Honor Code | Our Values | Episcopal High School

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HONOR CODE

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Episcopal’s Honor Code is one of the Oldest Among Secondary Schools in the United States, and a Cherished Tradition at EHS.

All at EHS agree to live by a shared commitment to be honest with one another. This commitment creates a foundation of trust and respect that is at the core of our community.

Through the Honor Code, Episcopal guides students to become discerning, self-reliant, creative, compassionate individuals. We believe that the sense of unity fostered by the Honor Code is a key component in the success of our alumni, who contribute to society in every role and at all levels, from small business owners and community leaders to Rhodes Scholars and Pulitzer Prize winners.

The Honor Committee, which is composed of seven elected students and four appointed faculty members, promotes understanding of the Code.

I WILL NOT LIE.
I WILL NOT CHEAT.
I WILL NOT STEAL.
I WILL REPORT THE STUDENT WHO DOES.

"There’s a real comfort for students to see ideas they know to be important articulated so clearly in an Honor Code like ours, and to know that these four points are not commands, but simply reminders to be the morally strong individuals they’ve been brought up to be. The group of seven peers that these same students elect each year serves as further evidence of that communal desire to have in place, visibly and publicly, a body that stands for something."

Tim Rodgers ’79, English Teacher