Torrence Creek Elementary School Cambridge Honor Code
We at Torrence Creek strive to achieve academic integrity. In all of our educational and
professional pursuits, we hope to convey a sense of pride in our hard work and in all of our
actions. This desire to be respected and to respect ourselves drives us forward. We ask
faculty, staff, and students to join us in dedicating our time here and abroad to the
following:
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As Eagles we are honest. We seek respect and honor through doing our best and
not by cheating in any form.
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As Eagles we are diligent. We seek to do our best daily, and when we fail or lose,
we persevere and try again until we are successful.
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As Eagles we are brave. We stand up to those who would ask us to do something
immoral or illegal.
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As Eagles we are supportive. We support our colleagues through appropriate and
meaningful channels, and we never ask another person to do something that would
jeopardize their standing in the community.
We are Eagles and we stand together to make sure that we learn, grow, and mature in a
manner that allows us to move forward and be the people that our parents, teachers, and
administrators know we can be.
We understand that if we do not follow through on these promises and commitments that
our standing in the Cambridge Program could be jeopardized as well as administrative
action taken as outlined by the CMS Student Code of Conduct.
Student Signature ____________________________________ Date ______________
Parent/Guardian Signature ______________________________ Date______________
Definition of Academic Dishonesty
Torrence Creek Elementary School is dedicated to academic integrity. To help all stakeholders in this
process we have created the Definition of Academic Dishonesty that outlines those actions that do not align
with our goals here at Torrence Creek.
Cheating in any form will not be tolerated. This includes but is not limited to:
 Passing questions or obtaining questions to or from other students in that class or in another class.
 Receiving help for an assignment that has been identified as an independent assignment is
unacceptable
 Copying or allowing someone to copy answers
 “Cheat sheets”
 Obtaining a copy of the test prior to the testing date.
 During the testing time: looking around the room, leaving books and/or notes open, signaling to
another student, talking, using a cell phone or camera to copy test questions or use in a way to
research the answer.
 Use of any electronic device that gives you an unfair advantage.
Plagiarism
 Copy or paraphrase or summarizing ideas, sentences, phrases, or paragraphs without using
appropriate citation and documentation.
 Turning in another student’s work as your own.
 Downloading from the internet or any other electronic source a research paper or article either in
full or in part and turning it in as your own.
 Paying or asking another person to write your assignment/paper or selling or giving another
student your work.
 Use of any electronic device that gives you an unfair advantage: including calculators and
language translation devices.
Lab Assignments/Reports
 Corrupting another student’s work
 Presenting another’s computations, graphs, diagrams, and answers as your own work.
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Misrepresenting lab results
 Using a cell phone or camera to copy labs.
Use of Electronic Devices
 Use of any calculator that is either not approved by the teacher or not permitted due to the
assignment.
 Placing information on a calculator and/or sharing information on a calculator about a test
or
quiz
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Using a cell phone or camera to copy labs.
Penalties for Honor Code violations will be handled on a case by case manner due to
severity or repeat behavior and may include, but are not limited to the following :
 No credit for the assignment
 Conference with parents or guardians, administration, and other stakeholders
 Removal from the Cambridge Program
 Disciplinary action by administration
Student Signature:_______________________________________Date:_____________
Parent/Guardian Signature:________________________________ Date:_____________