Honor Code

Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, Mainland Regional High School has an Honor Code to which students will be held accountable.  Infractions relating to the Honor Code will be cumulative throughout the student=s enrollment at MRHS.  This Honor Code was developed by a commmittee of parents, teachers, and students.  The main components of the Honor Code are included in this handout but theentire document will be housed in the Main Office.  Parents and students will be provided with the entire document upon request.

 Honor Code Statement

I pledge to uphold all Ethical Standards of the

Mainland Regional High School Honor Code

Honor Code Pledge

As a member of the Mainland community, I maintain a high level of respect and integrity.

I uphold the Honor Code in letter and spirit.  I do not lie, cheat, steal, vandalize, or commit forgery.  I encourage fellow students who commit honors offenses to acknowledge such offenses.  I inform the Honor Council of my own and others= infractions.  I make this pledge in the spirit of honor and trust.

Honor Code Definitions

The Honor Code of Mainland Regional High School addresses cheating, plagiarizing, lying, stealing, vandalism, and forgery.

 Cheating encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

 Willful giving or receiving of an unauthorized, unfair, dishonest, or unscrupulous advantage in school work over other students.

Attempted Cheating

Some examples are the unauthorized use of calculators, cell phones or any electronic device such as watches, palm pilots, etc.  The use of talking, signs, or gestures during a quiz or tests, copying from another student or allowing the copying of an individual assignment; passing a test or quiz information during a class period or from one class period to members of another class period with the same teacher; submission of pre‑written writing assignment at times when such assignments are supposed to be written in class; illegally exceeding time limits on timed tests, quizzes, or assignments; unauthorized use of study aids, notes, books, data, or other information; computer fraud; sabotaging the projects or experiments of other students.

 Plagiarizing encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

 Presenting as one=s own, the works or the opinions of someone else without proper acknowledgment including the Internet or any other form of technological equipment.  Handing in as one=s own a previously submitted document or project. 

Borrowing of the sequence of ideas, the arrangement of materials, or the pattern of thought of someone else without proper acknowledgment.

Some examples are: Having a parent or another person write an essay or do a project which is then submitted as one=s own work; failing to use proper documentation and bibliography.

Lying encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

 Willful and knowledgeable telling of an untruth or falsehood as well as any form of deceit, attempted deception, or fraud in an oral or written statement.

 Some examples are: lying or failing to give complete information to a teacher; feigning illness to gain extra preparation time for tests, quizzes, or assignments and listing fictitious reference sites

Stealing encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

 Taking or appropriating without the right or permission to do so and with the intent to keep or improperly use the school work or materials of another student or the instructional materials of a teacher.

 Some examples are stealing copies of tests or quizzes, illegitimately accessing the teacher's answer key for tests or quizzes, stealing the teacher's edition of the textbook; stealing another student's homework, notes, or handouts.

Vandalism encompasses, but is not limited to, the following:

 Destruction of personal or school property.

$                Student will receive a failing grade in the course for this marking period in which the third offense was committed.

$                Student will be unable to participate in any extracurricular activity (example: Any sport, student council, the Prom, etc.) for four subsequent marking periods. If the offense is committed in the last marking period of a given year (for example), the student will be unable to participate in any extracurricular activity for the first three marking periods of the next year.

$                Student will receive a written reprimand.

If committed in an Honors Level Course:

$                Student will be removed from the honors level course in which the third offense was committed and placed in an academic level course. (If there is no academic course under the Honor's Level course in which the third offense was committed, the student will be moved into a study hall.)

$                Student will no longer be able to take an Honors or Advanced Placement course in the department in which the offense was committed.

$                Student will receive a failing grade in the course for the marking period in which the third offense was committed.

$                Student will be unable to participate in any extracurricular activity (example: Any sport, student council, the Prom, etc.) for four subsequent marking periods. If the offense is committed in the last marking period of a given year (for example), the student will be unable to participate in any extracurricular activity for the first three marking periods of the next year.

$                Student will receive a written reprimand.

If committed in a course of any other discipline:

$                Student will be dropped from the course and moved into a study hall.

$                Student will be unable to take an Honors or Advanced Placement course in the department in which the third offense was committed.

$                Student will receive a failing grade in the marking period in which the third offense was committed.

$                Student will be unable to participate in any extracurricular activity (example: Any sport, student council, the Prom, etc.) for four subsequent marking periods. If the offense is committed in the last marking period of a given year (for example), the student will be unable to participate in any extracurricular activity for the first three marking periods of the next year.

$                Student will receive a written reprimand.

Fourth Offense:           Student will be removed from all Advanced Placement and Honors Courses and all students will be considered ineligible to take any Advanced Placement or Honors Course in the following years. All students will receive a failing grade for the marking period in which the fourth offense was committed. Student will receive a written reprimand. Disciplinary action may be taken.