Orange Guide - Plymouth School District

STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
To be eligible to participate in the privileges of the school a student must
experience academic success and be in good standing in terms of behavior.
Privileges of the school include, but are not limited to, sports events,
extracurricular activities, clubs, organizations, trips. Academic success is
defined below and students in good standing will be free from incidents on the
following list. Some of these are intended to define behavior on campus but
more serious offenses off campus (defined below) will prohibit a student from
representing the school in sports or activities. Finally, there are certain honors
which require a higher standard; these are listed also.
Students whose behavior as a spectator is inappropriate will not be allowed
to attend events of the same nature for the remainder of the season or semester.
(See page 48, Sportsmanship) Violation of this policy will be treated as an
athletic code violation.
Academic eligibility required for participation in the privileges of the high
school:
A student's grades will be checked at the end of each quarter, semester, and
throughout the school year. A student who earns an incomplete or an "F" at any
of these time periods will be placed on academic probation. Academic probation
will be a period of 5 weeks. A student will be able to continue participating in
his/her activity during this time. If at the end of the 5-week probation the student
is not passing all classes, that student will become ineligible for the remainder of
that quarter. If at the end of that quarter the student is still not earning all passing
grades, the suspension will continue. (Mid quarter grades will be used to
determine 5-week grades.)
If a student is earning more than 1 "F", that student will be placed on an
automatic suspension for 1 quarter without probationary period. In the case of
one-time events such as trips, performances, or other activities, the student will
be ineligible to participate with more than 1 “F”, incomplete, or combination of
“F’s” or incompletes. The incomplete(s) must be resolved before that event or
the student remains ineligible. Students will be allowed to practice while on
probation at the discretion of the coach/advisor.
An athlete once placed on suspension must break the string of “F’s” at a
quarter or semester grading period to regain eligibility.
It is our belief that a student must be on line for graduation. If a student fails
a required course, he/she must reschedule that class at the earliest time possible
to earn credit.
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