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Bosque School is a learning community dedicated to fostering intellectual
growth and development and a sense of responsibility in each child. For
students, academic integrity means that they are absolutely honest in their
intellectual efforts. Violations of academic integrity, in any form, are,
therefore, contrary to the values of Bosque School and detrimental to the
students’ own development as young scholars and responsible members of this
community.
Upper School consequence: If a student is not honest in his or her academic
efforts, the student will serve a one-day in-school detention and fail the
assignment or exam. Depending on the circumstances of the incident, other
consequences may be imposed. Any subsequent example of academic dishonesty
will result in a more severe penalty and may result in dismissal.
One specific requirement of the honor code, which is set forth in some detail
here because of its significance, is academic integrity, which requires each
student to use only his or her work unless proper citations are made or the
teacher is fully aware of a collaborative effort. The following are examples,
not an exhaustive list, of violations of this requirement:
1.Plagiarism, which is the unacknowledged use of another's words or ideas,
whether spoken, written, or computer generated.
If another's words are used, they must be enclosed in quotation marks and the
source of those words must be given.
It is not enough to change the words of a source; credit must be given for the
ideas obtained from any source.
Sources that must be credited are not simply published works but any other
person or any other person's works.
2.Using unauthorized notes or other aids in a test, or copying from or being
influenced by another student's work during a test.
3.Giving unauthorized aid to another student, such as allowing another student
to copy or use one's test, paper, or homework.
4.Use of help on homework or a take-home test that is beyond the limits
specified by the teacher.
5.Submitting the same work for credit to more than one teacher unless both
teachers give their permission.
(Taken from the Bosque School Student Handbook, p. 11-12)
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