6145.1 - Extracurricular Activities – Eligibility

P6145.1

Instruction

Extracurricular Activities – Eligibility to Participate

Extracurricular activities are an integral part of school life; however, care must be taken so that these activities do not take precedence in importance over the subject matter areas. Extracurricular activities must remain in the position of supplementing the actual courses of study.

Eligibility for Participation

A student may participate in or attend a school function (e.g., dances, athletic events, and performances) that occurs on a school day only if the student attends school on the day of the function. Students may make an application of appeal to the principal for exceptions in extraordinary circumstances. Students may only submit applications of appeal twice during their high school career.

Beginning with students in the Class of 2020, students at the high school shall be eligible to participate in extracurricular activities or interscholastic sports only if they meet the following criteria:

All courses used in the calculation of honor roll will be used to determine this eligibility requirement. If a student is unable to meet any of the Windsor Locks High School academic eligibility requirements due to extraordinary circumstances, the student may request an exemption by making an appeal to the high school’s Academic Review Board according to the guidelines noted in the chart above.

The Review Board shall consist of an administrator, the student’s school counselor, and a teacher who is not one of the student’s current instructors; for appeals to participate in athletics, the Athletic Director will be included provided that the Athletic Director is not the coach of the sport being appealed.

Legal Reference: Connecticut General Statutes

10-149 “Qualifications for coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics.”

Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, Inc.

Article IX: CIAC By-laws

Policy Adopted: June 9, 2016

Policy Revised: December 13, 2018, October 23, 2023

Fall Eligibility*

(August-September)

Winter Eligibility*

(November-December)

Spring Eligibility*

(March-April)

Course Load

All students must be enrolled in at least four (4) units of work or the equivalent, at the time of participation.

Academic

Students must have earned a minimum of five Carnegie Units from the prior academic school year.

Students must have a minimum of five 2.4 (C’s) or better, at the conclusion of the marking period preceding the start of the activity.

Students must have a minimum of five 2.6 (C+’s) or better, two weeks preceding the start of the activity.

Habits of Scholarship

(HOS)

Students must have earned the designation of a “Student in Good Standing” or better at the conclusion of the marking period preceding the activity.

Students must have earned the designation of a “Student in Good Standing” or better at the conclusion of the marking period preceding the activity.

Students must have earned the designation of a “Student in Good Standing” or better at the conclusion of the marking period preceding the activity.

Appeal Information

Students may appeal to participate if there are extenuating circumstances affecting their academic performance and/or HOS.

Students may appeal to participate if there are extenuating circumstances affecting their academic performance and/or HOS.

Students may appeal to participate if there are extenuating circumstances affecting their academic performance and/or HOS.

Students may only request two (2) appeals during their high school career.

* Any high school student who would like to participate in interscholastic sports must also meet the formal eligibility requirements established by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC). These requirements will be included in the Student/Parent Handbook.