesty
Academic Honesty Procedures Robinson Secondary School
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% on the 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:
Maximum grade of 60% on the retake
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.