Deadline+and+Plagiarism+Policies

// All assignments must be handed in on time. This is an equity issue. //  * If you are **absent on the day** of the deadline you must **hand it in early**, **send it in** with a sibling or parent, or **email it** to the teacher**¹** and hand in a hard copy the **next school day**. * To obtain an **extension**, you must **negotiate with your teacher in advance of the due date**. No extensions can be negotiated on the due date. * Computer breakdown and printer failure are **unacceptable excuses** for work not being handed in. Students can hand in a disk or flash drive, or email work to teachers**¹**. As all work must be drafted, drafts can be submitted if the computer fails at the last minute. It is recommended that files being used for work in progress are stored on a computer hard drive or on the school network * If there is a **genuine** reason for an emergency extension, a note from your parent/guardian must be brought in on the due day explaining the circumstances. * An absence of three or more school days requires a medical certificate, which must be presented to the SACE Coordinator by Senior School students (years 10, 11 and 12) or Home Group teacher for Middle School students (years 7, 8 or 9) * If a task is not handed in on the due date the following will occur in addition to a note in your diary: Years 7, 8 and 9: 15% deduction when submitted one day late 30% deduction when submitted two days late A zero will be recorded if more than two days late Years 10, 11, 12: A zero will be recorded in line with the SACE Board’s //Assessment Declaration// form signed by all Senior School students
 * Deadline Policy **
 * ¹ ** All teachers’ email addresses are their first initial, surname, then @stjohns.sa.edu.au. E.g. Joe Bloggs would be jbloggs@stjohns.sa.edu.au

** Plagiarism Policy ** // Years 7, 8, and 9 // * If you copy another student’s work, a discussion will take place with you and the other student involved determining whether the work was ‘shared’, ‘taken’ or ‘given’. If it was shared – each of you will receive half of the final mark; if it was given – the plagiarist will receive zero, the student who did the work will receive half marks; if it was taken – the plagiarist will receive zero. * If you copy some of your work from another source, any copied work will be disregarded and only the uncopied work will bemarked. * If you copy an entire piece of work you will receive zero.