The Academy views academic dishonesty as an Honor Code violation and may consider it to be a severe misconduct.  Students and parents should discuss and understand its various forms. If students have any questions regarding what is acceptable or unacceptable, they should not hesitate to ask their advisor, a member of the faculty or an administrator.  Specific examples of academic dishonesty include the following:

1. Giving or receiving assistance during a test, quiz, or examination.  This includes possessing or using unauthorized material as well as receiving information from another person.
2. Using summaries or digests of reading material in place of the original or unabridged work (such as Cliff’s Notes).
3. Giving or receiving assistance on homework assignments unless specifically encouraged to do so by the teacher.  This includes receiving answers or help on homework problems from another student without the teacher’s permission to give or receive assistance on such work.
4. Providing information about a test or quiz to students who have not yet taken it.
5. Plagiarism of any material for a paper, translation, essay, or any other work via any medium (see Computer Use Policies, item 6).  Plagiarism is copying, paraphrasing, or otherwise taking someone else’s ideas or information and passing it off as one’s own work—that is, without proper acknowledgment or citation.
6. Unauthorized use of calculators or translators.
7. Submitting work that is not one’s own for credit.
8. Submitting the same work in multiple classes without prior permission of all teachers.