STATEMENT OF
PRINCIPLE AND POLICY
REGARDING ACADEMIC
HONESTY AND
INTEGRITY
Academic honesty and integrity are
essential to excellence in education.
Since assignments, exams and other
schoolwork are measures of student
performance, honesty is required to
ensure accurate measurement of student
learning. Each student, parent and staff
member has a responsibility to promote
an academic culture that respects and
fosters individual achievement.
Honesty: a refraining from lying, cheating
or stealing; being untruthful, trustworthy or
upright. *
SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES
Academic honesty and integrity
requires that all stakeholders share
responsibility in the fulfillment of this
policy.
Student Responsibility:
To not participate, either directly or
indirectly, in cheating or plagiarism;
to actively discourage cheating or
plagiarism by others.
Parent Responsibility:
To actively support the Eastview
High School Honor Code; to support
his/her child in the understanding
and upholding the Eastview High
School Honor Code.
Eastview High School
ACADEMIC
HONESTY
AND
INTEGRITY
POLICY
Staff Responsibility:
To promote the Eastview High
School Honor Code; to establish
expectations regarding academic
honesty and integrity; and to be
prepared to address violations of the
Eastview High School Honor Code
when it occurs.
Integrity: the quality or state of being
of sound moral principle; uprightness,
honesty and sincerity. *
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
* (Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary)
EASTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
6200 140th Street West
Apple Valley, MN 55124
952-431-8900
“Educating our students
to reach their full potential”
STUDENT HONOR CODE
On all coursework undertaken by the
students of Eastview High School, the
following commitment is expected:
On my honor,
as an Eastview
High School student,
I will neither cheat
nor plagiarize on
any coursework.
How do I, as an Eastview
High School student,
promote academic honesty
and integrity?*
• It’s simple, ALWAYS, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS do YOUR OWN work!
• NEVER let someone copy any of your
work from a test or an assignment.
• NEVER share information about a test
afterwards no matter how much
someone begs you to spill the beans!
• DO NOT collaborate or “work together”
on an assignment, project or exam
unless the teacher has given
permission for collaboration.
• If confronted by a peer to cheat or if
tempted on your own to cheat, just
remember your responsibility as an
EVHS student to uphold the EVHS
CODE OF HONOR. Just say:
“Remember the code?”
• Use the power of technology
responsibly.
This statement means that the
student understands and has
complied with the expectations of
academic honesty and integrity set
forth by Eastview High School.
• Listen to your “gut check.” If it doesn’t
feel right, it probably isn’t.
• And finally, if you observe some of your
peers cheating or you feel undo
pressure from your peers to cheat, feel
free to share this information,
individually, with your teacher.
• When in doubt, ask a teacher.
* (Hopkins High School)
THE CONTINUUM OF PROBLEM
SOLVING AND/OR CONSEQUENCES:
• Redo the assignment, exam
• Reduced grade for the assignment,
exam
• Zero for the assignment, exam
• Letter of apology
• Student explains offense to parents
• Teacher contacts parents
• Referral to administration
• Removal from course with an “F”
• Loss of EVHS scholarship
opportunities
• Loss of National Honor Society
membership
• Revocation or refusal of letters of
recommendation
Consequences may include
but are not limited to the above!