Lake Braddock’s goal is to promote a community of trust that will enhance student achievement. Students who accept responsibility for their own academic integrity learn and can take pride in genuine achievement. This Honor Code represents expectations of student behavior that are consistent with fully preparing future citizens in a democratic society.

What is Honor?

• The honorable person is a person of honesty and integrity.
  • Honesty means doing your own work.
  • Integrity means doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

Honor in academic endeavors carries over into adulthood. Honorable students become honorable citizens in the workplace, in society, and in their personal lives. Practically speaking, honor allows a society to function smoothly.

• Honor is valuable in and of itself. It defines the high moral standards which we hold not only for ourselves personally, but also for our community. The citizen who witnesses a crime is duty-bound to report it. Students have a similar obligation to encourage one another to be honorable and to report dishonorable behavior which weakens  our school community.

What is Academic Honor?

• An honorable student takes pride in the products of his or her own talents and efforts. The honorable student respects others’ work and would not claim it as his or her own. Therefore, the honorable student does not engage in the following actions:
  • Cheating, which includes copying any part of any assignment, quiz, or test; allowing others to copy any part of any assignment, quiz or test; unauthorized use of study materials (paper or electronic); and giving or receiving unauthorized prior knowledge of assessments.
  • Fraud, which includes deception, falsifying data, and forgery.
  • Plagiarism, which is stealing another’s work and passing it off as one’s own.

 What is the Lake Braddock Honor Council?

The purpose of the Honor Council is to review alleged Honor Code violations. The Honor Council gives students an opportunity to appeal the alleged violation or to accept consequences for violating the Honor Code. Consequences for violations will be consistent throughout the school. The Honor Council consists of a group of faculty members that reviews cases of disputed honor violations and decides whether a  violation has occurred. This decision will be based on presented written evidence from the referring staff member and the referred student, as well as any other written testimony deemed relevant to the case. This material will be presented to the council anonymously, so as to ensure an unbiased panel.

What are the consequences for violation of the Honor Code?

First Offense

• The violation is referred to the Honor Council through the formal referral process.
• The formal referral from the staff is kept on file with the Honor Council chair.
• The student receives a failing grade on the graded assignment that gave rise to the Honor Code violation.
• The student’s parents/guardians, teacher and administrator are notified of the violation.
• If the student is in an honor society, the honor society teacher representative will be notified of an honor code violation. Honor societies may impose additional consequences, based on their own rules and guidelines.
• If the student is in Leadership class (SGA/SCA), the student will be placed on probation and will not be able to take a leadership role in the next in-class activity. Leadership teachers will be notified of the violation if a student applies for leadership class for the following year.
• If the student is serving as a representative on the Student Advisory Council, as class officer or as a member of Student Government Association, he or she is removed from that position.

Second Offense

• The violation is referred to the Honor Council through the formal referral process.
• The formal referral from the staff is kept on file with the Honor Council chair.
• The student receives a failing grade on the graded assignment that gave rise to the Honor Code violation.
• The student’s parents/guardian,  teachers,  coaches,  sponsors,  administrator,  and counselor are notified of the violation.
• The student is  suspended  from  all  extra-curricular  activities  (Monday  through Sunday) following the week that the Honor Council meets to document the referral.
• The student may not apply to become a member of an honor society.
• The  student  may  not  run  for  Student  Advisory  Council,  Student  Government Association or class office.
• The student may not apply for Leadership class (SGA/SCA).

Third Offense

• The violation is referred to the Honor Council through the formal referral process.
• The formal referral from the staff is kept on file with the Honor Council chair.
• The student receives a failing grade on the graded assignment that gave rise to the Honor Code violation.
• The student’s parents/guardian, teachers, coaches,  sponsors,  administrator,  and counselor are notified of the violation.
• The student is suspended from  all  extra-curricular  activities  (Monday  through Sunday) following the week that the Honor Council meets to document the referral.
• The student  is  required  to  attend  Saturday  School.    Failure  to  attend  will  be considered insubordination and dealt with in accordance with school policy.
• All three offenses are recorded in the student’s discipline record.

Fourth Offense

• The violation is referred to the Honor Council through the formal referral process.
• The formal referral from the staff is kept on file with the Honor Council chair.
• The student receives a failing grade on the graded assignment that gave rise to the Honor Code violation.
• The  student’s  parents/guardian,  teachers,  coaches,  sponsors,  administrator,  and counselor are notified of the violation.
• The student is suspended from all extra-curricular activities for 30 calendar days starting with the Monday following the week that the Honor Council meets to document the referral.
• The student receives one day of in-school suspension.
• The  additional violation is recorded in the student’s discipline record

Fifth Offense

• The violation is referred to the Honor Council through the formal referral process.
• The formal referral from the staff is kept on file with the Honor Council chair.
• The student receives a failing grade on the graded assignment that gave rise to the Honor Code violation.
• The  student’s  parents/guardian,  teachers,  coaches,  sponsors,  administrator,  and counselor are notified of the violation.
• The student is suspended from all extra-curricular activities for the remainder of the academic year starting on the Monday following the week that the Honor Council meets to document the referral.
• The student receives one day of out-of-school suspension.
•  The additional violation is recorded in the student’s discipline record.

All subsequent offenses

• The violation is referred to the Honor Council through the formal referral process.
• The formal referral from the staff is kept on file with the Honor Council chair.
• The student receives a failing grade on the graded assignment that gave rise to the Honor Code violation.
• The  student’s  parents/guardian,  teachers,  coaches,  sponsors,  administrator,  and counselor are notified of the violation.
• The student receives one day of out-of-school suspension.
• The additional violation is recorded in the student’s discipline record.

Transition to High School from Middle School

• Any Honor Code violation incurred by a middle school student will not carry over to that student’s high school honor code record.

 

Lake Braddock Secondary School thanks the following schools for allowing us to use portions of their honor codes:

• W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia
• C. D. Hylton High School Duluth High School, Duluth, Georgia
• Potomac Senior High School, Woodbridge, Virginia