All students are encouraged to take part in all extracurricular and athletic activities. They are also expected to study, complete assignments on time, and learn a great many things. Individual coaches and advisors may set specific expectations for the students taking part in extracurricular and athletic activities. These will be explained in and included with the training rules and introductory materials provided to students and parents by the Athletic Department.
Teachers may require that students report for extra help from 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm each day. The additional 45 minutes is part of the regular school day. Students who make the effort to get additional instruction regularly will be more successful.
Students who have athletic practices at another site after school are still required to attend after school help if assigned by a teacher. Coaches will not assign consequences to students who are late for practice due to attending extra help at school.
Eligibility for Attendance at athletic games and/or extra-curricular activities
A. Students who are suspended from school on a day of an athletic game or practice session, party, school dance, or other school affair scheduled after regular school hours are not eligible for participation or attendance at such events.
B. Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes to be present for extracurricular events that evening. This includes participants and spectators. If a student is tardy to school for three days in a month they will not be allowed to participate in ANY extra-curricular activity the day of their third tardy and any subsequent days that they are tardy that month. This includes games, practices, dances, theatrical performances, or other extra-curricular activities. This does not include band/chorus concerts as these are a graded part of the curriculum. If a student is tardy to school two days in a month they will not be allowed to participate in open gym for the rest of the quarter. A student is considered tardy if they arrive to school late. The only exceptions to this will be a doctor’s note, a funeral, or a previously cleared college visit/job shadow. The days reset at the beginning of each month.
Eligibility for Participation
All students in grades 7-12 will receive progress reports at 3 weeks, 5 weeks, and 7 weeks. At each pre-selected date, teachers will have students log into their SchoolTool account to check their grades. Teachers will communicate with students that if they are failing they will need to meet the obligations set forth below. The office will mail home mid-term report cards at the 5 week mark. Students in 6th grade will receive progress reports atweek 5 and will need to follow the same after school rules outlined below at weeks 5 and 7.
At 3 weeks:
Students who are failing a subject (64% or below) will be removed from unstructured study hall and placed in a structured study hall during the school day. They will also be required to stay after school. The number of nights they need to stay after school is equal to the number of courses that they are failing. This will occur Monday through Thursday. If a student doesn’t stay after school the required nights, they will be given ISS. A full day will be given to students who do not stay at all and a half day will be given to students who stay for some but not all of their required days. A student who is failing a course will remain on the eligibility list and will need to comply with all requirements of being on said list until a new list comes out, even if their grades are brought up to passing before that new list is generated.
At 5 weeks:
The 5 week report will determine extra-curricular eligibility. Students who are failing a subject (64% or below) will be removed from unstructured study hall and placed in a structured study hall during the school day. They will also be required to stay after school. The number of nights they need to stay after school is equal to the number of courses that they are failing. This will occur Monday through Thursday. If a student doesn’t stay after school the required nights, they will be given ISS. A full day will be given to students who do not stay at all and a half day will be given to students who stay for some but not all of their required days. A student who is failing a course will 4 remain on the eligibility list and will need to comply with all requirements of being on said list until a new list comes out, even if their grades are brought up to passing before that new list is generated.
Students who are failing 2 or less subjects (64% or below) will be allowed to fully participate in after school activities. Students who are failing 3 or more subjects (64% or below) will have to meet the same criterion above, however, they will NOT be allowed to participate in after school activities for at least 2 weeks until the 7 week reports come out. If a student who was failing 3 or more subjects (64% or below) and is only failing 2 or less subjects (64% or below) when the 7 week list is generated, they will be allowed to participate under the same conditions as those students who were failing 2 or less subjects (64% or below) for the remainder of the quarter.
At 7 weeks:
Students who are failing a subject (64% or below) will be removed from unstructured study hall and placed in a structured study hall during the school day. They will also be required to stay after school. The number of nights they need to stay after school is equal to the number of courses that they are failing. This will occur Monday through Thursday. If a student doesn’t stay after school the required nights, they will be given ISS. A full day will be given to students who do not stay at all and a half day will be given to students who stay for some but not all of their required days. A student who is failing a course will remain on the eligibility list and will need to comply with all requirements of being on said list until a new list comes out; even if their grades are brought up to passing before the end of the quarter. If a student who was failing 2 subjects or less (64% or below) at the 5 week list, ends up failing 3 subjects at 7 weeks, they will not be able to participate until the start of the new quarter.
Students in 7th and 8th grade who are participating in a JV or Varsity level activity, or who are taking high school level courses in middle school, will also be held to these standards. Those participating in a modified sport will not be held to these standards. If they are failing subjects their participation will be at the discretion of the coach and principal. 9th grade students who are playing on a modified team will be subjected to the ineligibility policy.
Updated 9/1/23
