Honor Code

FVHS HONOR CODE

The student shall respect the right of free expression, the dignity and the integrity of other students, teachers, and support staff.

Before, during and after examination, the student shall use only those materials allowed by the teacher or those made available to all students by the teacher.

The student shall respect another student’s right to privacy of materials, tests, and property.
The student shall behave in an honorable way so as not to either acquire or provide an unfair advantage over fellow students or to hinder other students’ progress.
The student, when doing research assignments, shall give proper credit (footnotes, citations, and/or bibliography in compliance with the teacher’s instructions) to those sources used, in order to avoid plagiarism.
The student will give proper credit and citations to information obtained from outside sources, including but not limited to: websites, textbooks, and articles. This provision shall include the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI), when the teacher permits such use.
The student will refrain from utilizing technology such as hand-held computers, cell phones, digital cameras, calculators, recording devices, or any form of generative artificial intelligence (AI) without explicit teacher permission on academic assignments and exams.
The student will provide true and accurate information to school officials when asked, and will refrain from falsification of school records through forgery, impersonation or other means.

In order to maintain the integrity of Fountain Valley High School and its individual students, violation of the
CODE OF HONOR will result in:

FIRST OCCURRENCE
a. An F or zero will be given for the work in question.
b. A referral will be sent to the administration specifically describing the Honor Code violation.
c. A notation of the Honor Code violation will be placed by the administration in the student’s central file.
d. The parents of the student will be notified.
e. The student may be assigned Saturday School detention or be subjected to other disciplinary penalties.
f. The student may lose designation as an academic recognition program scholar and/or other school recognition may be withheld.

SECOND OCCURRENCE (SAME CLASS) (Section 2)
a. The student will be removed from the class in which the Honor Code violation took place.
b. A grade of F will be recorded for the class in which the violation occurred.
c. A notation of the second Honor Code violation will be placed in the student’s central file.
d. The parents of the student will be notified.
e. The student may be suspended from school or be subjected to other disciplinary penalties.
f. The student will lose designation as an academic recognition program scholar and/or other school
recognition may be withheld.

SECOND OCCURRENCE (DIFFERENT CLASS) (Section 3)
a. An F or zero will be given for the work in question.
b. A referral will be sent to the Administration specifically describing the Honor Code violation.
c. A notation of the Honor Code violation will be placed by the Administration in the student’s central file.
d. The parents of the student will be notified.
e. The student may be suspended or be subjected to other disciplinary penalties, and a student/parent conference will be held with the Administration.
f. The student will lose designation as an academic recognition program scholar and/or other school recognition may be withheld.

SUBSEQUENT OCCURRENCES (Section 4)
a. An F or zero will be given for the work in question.
b. A referral will be sent to the Administration, specifically describing the Honor Code violation.
c. A notation of the Honor Code violation will be placed by the Administration in the student’s central file.
d. The parents of the student will be notified.
e. Section 2 will be followed, if applicable.
f. The student will be transferred from FVHS to another educational program.