• Cheating is defined as the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for work by the use of dishonest, deceptive, fraudulent, or unauthorized means.  Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to, the following: using notes or aides or the help of other students on tests/assignments in ways other than those expressly permitted by the teacher, plagiarism as defined below, tampering with grading procedures, and/or collaborating with others on any assignment where such collaboration is expressly prohibited by a teacher.  Violation of this prohibition of collaboration is an offense by the person(s) collaborating on the work in addition to the person submitting the work.

• Plagiarism is defined as the act of taking the work of another and offering it as one’s own work without giving credit to that source.  Sources that are used in any assignment at Savanna High School are to be properly acknowledged and cited.

*The majority of these definitions have been taken from the California State University, Fullerton Academic Dishonest statement  (UPS 300.021) provided in CSUF University policy.

Cutting and pasting from the Internet and other sources is cheating.  If students have any doubt as to whether a particular act constitutes cheating, they should ask the teacher before proceeding. 

Students who cheat will receive the following:

• A zero on the assignment, project, or test;
• A referral in their permanent record;
• Semester grade lowered by one letter grade;
• Phone call home (by teacher).

Teachers are expected to:

• Complete/submit a referral.

• Contact parent.

• Teacher assigns an appropriate academic  

penalty, as outlined in AUHSD Policy.