closure

Ended up finding technically 9 cases of plagiarism in those research papers. Some were a very minor degree (forget bibliography & no quotes were used in paper), used one definition from the dictionary, took something from the internet word for word without quotes although there was a proper citation in the bibliography, etc.

One case, a girl took direct lines (phrases up to multiple sentences) from 5 different websites. After meeting with the academic vice principal, we decided to only pursue 1 of the cases (the egregious one) in terms of an "academic integrity" issue.

The girl got a zero on the assignment (worth 45 points total), has to serve multiple detention hours, and cannot be inducted into an honor society (NHS or subject honor societies) in the next round of inductions (April).

Her class was first period yesterday, I had to explain what plagiarism was (by order of the VP) and go over proper citations. I didn't look in her direction the entire time. After that we started reviewing for the midterms coming up. I asked the class a series of questions, called on people randomly (including her) and the class went smoothly. I think she appreciated I was in no way making a scene or calling attention to her.

So here's to a smooth rest the year.