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. 9 th Grade Eligibility  Students entering the 9 th grade are given a ‘clean start’ in regards to athletic academic eligibility.  9 th 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

10.  Questions?