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(June 1997)
ELIGIBILITY POLICY FOR STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - MIDDLE SCHOOL
A. INTRODUCTION
A primary
goal of out
middle school is to assist in the
total development of students
who are adolescents. In order
to achieve this goal, the Cleveland Heights-University
comprehensive array of extracurricular activities.
To assure that
the appropriate time
and effort is spent in each of
these areas, the Board
of Education has adopted a policy
to
determine a middle
school student’s eligibility
to participate in
extracurricular
activities.
Specific academic criteria will determine a
student’s INITIAL ELIGIBILITY
to join an
activity. A combination of
both academic and
conduct expectations will determine a
student’s BI-WEEKLY ELIGIBILITY,
throughout the duration of each sport of activity.
The major goals of this policy are:
1.
To encourage each student to participate in a variety of
extracurricular activities.
2.
To reinforce each
student’s attention and
commitment to academic
achievement.
3.
To support each student’s efforts to maintain acceptable academic and
conduct
standards.
B.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
1. The activities governed
by this eligibility
policy include virtually
all
extracurricular,
school-sponsored programs.
2. Such activities include
athletic teams on which students participate as players,
managers, or statisticians. Among these are all seasonal sports
teams: (Fall)
field hockey, football, girls’
tennis and soccer: (Winter) basketball, volleyball,
and wrestling; (Spring)
baseball, boys’ tennis, softball, and track.
3. Also included are any
school-sponsored clubs of activities that are not directly
related to academic course
offerings, such as chess club and drama.
C.
GRADE LEVEL QUALIFICATION
In order
to be
a member of a
middle school sports team
or cheerleading squad, a
student must be
enrolled in either
7th or 8th grade.
A student from any grade may
serve as a manager or a
statistician for a sport. A student from
any grade may
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participate in non-sports related
extracurricular activities such as drama, newspaper or
chess club.
D.
THREE TYPES
OF ELIGIBILITY STATUS
1. Eligibility
2. Conditional Eligibility
3. Ineligibility
E.
ELIGIBILITY
1. Any student who meets the
grade level qualification and passes ALL classes on
the report
card from the
preceding academic quarter,
will be ELIGIBLE
to
participate in any activity.
2. The June
report card is
to be used
to determine eligibility for the
following
September. Summer
School grades earned
may be used
to substitute for
failing grades received at the end
of Semester II.
3. Any sixth grade student who
received no more than one “F” on the June report
card from fifth grade may be
granted conditional eligibility.
4. This eligibility policy may
include an exemption from the academic requirement
for handicapped students
receiving special education,
if the student’s
Individualized Education Program (I.E.P.)
indicates an exemption is advisable.
F.
CONDITIONAL ELEGIBILITY
1. Conditional eligibility may
be granted only
once during each
year
of middle school
and never for
two consecutive semesters
within a
12 month
period. Any student who receives one
“F” grade in a core course
on the report card from the
preceding academic quarter will be considered
INELIGIBLE, until
the student applies
for and receives
CONDITIONAL
ELIGIBILITY.
2. CONDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY must
be sought jointly by the parent/guardian and
the student. Before the start of the activity, both will be
required to attend an
evening meeting with the
appropriate school administrator, the school’s athletic
director, the athletic coach, or the
activity’s advisor. (Parents/guardians
who are
unable to attend the evening
meeting must contact the athletic director or the
advisor to arrange a separate
meeting.)
3. Both the parent/guardian and
the student must sigh the Conditional Eligibility
Contract.
G.
INELIGIBILITY
1. Any student
who receives more
than one “F”
on the report
card for the
preceding academic quarter, will be
INELIGIBLE.
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2. Any student who
receives one “F”,
while on conditional
eligibility, will be
ineligible for the following quarter.
H.
BI-WEEKLY ACADEMIC
ELIGIBILITY(second
and fourth weeks of the month)
1. Any student who participates
in extracurricular activities will be subject to a bi-
weekly Review of Academic
Progress. All participating students are
monitored
by teacher, throughout the
duration of each sport of activity. The
responsibility
for turning in
the bi-weekly report
rest with each
classroom teacher. (The
athletic director will monitor the
posting of team and activity list.)
2. Any student
who receives “F” in
any class during a bi-weekly
review will be
ruled ineligible for the
following two weeks.
3. During a period of BI-WEEKLY
ACADEMIC INELIGIBILITY, a student will not be
permitted to: participate
in any activity
or competition, dress or attend any
activities as
a member of the group,
or travel with
the group. Whether the
student practices
with the group
during that week
is at the
discretion of the
principal or his/her designee.
I.
CODE OF
CONDUCT
1. Any athlete not complying
with all Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board
of Education Policies and
Procedures risk being ruled INELIBILE.
2. An administrator, athletic
director, coach or activity advisor may rule a student
INELIBIBLE on a TEMPORARY
basis, due to the student’s behavior offenses, as
listed in the Students’ Rights and
Responsibilities Handbook.
3. Any student
who is assigned to I.S.D. for one
or more class periods during a
day will be INELIGIBLE for that
day.
4. Any student
suspended from school
will be INELIGIBLE during
the period of
suspension.
5. During a period of TEMPORARY
INELIGIBILITY, due to unacceptable conduct, a
student will not be permitted
to: participate in any activity or
competition, dress
or attend activities as a
member of the group, or travel with the group. Whether
the student practices with the
group during that period is at the discretion of the
principal or his/her designee.
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