Attendance Policy for School Sponsored Activities For Members Participating or Just Attending:
All school sponsored activities are included within this policy.
Participation in school activities requires students to meet certain attendance and academic eligibility requirements. This eligibility will be determined on a midterm basis. ANY student doing failing work in two subjects will be ineligible for all interscholastic activities for the following week. (Example: On Monday morning of each week, if a student is failing two or more subjects the student will be ineligible until the following Monday.).
Students who attend or participate in a school sponsored activity must be in attendance a minimum of one-half day on the day of the activity in order to be eligible for participation or attendance. Four complete periods of school shall constitute one-half day of attendance. Students who fail to meet this criteria shall be ineligible to participate or attend in school activities or practice sessions for the day. This policy may be waived by the administration in the event of an immediate family emergency. Also, students who have been deemed excessively absent will not be allowed to participate in extracurricular activities. A student is considered excessively absent if he/she has missed any period of the eight periods more than ten times.
All students traveling to a school sponsored event away from the school district will ride the school sponsored transportation with their coach or activity sponsor. With special arrangements, students may be transported to or from these events by their parents but this should be approved in advance by the coach/activity sponsor and/or administration.
This attendance policy will also apply to students who may want to attend a school sponsored activity but are not participating. Students who fail to meet the attendance criteria OR who leave school due to illness shall be ineligible to attend a school activity. If a student does attend a school activity, then the absence will be considered an unexcused absence and dealt with accordingly.