Saint Agnes Academy
The SAA Honor Pledge:
"We, the students and faculty at Saint Agnes Academy, hereby pledge our full support to the Honor System.
I pledge to be honest to myself in order that the spirit and integrity of the Honor System may endure."
-Saint Agnes Academy Honor Handbook
Purpose:
The purpose of the Saint Agnes Academy Honor Code is to create a community that is safe, nurturing, and welcoming to all. By maintaining a commitment to Honor and by refraining from certain destructive behaviors, SAA students and staff may enjoy all of the benefits of a positive working and learning environment.
Honor Offenses:
1. Lying-deliberately presenting a false impression or giving false information.
2. Cheating - deliberately giving or receiving work on a test, quiz, or assignment.
3. Stealing - taking another person's property without direct permission.
4. Plagiarism - using the words, ideas, artwork, or other intellectual property of another without crediting the original creator.
At Saint Agnes, plagiarism is considered to be lying, cheating, and stealing all at once.
Six Ways YOU Can Honor the Code:
1. Put your NAME on your things - books, calculator, computer, BLAZER and other outerwear. If it belongs to you, put your name on it!
2. Do not remove an item from anywhere without permission from its owner. Do not "borrow" books, etc from lockers without permission.
3. If you see an unattended item, take it to lost and found. If you see an unattended laptop, take it to IT.
4. Do not leave valuables unattended in unlocked classrooms, locker-rooms, or in the hallways.
5. Collaborate on homework without giving away the answers. Appropriate collaboration requires that teaching and learning take place. If the learner is able to answer the question on her own and in her own words after the collaboration, then learning has taken place!
6. Use resource materials appropriately. If you use an idea from another resource, cite it. Correct citation requires TWO statements. First, cite your resource within your document immediately following the idea that you stated. You must also include a "works cited" page at the end of your document.
"The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out."
--Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
A message about apologies:
"Apologizing means taking responsibility for your actions. It's one of the most essential life skills you can teach your daughter."
"Apologizing means taking responsibility for your actions. It's one of the most essential life skills you can teach your daughter."
Wiseman, Rosalind, Queen Bees and Wannabees, Three Rivers Press, 2002, p.150.
The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin."
The Catholic Catechism, paragraph 1733
