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