Academic Code of Conduct

The faculty and administration of Clifford School expect the highest standards of honesty and fairness from all students. Student responsibility, ethical behavior, and self-discipline are essential to promote the ideals of education.

Parents will be notified by teachers or administrators of any infraction of the following:

• Dishonesty/aiding on examinations and assignments (including those electronically produced).
• Altering/falsifying records (for example: modifying progress reports, forging parent signatures, etc.)
• Plagiarism (the taking of someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own).

Specific actions to include: parent conference, no credit for that work and/or the loss of up to one full letter grade for the trimester, Saturday School, suspension. Repeated violations may result in suspension and a grade of “F” for the trimester.