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Students Codes of Conduct

Viking Student Honor Code, Student Code of Conduct, Dress Code

 

Viking Student Honor Code

 

The Mills Student Honor Code is based on the school’s belief that a student who maintains the highest level of academic integrity will reach the highest level of academic achievement, and that authentic learning requires authentic work. The Honor Code is intended to ensure that students who choose to demonstrate such integrity benefit from this choice.

The Mills Student Honor Code defines academic integrity as each student doing his/ her own work. The Mills Student Honor Code defines cheating as claiming work by another person or source to be his/her own work. The following table, although not all-inclusive, lists actions that are considered violations of the Student Honor Code as well as possible consequences for such violations. The teacher’s professional judgment will determine if a violation has occurred. During Distance Learning, teachers will modify the curriculum to a more personal and reflective nature when possible so as to remove the possibility of cheating.

Examples of violations of the Honor Code:

Consequences for violating Honor Code:

• Copying or offering answers on tests or quizzes either verbally, in written form, or by electronic means.

• Talking with another student during a quiz or test.

• Using any type of notes not permitted by the teacher.

• Copying work that was assigned to be done independently (including homework) or allowing someone else to copy your work, either verbally, in written form, or by electronic means.

• Turning in work that was done by another person during this year or from prior years.

• Giving test information to students in other periods of the same course.

• Fabricating or altering laboratory data.

• Turning in the same paper to more than one class without prior approval.

• Removing a test from the classroom in which it was given without the teacher's permission.

• Copying phrases, sentences, or passages without citation while writing a paper.

• Pressuring other students to violate the Mills Student Honor Code.

• Accessing and sharing information about tests and quizzes stored in computers.

• Forging signatures on assignments.

• Representing a project as one’s own when it involved collaboration, without prior teacher approval.

First Offense: Failure or zero on the assignment, with no opportunity to make up work; in-office parent conference with Academic Honesty Contract signed by student and parent; possible detention or suspension; and consideration of drop “F” for further violations. 

 

Second and subsequent offenses: may include all the above for First Offense; may result in a drop “F” for the class.

 

Letters of Recommendation: Prior to writing any letter of recommendation for a college or scholarship, a teacher will be given access to information on any violations of the Mills Student Honor Code by the student requesting the letter. Teachers have the right to deny letters of recommendation for any reason, including involvement in a violation of the Mills Student Honor Code.

 

Teachers will use Turnitin.com or other apps through Canvas that analyze work for authorship and authenticity to determine if the Viking Student Honor Code has been violated.

 

Student Code of Conduct

Students violating the Code of Conduct at school or school events are subject to detention, suspension, expulsion, or transfer. The following list is not all-inclusive. Appropriate behavior is expected, and all members of the Viking Ship are expected to use the Tier 1 Behavior Matrix as a guide and rationale for behavior expectations and assignment of consequences. All students will be asked to participate in Restorative Justice Practices when appropriate, and should be prepared to consider intent and impact while discussing consequences and next steps. Mills' administration reserves the right to assign appropriate consequences.


Behavior Expectations will be expanded to include “Netiquette” and other online behaviors, including some social media use. Consequences will be guided by the Behavior Matrix, the context of the behavior, and the feasibility of specific interventions or consequences.

 

Behavior Expectations

Potential Consequences of Violation

Students will arrive at class on time.

Parent contact, referral to the dean, parent conference, possible attendance contract; excessive tardiness and/or absences will result in referral to the Student Attendance Review Board (SARB) at the District Office. All tardies and absences are recorded as part of a student's school record.

Students must have a legal parent or guardian write absence notes, enter the absence via the online form, or phone in absences. 

Parent notification, any forgery may result in a suspension.

Students will not alter or falsify school documents.

1 to 5-day suspension.

Students will remain inside the school perimeter. Mills is a closed campus, and students are not to leave the campus during Flex, brunch, or lunch. Students will not be in the parking lot without permission from a campus aide at any time during the school day.

First offense: referral to Dean, detention, student search, parent notification.

Second offense: referral to Dean, detention, student search, and parent notification.

Third offense: Suspension.

