Athletic Eligibility for Sixth Grade Students (See the Athletic Handbook)
Sixth grade students may try out for JJV sports: Soccer, basketball, swimming, track, cross country, tennis, softball, and cheerleading.
Students participating in athletics must demonstrate Christian respect for all coaches and officials. Their conduct must demonstrate a Christian testimony in practices, traveling to and from, and while engaged in all athletic competition.
Students must have an overall "S" average, must not have an unsatisfactory conduct grade in any class, and must have a minimum scholastic average of 78%, with no failure in any course, in order to be eligible to participate in athletics. If eligibility requirements are not met on a periodic grade report, the athlete becomes ineligible to practice or play in games.
If eligibility requirements are not met on a progress report, the athlete becomes ineligible to practice or play in games until the teacher(s) inform the coach that the student's grades again meet the eligibility requirements. If the eligibility requirements are not met on a 9-week report card, the athlete becomes ineligible until the following progress report, if he/she meets eligibility requirements. If a student fails the exam, but passes the semester, he is eligible. Any student who fails a 1st semester course will be ineligible to participate in athletics during the 2nd semester. If a student fails the 2nd 9-weeks, but passes for the semester, he/she will become eligible to participate as soon as the teacher reports to the Athletic Director that the student has attained a passing grade. If a student fails an exam, but passes the semester, he will be eligible. Final end-of-the-year report card: A student who fails a semester grade must retake that class by the next sports season for the new school year.
All students in grades one through six are required to take the Stanford Achievement Test Program and the Otis -Lennon School Ability Test in the spring of each year. A copy of the testing results for the Stanford Achievement Test will be sent home to parents. During the week of the Stanford testing, students will need plenty of sleep and a good breakfast each morning. Homework assignments during that week will be greatly reduced and the students will be given several short breaks during the testing sessions. All students will need two No. 2 pencils with good erasers. Students at certain grade levels will need an English and metric ruler and/or a calculator. Parents will be notified several weeks in advance of the testing dates through the weekly "Parent Connection".
Test Schedule
Teachers will schedule and announce quizzes and tests as far in advance as possible. Although not always possible, teachers will also attempt to coordinate their individual test and quiz schedules so that excessive workloads will not fall on the same students on the same day.