“He aupuni palapala koʻu; ʻo ke kanaka pono ʻo ia koʻu kanaka.”
“Mine is the kingdom of education, the righteous man is my man.”
This ōlelo no‘eau, said to have been uttered by Kamehameha III, was recorded by Mary Kawena Puku’i and published by Bishop Museum in ‘Ōlelo No’eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings (1983).
The Kamehameha Schools—Kapālama English Department teaches our haumāna to “seek and apply knowledge ethically” (Kamehameha School WEO Framework 2009). We believe one of the best investments haumāna can make for their academic success is gaining mastery and confidence in writing. We also believe writing is an important assessment in the English classroom and a means of informing further instruction. Therefore, we will not tolerate plagiarism in any form. We will always lead our haumāna to rely on and invest in their own writing skill and to cite source information when necessary.
To be clear, plagiarism occurs in the following ways (but is not limited to):
- using others’ words or ideas as if one’s own (not properly citing).
- presenting a creative work as original which came from another person or source.
- copying the ideas or words of a classmate in an essay or other homework assignment.
- submitting an essay already submitted in a past class or another present class.
Haumāna will receive a zero for any essay or assignment containing plagiarism. In addition, plagiarism between haumāna will result in a zero for each haumana involved in the infraction. Additional instances of plagiarism will result in more serious consequences determined by your kumu and the administration and as outlined in the “Level 2—Infractions” section in the KSKHS Student-Parent Handbook.
Haumāna can avoid plagiarizing by first consulting with their kumu if they have a question about whether or not they have plagiarized before turning in their assignment. At the same time, haumāna can rely on resources, which show proper guidelines for citing source material (see links below):
The MLA Guide, The Owl Writing Lab – https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Report Plagiarism –https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgvMZl4NEdfEzAoSqTl1u6ToFrTtWEdFVx-ndYa29rn9maQw/viewform?usp=sf_link