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Academic Requirements for Duxbury High School Student-Athletes

Academic Requirements for Duxbury High School Student-Athletes. Athletics = Privilege . Participation in interscholastic sports is a privilege. Students wishing to participate must be held to a higher set of rules.

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Academic Requirements for Duxbury High School Student-Athletes

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  1. Academic Requirements for Duxbury High School Student-Athletes

  2. Athletics = Privilege • Participation in interscholastic sports is a privilege. Students wishing to participate must be held to a higher set of rules. • Higher academic standards are just one of the rules that student-athletes must comply with in order to eligible to participate.

  3. Academic Eligibility • Duxbury High School students’ schedules are 7 credits per marking period. • In order to participate in athletics a student must receive a passing grade for 6 credits of classes per marking period.

  4. Marking Periods • Academic eligibility is based off of marking periods. • There are 4 marking periods per school year. • A student becomes eligible or ineligible to participate on the advertised day that report cards are published for the entire student body. • A student’s eligibility for the fall season is based off of the final marking period grades of the previous academic year.

  5. Incomplete Grades • An incomplete grade is counted as a failing grade until the guidance department changes the incomplete grade to a passing grade. • A student may continue to practice, put not participate in interscholastic contests, for a team while in the process of changing an incomplete grade.

  6. Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) • The MIAA is the ruling body of high school athletics throughout Massachusetts. • The MIAA provides a state wide minimum for athletic eligibility. • Each member school may choose to enforce stricter regulations for academic eligibility as well as other rules. • Member schools throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have varied academic eligibility rules. • Duxbury High School chooses a stricter policy on academic eligibility for its student-athletes.

  7. 9th Grade Eligibility • Students entering the 9th grade are given a ‘clean start’ in regards to athletic academic eligibility. • 9th graders first athletic eligibility review begins the day they receive their report card for the first marking period

  8. Academics #1 Priority • Academics are the first priority of all students at Duxbury High School. • Students will always be excused from practices in order to receive extra help from their teachers. • Never hesitate to ask questions.

  9. READ YOUR HANDBOOK! • Academics are just one of the plethora of rules specifically for student-athletes. • Students and parents must make sure that they have read and understood the student-athlete handbook. • The student-athletic handbook is always available online on the main district web page: www.duxbury.k12.ma.us

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