Tryout and Participation Requirements
A recent Colorado High School Activities Association Rule could impact your eligibility. Once a student attends or participates at a high school in sports and/or academics that becomes in effect their home school. Should at any later date the student choose to “school of choice” to a different school or return to what was their “home school” based on place of residency, they will lose 50% of their varsity athletic eligibility in sports in which they have participated. This means that before the School Of Choice cutoff date of February 6, 2004, 8th grade students and their parents should be certain that the high school they have chosen to attend beginning with their 9th grade is in fact the school they want to attend for the next four years to avoid losing eligibility. Should you have any questions regarding this rule please call your school counselor, principal, or District Athletic Coordinator Sandi Martin.
Physical Cards Required
Boys and girls wanting to participate in any sport during the school year must have a physical examination signed by a medical doctor, nurse or physician's assistant before the sport's season begins. Athletic physical forms and training regulation forms are available at school or by calling the District Athletic Office at 490-3106.Completed forms, with all requested signatures, must be submitted to the Athletic Director before any athlete will be permitted to practice. There will be no exceptions made regarding this matter. .
Participation Fees
Poudre School District requires that students pay $50 (the high schools require that students pay a $75) per sport participation fee before they compete in a contest. Cheerleaders, athletic trainers and managers are exempt from this requirement. There is a $200 per year family maximum. Students who meet federal guidelines for the free or reduced lunch program will have the participation fee waived after they turn in a completed application form to their school's office manager. Students should contact their coaches or the athletic director for further information.
Preston Junior High School Athletic Eligibility Requirements
Preston Athletic / Extracurricular Policy:A student shall be declared ineligible if he/she has below a "C" average in two or more subjects or if he/she uses inappropriate behavior in two or more classes. A student who is suspended from school will be declared ineligible. A student shall also be declared ineligible if he/she received below a "C" in one class and uses inappropiate behavior in another class. A student may not be declared ineligible by only one teacher, unless that student has that teacher for more than one class.
Eligibility will be determined weekly. At the beginning of each athletic season or the first week of an extracurricular activity, with the first notice of ineligiblity, the student will initially be given one week to bring up his/her grade or behavior before being declared ineligible and before consequences occur. This will happen only once; no further breaks will be given to the student. A student who is declared ineligible will miss the next contest.
Tobacco-Free Facilities
According to Colorado Statute and Poudre School District Board of Education Policy, all facilities are to be tobacco-free, as described in the following policy: Use of tobacco products is prohibited on all school property. Poudre School District Board of Education Policy #ADC prohibits smoking, chewing, or any other use of tobacco products by students, PSD staff members and the public on all school property!
Definitions
"Tobacco Products" include cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, and all other kinds and forms of tobacco prepared for chewing or smoking."School Property" includes, but is not limited to:
all interior areas of any building
all school grounds over which the school exercises control
all vehicles used by the district to transport students, staff, visitors or others.The Board believes that, as an educational organization, the district should provide a positive example to students concerning the use of tobacco. This policy is intended to promote the general health, welfare, and well-being of students and staff.
Violations of this policy by PSD staff members are not tolerated and may result in disciplinary action being taken against the violator, up to and including termination of employment!
7/1/97 Ref: BOE policy ADC, CRS: 22-32-109, 25-14-103.5
Facility Policies
According to Colorado Statute and Poudre School District Policy, all facilities are to be tobacco-free, both inside and outside. Use of any tobacco product is prohibited. In addition, containers may not be brought into the stadium or the gyms.Emergency InformationDuring football games at French Field, fans who leave after entering the stadium may not re-enter. Ticket sales cease at the end of the third quarter and no one may be admitted to the stadium after that time.
We appreciate your observance of these regulations as we attempt to create an environment that promotes activities which are both educationally sound and enjoyable.
Parents are requested to fill out a Preston Junior High School Emergency Information Card and submit it to the Athletic Director. This form is available from coaches.