Athletic Handbook - Frankfurt International School

7.4 Student-athletes must meet the following eligibility criteria :
Students in grades 6-12 will be eligible to participate and travel provided they remain in
good standing.
Good standing is defined as follows:
The athlete is
a) fulfilling Upper School attendance requirements
b) up to date with all classroom work and homework tasks
c) maintaining grades of 4 or better
d) one course grade may be lower than a 4.
e) setting high standards of personal behavior
7.5 Any athlete not meeting any of the above, will in the first instance, not be
permitted to miss any lessons to attend sports trips and will be placed on travel
probation. He/she must remain with the team for practices and local competition.
7.6 In order for the athlete to be reinstated on the travel team, he/she must reestablish
“good standing”.
7.7 If an athlete does not meet all of the criteria set forth in a) - d) above, his/her
status will be reviewed by an Academic Review Committee panel consisting of the
following people:
Athletic Director, respective US Assistant Principal and Year Head
8.0 Process for Handling Eligibility Concerns
Step 1 Every Monday before 1pm, a list of athletes selected to travel on the
upcoming weekend event will be published to all US faculty. Faculty must take note of
athletes causing concern and contact the Athletic Director before 3pm the next day
(Tuesday).
Step 2 The Athletic Director will meet with the respective Assistant Principal and
Year Head to discuss the concerns and make a decision regarding the student’s
participation in the trip.
Step 3 If the decision taken is not to allow the athlete to travel on the trip he/she
will be placed on travel probation. The Athletic Director will inform the coach and the
parents of the athlete and request a meeting to discuss the student’s status.
Step 4 Once a student has been placed on travel probation he/she must fulfill all
the conditions of eligibility in a period of 10 school days or his/her future participation on
the team will be reviewed.
Step 5 The decision to remove an athlete from a team can only be taken by the
Academic Review Committee with the approval of the US Principal. Prior to any
decision to remove an athlete from the team, a meeting with the parents, the Athletic
Director and the respective US Assistant Principal must have taken place.
9.0 Special Circumstances Regarding Tournament Eligibility