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Academic Integrity Policy
First Lutheran Jr./Sr. High School
Academic Integrity
 
First Lutheran is not just an academic institution. It is also an institution that strives to empower students with skills and guidelines in how to live a responsible, honest, and productive life. To that end, several of the Expected Schoolwide Learning Results address these qualities:
 
By the time students at First Lutheran School graduate, they will...
 
Faith
  • Know that they are saved by grace through faith in Christ.
  • Learn and apply Biblical truth through daily living, devotions, prayer and worship ( Eph. 2:8-10)
Learn
  • Develop communication, critical thinking and problem solving skills in all curricular areas.
  • Demonstrate teamwork and develop goals for life-long learning. (Prov. 4:13)
Serve
  • Demonstrate respect and responsibility toward others.
  • Serve others within the school community and community at large. (Micah 6:8)
Cheating is defined as, but not limited to, the following:
  1. Copying or allowing to be copied any assignment by any method.
  2. Using any unauthorized aid on quizzes, tests, or exams.
  3. Stealing, possessing, or viewing a copy of a test beforehand.
  4. Giving or receiving help on a test.
  5. Taking someone else’s work and submitting it as your own.
  6. Scanning, altering, or forging any school document.
  7. Plagiarizing (meaning you submit material written or designed by someone else without giving the author/creator credit or naming the source, or submitting work created by family, friends, or tutors).
Remember – You are cheating yourself of genuine learning when you copy or cheat in any manner.
Strategies to use in place of cheating:
  1. When you are falling behind in a class, ask for help from the teacher.
  2. Ask successful students to share their study habits tips, rather than copying their work.
  3. Ask your teacher to organize study groups before major tests.
  4. Accept the fact that some learning requires serious, even tedious effort.
  5. Pray that God will take the temptation of cheating from you.
Consequences:
Please see Handbook