Social Media

SOCIAL MEDIA

Social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others are an integral part of students’ lives. While it may seem that these are private, they are in reality very public. Messages that are posted to friends and social sphere are often posts to the entire community, whether intentional or not. These include administrators, parents, teammates, as well as young members of our community that look to our students/participants as mentors. Aitkin student-athletes are expected to hold themselves to high standards when in public and when using social media. Imagine everything that is posted online will be on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow. The following are expectations when using social media:

1. Do not post sexual content. Nothing explicit, suggestive, or objectifying.

2. Do not make references to alcohol or drugs. No pictures of alcohol, talking about being drunk or using drugs.

3. Do not insult others and do not participate in or instigate challenges or battles. Fight your battles on the playing field, resolve your differences in person.

4. No swearing or use of inappropriate language. This includes the use of symbols in place of letters that imply words and abbreviations of words.

5. You are responsible for monitoring your account and profile pages. If someone posts something disrespectful or violates above said rules, take it down.

The above rules apply to retweets, reposting of other peoples messages, and posting of song lyrics, quotes, etc.

Failure to adhere to and follow these guidelines may affect your participation in Aitkin activities per the MSHSL Code of Responsibilities.