The school is first and foremost an educational institution founded to provide excellence in academic and spiritual development for its students. Educational excellence requires a resolve by all members of the school community—students, parents and teachers—that students must complete their primary task of education at an acceptable level before diverting time and energy to other activities. All members of the school community are expected to support the school’s eligibility rules for the benefit of all students. Please see the calendar below for the complete 2025-2026 Eligibility Schedule, which includes progress report, report card, and re-check dates for eligibility. 

Fifth through eighth grade students who participate in extracurricular activities are subject to the eligibility rules set forth below. 

1.  All students begin the school year eligible to participate.

2.  Eligibility is reported at the times when progress reports are issued and at the end of the first three quarters.

3.   Students must achieve a passing grade in all subjects; any grade of “F” on a report card, any grade below “70” on a progress report or any grade point average less than 2.00 renders a student ineligible for all extracurricular activities. The grade point average is calculated by averaging seven grades. The grades from the six major subjects are counted as one grade each. See “Curriculum” for a list of the six major subjects. Grades from art, music, Spanish, computer, physical education and electives are averaged to equal one grade. The averages are calculated using the following scale:  “A” = 4.00; “B” = 3.00; “C” = 2.00”; and “D” = 1.00.

4.   A grade of “U” or “N” in conduct renders a student ineligible for all extracurricular activities for a period of 2 weeks or until all teachers indicate that behavior is improved. A second quarter’s conduct of “U” or “N” will render the student ineligible for the remainder of the quarter. 

5.  Because of the nature of the role of the Student Council in the school and community, students who are members of the Student Council must maintain a grade of “E”, “G” or “S” in conduct and a grade point average of 3.00 to remain eligible to participate in this organization. Students who are ineligible for Student Council due to grades or conduct may be reinstated at the next eligibility review. However, a Student Council member who is ineligible for Student Council more than twice during a school year will not be allowed to participate in Student Council for the remainder of that school year.

6.  A student who receives an in-school suspension is rendered ineligible for all extracurricular activities during the time of the in-school suspension. A student who receives an at-home suspension is rendered ineligible for all extracurricular activities for the remainder of the school year.

7.  A student who is ineligible for two consecutive review periods is dropped from all extracurricular sports teams for which the student is playing at the time the second consecutive eligibility notice is issued. Cheerleaders who are ineligible for two consecutive review periods are dropped from the cheerleading squad for the remainder of the applicable sport’s season (i.e., if a cheerleader is rendered ineligible for the second consecutive time during football season, that cheerleader is dropped from the squad for the remainder of football season.)

8.  Two weeks after progress reports or report cards are issued, the grades and conduct of ineligible students will be reviewed. If a student rendered ineligible because of grades has a grade of “70” or above in the failed subject or if the student has raised his/her grade point average to a 2.00, then that student’s eligibility is reinstated. If a student rendered ineligible because of conduct has not received any conduct slips in that two-week period, then that student’s eligibility is reinstated. However, if the student is rendered ineligible for the second consecutive review period, paragraph 7 above applies and there is no two-week review. 

9.  If a student received a disciplinary slip, the student becomes ineligible on the day the disciplinary slip is issued. A disciplinary slip renders a student ineligible for four weeks, even if the period of ineligibility overlaps with quarters or semesters.

The Principal notifies the student's parents or guardians via school email if they become ineligible for extracurricular activities. One of the student’s parents or guardians must reply to the email indicating that they have received it and understand their student's ineligibility status. The school’s Dean of Student Affairs will notify the student’s coach, and the school will notify the sponsors of the student’s other extracurricular activities of the student’s ineligible status. An ineligible status prevents the student from participating in team practices and games. An ineligible student may not “suit out” and must remain with the spectators at any event, including pep rallies. Any student who violates the condition of eligibility may be rendered, at the discretion of the principal, ineligible for the activity for the remainder of the school year.

2025-2026 St. Rita Catholic School Eligibility Calendar: