Ac ade mic Hone s ty P olicy
Los Angeles Leadership Academy fosters the culture of honesfy, trust, and the pursuit of
academic excellence. Students will be responsible citizens who respect the rights of others. Any
form of academic dishonesty such as plagiarism or cheating undermines the integrity ofthe
academic program and its teachers, violates the rights of others, and is therefore subject to
disciplinary action. This Ethical Contract is intended to protect the culture of honesty, trus! and
the pursuit of academic excellence. Examples of cheating that are unacceptable at Los Angeles
Leadership Academy include, but are not limited to the following:
r Cutting and pasting from the intemet or te>cts
r Taking words/content from ottrers without giving credit
o Purchasing pre-written essays or papers
r Copying another student's homework
r UsinB notes on tests or quizzes
r Getting copies of tests of quizzes without teacher permission
r Plagiarism
r Copying or allowing another student to copy from any assignment which are to be
completed independently, per teacher instructions
r Unauthorized communication with any other person during an exam
o Stealing or destroying the work of another student
I nfr ac tio ns and C ons e quenc es
Plagiarism is a level 2 infraction on the Tiered Discipline Policy.
r 1"' Offense: "F" assigned on assignment/test with no opportunities for make-up. Teacher
notifies parent. Consequences assigned. Incident reported to Adrninistation in the form
of a referrai. Notice entered on PowerSchool to the student's file.
. 2odOffense: "F'assigned on assignment/test with no opportunities for make-up.
Teacher holds conference with parent. Notice entered on PowerSchool to the student's
file. Administration then may assign fi.uther consequences, including but not limited to
a suspenslon.
I sign to show I understand and accept if my child for any level of plagiarism they
is cited
will automatically fail fhe senior project will lead to the failure of their second semester
English class and place them in danger of not graduating.
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Parenv Guardian Name (Drint) (signature) (date)