Eligibility
Guidelines for Attendance and Athletic / Extracurricular Participation in the High School
In order to be eligible to participate in any extracurricular activity or athletic function on a given day (including performances, games, practices and rehearsals) as a participant or spectator, a student:
- Must not have been absent from school the entire day (without written verification of an excused absence from a parent or guardian)
- Must not have arrived to school later than 10:53am (without written verification of an excused absence from a parent or guardian)
- Must not be suspended (in or out-of-school)on the day of the event
- Must not have left school (without written verification of an excused absence from a parent or guardian)
- Must not have missed any scheduled disciplinary consequences
- Must not have more than 9 total tardies to school (without written verification of an excused absence from a parent or guardian)
- Each tardy after the 9th one will remove eligibility on that day
Excused absences, tardies, and dismissals as referenced above include:
- Personal illness
- Illness or death of immediate family
- Religious observance
- Medical appointment or medical emergency
- Court appearance/Law related appointment
- Approved college visit
- Approved cooperative work programs
- Military obligations
- Approved school related activity
- Personal injury
- Family emergency
All other reasons for absences, tardiness and dismissals will be considered unexcused. Please note that the following reasons are commonly submitted to the school but are considered unexcused:
- Family vacation
- Hunting/fishing
- Babysitting
- Haircut
- Oversleeping
- Obtaining a learner’s permit/road test
- Mechanical (car) problems