Plagiarism Statement Agreement 2025-2026

Ac Affairs - Plagiarism Statement Agreement 2025-2026

Required form for all students acknowledging they have read and will abide by the Plagiarism Statement.

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Name*
First Last
Your DEERFIELD Email*
Your Deerfield email format is: First letter of your first name, your full last name, last 2 digits of your class year, @deerfield.edu (example: [email protected])
Class Year*
- 2026 (12th grade or PG)
- 2027 (11th grade)
- 2028 (10th grade)
- 2029 (9th grade)
Did you attend an "On Being a Deerfield Scholar" session during Fall 2025?*
All students (both new and returning) are required to attend this session each Fall Term during Opening Days.
- Yes, I attended a session.
- No, I did NOT attend a session and need info about attending a make-up session
- No, I did NOT attend a session and have already been in touch with Ms. White about attending a make-up session
By writing your name in the box below, you affirm that you attended an "On Being a Deerfield Scholar" session during Fall 2025.*
Please write your full name.
Since you missed your "On Being a Deerfield Scholar" session, you must attend a make-up session. If you have not yet done so, please email [email protected] to arrange to attend a make-up session.
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Academic integrity is of the utmost importance at Deerfield Academy and must be one of the guiding principles in the life of every student. At the core of academic integrity is a bond of trust between teacher and student. By affixing their name to a piece of work, students pledge that, unless properly cited, the work is entirely their own.

Academic dishonesty in all its various forms can be broad and complex, and no policy on academic integrity can list and describe every possible transgression. The Academy expects that each student will work to understand this complexity and will adhere to the highest standards of honesty. If there is doubt about the guidelines for academic integrity, students should discuss questions with a teacher.

Students are prohibited from using artificial intelligence (AI)-generative tools to prepare or complete academic work (including AI editing services) unless under direct instruction from faculty to do so. If a teacher explicitly allows students to use AI, students must cite this and include all prompts they used in their process or submitted product.

Our academic integrity policy extends to all national tests or exams a student takes during their time at Deerfield. This includes but is not limited to, the SAT, the ACT, and Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

If you have a doubt about the guidelines for academic integrity, you should discuss your questions with a teacher.

Deerfield expects you to understand and work within the guidelines described below. Violations of the letter or the spirit of these guidelines will be reported to the Dean of Studies and will be grounds for disciplinary or non-disciplinary action.

The examples that follow are for explanation and not for limitation.
I affirm that I have read and understand the above passage.*
- Yes, I do affirm.
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Plagiarism Defined:

Plagiarism (Latin: plagiarius, kidnapper of a child) is the use of another person’s or AI-generated ideas or work without proper acknowledgment. If you need information about how to properly credit or document a source, please consult your teacher for their preferred resource.

If you are ever in doubt about attributing others’ words or ideas, document your source.

Plagiarism usually occurs in two forms: 1) copying and 2) receiving outside writing help. The first form of plagiarism (copying) may consist of the following:
• Copying or gaining any other advantage from another student during a quiz, test, or examination situation;
• Exact copying of an author’s or AI-generated text without the use of quotation marks;
• Using an author’s or AI-generated words, sentences, or passages—even with omissions or changes in wording—without proper acknowledgment;
• Rearranging the words or sentences of one or more authors or AIs;
• Using an author’s or AI-generated argument or points from an argument without proper acknowledgment, thereby and representing them as one’s own.

The source of the plagiarized material may, for instance, be another student’s paper, a conversation with a peer, an exchange with a tutor or parent, an encyclopedia, a scholarly text, an internet site, or AI; the source does not change the degree or seriousness of the plagiarism.

The second form of plagiarism occurs when students receive unacknowledged help in preparing an assignment. Such outside help includes proofreading, editing, and assistance from, but not limited to, parents/guardians, proctors, tutors, classmates, or AI. While students are encouraged to discuss assignments with faculty and other students, all work and writing should be their own.

Again, when in doubt, students should acknowledge any help they receive.

Students occasionally benefit from cooperative and collaborative learning; however, when work is submitted by teams or individuals, each student must be able to independently explain and defend the claims and ideas presented and must acknowledge the collaboration.

A student will receive a failing grade for any assignment in which plagiarism occurs. In order to ensure adherence to this policy and to resolve questions of authorship, the Academy reserves the right to electronically screen papers, gain access to student computer files and other submitted work for authenticity.

If a student withdraws from Deerfield pending a Community Values Council meeting, the school reserves the right to assign a failing grade to the academic work in question.

Students are prohibited from using AI-generative tools to prepare or complete academic work unless under direct instruction from faculty to do so. If a teacher explicitly allows students to use AI, students must cite it and include all prompts they used in their process and in their submitted product.
I affirm that I have read and understand the above passage.*
- Yes, I do affirm.
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