The ACPS Code of Conduct states:
- Alexandria City Public School students are expected to perform honestly through the production of their own work. They should also demonstrate respect for the belongings and rights of others.
- Students shall not cheat, plagiarize, or knowingly make false statements with respect to any assigned schoolwork or tests, nor provide a student the opportunity to do so.
Plagiarism Defined
To plagiarize is “(1) to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own; (2) use (a created production) without crediting the source; (3) to commit literary theft; to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.” Source: Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
This includes the act of recycling or purchasing assignments or papers.
If a student attempts to claim the work of another as his or her own he or she is in violation of this Honor Code.
Cheating Defined
To cheat is to give answers to others, copy assignments, imagery or tests from others, or look at the tests, coursework (homework and classwork), teacher materials, and similar assignments of others.
Teacher Expectations
Teachers are expected to teach and reteach students on plagiarism, how to avoid it, the consequences of plagiarism, and the proper methods of attributing sources for assignments that require citations.
The following link is to the T.C. Williams Library website explaining how to avoid plagiarism: www.acps.k12.va.us/plagiarism