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Policy IGDJ
The Board of Education believes that students will benefit from challenging and team based experiences made possible through participation in co-curricular activities. The district values work ethic as well as academic achievement. At the middle and high school levels, co-curricular activities shall include a variety of choices. Students shall be allowed to participate on the basis of their abilities, desire, and academic standing.
Participation
Fifth through Eight Grade Students
The intent of the Middle School Co-Curricular Program is to increase participation across all activities.
Fifth graders are eligible to participate in clubs
Sixth graders are eligible to participate in clubs and some interscholastic athletics
Seventh and eighth graders are eligible for all activities
To be eligible to try out, practice or participate in co-curricular activities, middle schools students must obtain an average of 2.5 in each of the three Habits of Work scores. Students scoring below 2.5 in Habits of Work will be placed on co-curricular probation. During the probation period, an intervention plan will be developed and implemented. The student’s status will be reviewed every two weeks by the supervising staff member. If the student is making progress towards improving their Habits of Work grade, he/she will be allowed to continue to participate. Final decisions regarding student eligibility will be made by the building administrator.
Eligibility will not carry over from elementary school to middle school or middle school to high school.
Nine through Twelve Grade Students
To be eligible to try out, practice, participate, or compete in athletics and activities, a student must have carried and attended a minimum of six full-time courses for credit in the previous quarter, passed five of those courses, and must be carrying and attending six full-time courses for credit in the current quarter. The principal may provide a waiver to the course load expectations. A student will be declared eligible/ineligible upon publication of the quarterly eligibility list. A student who has passed four courses during the fourth quarter may attend summer school to reinstate eligibility provided the course failed was with a grade no lower than 60 and that the summer course is in the same discipline as the course failed. A summer school grade of 70 or greater is required. Only one summer course will be permitted.
Adopted: July 9, 1973
Revised: May 10, 1976; April 11, 1977; May 11, 1981; April 14, 1986; July 11, 1988; August 14, 2000; July 8, 2002; May 14, 2007; April 23, 2012; June 11, 2012; October 15, 2014
Revised June 12, 2023
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