Honor Code

Purpose
The purpose of the Honor Code is to guarantee Falls Church High School’s students, as well as the faculty, the best educational experience and to instill life-long values. This code embodies the principles and standards necessary for encouraging personal responsibility and integrity. By enforcing this honor code, the student body and the staff will be provided an equal and fair opportunity to learn and to teach in a learning environment of academic integrity.

Inappropriate Behaviors
The following are unacceptable forms of conduct:

1. Cheating – Includes providing answers to others, copying assignments or tests from other students, or looking at other students’ tests, homework, and other assignments.

2. Plagiarizing – Using another person’s thoughts, ideas or words without proper reference. Also includes the act of recycling or purchasing papers.

3. Abusing Technology Privileges**

4. Acquiring an Unfair Advantage – Looking at tests or other assignments ahead of time, looking at teachers’ material without permission, receiving information regarding tests or other assignments from other students.

5. Lying and Misrepresentation

6. Forging and Altering Documents or Signatures

**Refer to Fall Church High School’s and FCPS’ “Acceptable Use Policy for Technology” for further details regarding unacceptable uses of school computers and/or electronic resources.

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