Honor Contract:

I will uphold the characteristics of respect, truthfulness, and integrity as outlined in the Honor Code of Collierville High School. 

Rationale:

1.	The Department of Education reports that "student cheating is both rampant and on the rise" in colleges and universities.
2.	A finding of the Collierville High School Improvement Plan indicates that the students, faculty, parents, and community consider high ethical and moral behavior in education to be essential.
3.	The students, faculty, parents, and community believe that setting standards of integrity in all academic affairs is the responsibility of the local school.

Code of Honor:

Honorable conduct is expected of all students at all times. Honorable conduct includes:

A.	Respect for the person and property of others.
B.	Truthfulness: not knowingly misrepresenting the truth.
C.	Integrity: avoiding academic dishonesty.

Consequences for Cheating:

The student will receive a zero on the assignments, a lowered conduct grade, a discipline referral from the teacher, and the parents will be notified. On the second incident of cheating, a grade of zero on assignment, a reduction in conduct grade, and ISS placement will result.

Plagiarism: The taking of another's ideas of writing and presenting them as one's own without proper acknowledgment.

Misrepresentation of work: The submission as one's own piece of work that was done by another.