Honor Code

__Red Devil Honor Code__
To promote a stronger sense of mutual responsibility, respect, trust, and fairness among all members of Newton-Conover High School and with the desire for greater academic and personal achievement, students and faculty of Newton-Conover High School have set forth the following code of honor.

The Honor Code of N-CHS shall deal specifically with cheating or attempting to cheat, plagiarism, lying, and stealing. Cheating encompasses the willful giving or receiving of an unauthorized, unfair, dishonest, or unscrupulous advantage in academic work over other students by means including but not limited to fraud, duress, deception, theft, trickery, talking, signs, gestures, copying from another student, and the unauthorized use of study aids, memoranda, books, data or other information. Plagiarism encompasses presenting as one’s own works, the work or opinions of someone else without proper acknowledgement or borrowing the sequence of ideas, the arrangement of material, or the pattern or thought of someone else without proper acknowledgement. NCHS PTSA has purchased “Turnitin.com” to reinforce proper research and citation methods and deter plagiarism. This web based program will allow teachers to check students’ work for improper citation and potential plagiarism by comparing it against continuously updated databases using the most advanced search technologies. Lying encompasses the willful telling of an untruth, as well as any form of deceit, attempted deceit, or fraud in an oral or written statement relating to academic work. Stealing is taking or appropriating without permission to do so and the intent to keep or to make use of wrongfully, property (academic) belonging to any member of the Newton-Conover community or any property located on the campus.

__Consequences for Cheating or Plagiarism__
1st offense: The student may redo the assignment for half credit 2nd offense: The student receives a zero for the assignment 3rd offense: The student receives a zero and a parent conference is required to address the continuing problem.

All cheating / plagiarism offenses will be automatic office referrals for documentation and consequences based upon the NCHS Discipline Policy.