Electronic devices capable of taking pictures or visual or audio recordings may not be used at school without the permission of the site administrator.

Students not in compliance are subject to discipline, parent notification, and withdrawal of permission to possess such a device at school.

Students will not post or distribute posters/flyers without prior approval from the school administration and the ASB Director.

Students not in compliance are subject to discipline.

Students will not ride bicycles (including e-bikes), skateboards, scooters, or roller blades on campus.

Warning. Subsequent offenses will result in confiscation.

Students will comply with the SMUHSD Dress Code. Shoes will be worn at all times.

See Dress Code policy.

Students will not wear or display clothing, backpacks, badges, stickers,/or graffiti that promote the use of alcohol, cigarettes, or illegal substances. Clothing that displays profanity, racial, ethnic, or sexual remarks is prohibited.

See Dress Code policy.

Students will not spit and litter on campus. Students will collect and dispose of all litter and trash in their areas after brunch and lunch.

Warning and possible detention with parent notification. Lunchtime clean-up duty assigned for areas that do not collect and dispose of trash.

Students are not allowed to use inappropriate, vulgar, or profane language.

Warning and possible detention with parent notification. Repeat offenders may be suspended.

Students will not physically or emotionally haze other students. (Birthday celebrations must be positive and dignified.)

1 to 5-day suspension.

Students will attend administrative detentions.

No show for administration detention results in a warning, reassigned additional detention, parent phone call; subsequent offense can result in suspension.

Students will refrain from inappropriate behavior at school dances. “Torquing”, “grinding,” etc., are not allowed.

Warning, possible removal from dance, parent phone call, and possible suspension.

Students will not play cards, dice, or games of chance for money.

Confiscation, returned to parents, and possible detention.

Students and staff will be treated with respect at all times. Willful defiance of authority or disruption of any school program will not be tolerated.

Parent conference, restorative practice, and possible disciplinary consequences.

Students will not engage in physical, verbal, or non-verbal behavior that makes a person feel unsafe or uncomfortable. Sexual harassment must be reported to an adult.

1 to 5-day suspension, police notification, recommendation for expulsion. Title IX investigation and report. 

Students will respect school and private property. Vandalism (graffiti, arson, defacing, etc.) will not be tolerated.

1 to 5-day suspension, police notified, parental responsibility for restitution required, and possible recommendation for expulsion.

Students will not steal or attempt to steal school or private property.

3 to 5-day suspension, police notified, restitution required, and possible recommendation for expulsion.

Students will not use or possess tobacco, INCLUDING VAPE, at school or school-sponsored events. Suppose the use of VAPE triggers a fire alarm and school evacuation (such as using VAPE in a restroom and a fire alarm is triggered, requiring the school to evacuate). In that case, the student and family may be responsible for all monetary costs.

First offense: parent contact, confiscation, enrollment in substance use program

Second offense: parent conference, possible suspension.

 

Fire alarm evacuation due to use of VAPE: parent contact, enrollment in substance use program, restorative practices; possible suspension.

Students will not possess, or be under the influence of, alcohol, marijuana, intoxicants, or any controlled substance.

Possible suspension and enrollment in a substance use program.

Students will not furnish or sell alcohol or any controlled substances or materials in lieu.

Up to a 5-day suspension, police notified, recommendation for expulsion.

Students will not fight, including threatening, planning, or posturing.

Up to a 5-day suspension, restorative practices, possible police notification, and possible recommendation for expulsion.

Students will not use force or violence against a staff member.

Possible 5-day suspension, police notified, recommendation for expulsion.

Students will not bring weapons or facsimiles, “look-a-likes”, to school or school events (squirt guns, fake guns, etc). No knives of any kind (including pocket knives) are allowed on campus or at school events, regardless of intended use.

Possible 5-day suspension, confiscation, police notification, and possible recommendation for expulsion.

Students will not make deceptive phone calls to the attendance office or to school officials.

Possible 5-day suspension, potential recommendation for expulsion.

Students will not fabricate or change data in grade books, roll books, or attendance rosters, including by electronic means.

Possible 5-day suspension and/or recommendation for expulsion.