Woodgrove High School

Woodgrove High School upholds the highest standards of academic integrity in the pursuit of our foundational pillars of work, honor, and strive.

Students honor themselves and the community by contributing to an academic environment built on integrity and trust.

Woodgrove High School's Honor Code is:

On my honor as a student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this assignment or assessment, following the teacher's instructions and expectations.

Students are expected to read, be familiar with, and adhere to our Honor Code at all times in all of their work.

Students are expected to complete a Permission Click form acknowledging these expectations. This form will be completed in DenTime during the first week of the school year.

Parents/guardians are strongly encouraged to complete the same Permission Click form for each of their children within the first week of the school year.

Students and families that choose not to acknowledge the Honor Code are still responsible to abide by all aspects of the Woodgrove High School Honor Code and are still subject to the consequences that may be assigned for violations.

As a foundational value of Woodgrove High School, our Honor Code is visible throughout the building - in each learning space, in the hallways, in common areas, and in offices.

Each classroom has a displayed poster of the Honor Code to remind students of its importance.

On each major summative assignment and assessment, students will print or type the italics portion of the Honor Code before beginning their work.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a part of our everyday lives. At Woodgrove High School, the baseline expectation is that students are not permitted to use AI in any form for any part of an assignment or assessment. In situations where AI is permitted, or even encouraged, the classroom teacher will make the boundaries of AI’s use clear. If at any time students are unclear as to their ability to use AI, they should immediately discuss their questions with the classroom teacher.

In the unfortunate situation where a staff member suspects a violation of our Honor Code, they will have a conversation with the student and follow the steps as listed in this flowchart.

The Honor Council is composed of staff members who, when needed, will meet to review the details of a suspected Honor Code violation, hear from the involved parties, and then make a determination as to whether a violation occurred or not.

If the Honor Council determines a violation occurred, an Academic Recovery Plan (described below) will be followed. This will detail the score that is assigned to the original work, the possibility of an alternative reassessment, and the maximum grade that may be earned. The administration will be notified for possible disciplinary responses and/or consequences.

If the Honor Council determines that a violation did not occur, there will not be an impact to the student’s grade on the original work and no administrative discipline or consequences will be issued.

To balance the belief that students should be shown grace with a “fresh start” each new school year with the belief that our Honor Code is so vital to our academic integrity where previous violations be forgiven but not forgotten, year-to-year continuation has several components:

• The Academic Recovery Plan (described below) begins fresh with each new school year.

• No school disciplinary response or consequence will be issued for the first violation of the student’s high school career. In the event lessons are not learned and additional violations occur, disciplinary responses and/or consequences may be assigned.

• Honor Societies and some clubs and organizations have their own processes for handling Honor Code violations. See the section below.

• The details of suspected violation incidents - both those that are confirmed and dismissed - are kept on file with the Honor Council for the duration of the student’s high school career and may be reviewed as necessary.

Woodgrove High School has many academic and extracurricular honor societies - National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Tri-M Music Society, among others - as well as dozens of school clubs and organizations. Each group has its own processes for handling Honor Code violations. Some of these processes come from larger, governing organizations of which our school group/chapter is a member.

For information on how Honor Code violations may impact membership in a specific organization, contact the advisor(s) of the group.

First Violation This Academic Year

Formative Assessment - Score of 0 assigned. These do not qualify for reassessment.

Summative Assessment - Score of 0 assigned. An alternative assessment may be completed by the student for a maximum grade of 70%.

Second Violation This Academic Year

Formative Assessment - Score of 0 assigned. These do not qualify for reassessment.

Summative Assessment - Score of 0 assigned. An alternative assessment may be completed by the student for a maximum grade of 50%.

Third and Subsequent Violations This Academic Year

Score of 0 assigned. No reassessment.

All information and details listed here are current as of today, but may be amended as needed at any time by the Woodgrove High School administration or by Loudoun County Public Schools.

Our Honor Code has been crafted by adapting a number of resources:

Briar Woods HS, Herndon HS, Heritage HS, Inter-Lakes HS, LeadingWithHonor.com, Park View HS, Potomac Falls HS, Rock Ridge HS, South Lakes HS, Stone Bridge HS, and Thomas Jefferson HS.