Athletics & Activities

Interscholastic Sports Program

Interscholastic athletics in the Penn Hills School District will be played according to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (P.I.A.A) Rules. The W.P.I.A.L mandates standards of academic eligibility for all athletes in its member schools. The interscholastic programs include:

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Female

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Extracurricular Activities

The board believes that the district’s goals and objectives are best achieved by a diversity of learning experiences, some of which are more appropriately conducted outside the regular curricular program of the schools.

All learning experiences offered by the schools, curricular and extracurricular, shall be planned and integrated toward attainment of the district's educational objectives and academic standards.

The Board shall establish that participation in extracurricular activities is a privilege and not a right; therefore, continued participation shall be subject to all Board policies regarding student conduct and extracurricular activities by placing that student on social probation. Social probation is a restriction placed upon a student who fails to demonstrate responsible behavior and who has chosen to violate the district’s / school’s Code of Discipline and Responsibilities, Board policy or the law. The Board may use social probation in conjunction with other disciplinary actions.

For purposes of this policy, extracurricular activities shall be those programs that are sponsored or approved by the Board and are conducted wholly or partly outside the regular school day; are marked by student participation in the processes of initiation, planning, organizing, and execution; and are equally available to all students who voluntarily elect to participate.

The board shall make school facilities, supplies and equipment available and shall assign staff members for the support of extracurricular activities for students. Such availability and assignment shall be in accordance with the Equal Access Act.

Any extracurricular activity shall be considered under the sponsorship of the Board when it has been approved by the Superintendent and report to the Boad for its review. The Board shall maintain the program of extracurricular activities at no cost to participating students, except that:

The Board’s responsibility for the provision of supplies shall carry the same exemptions as listed in the Board’s policy on regular school supplies.
Students may assume all or part of the coast for travel and attendance at extracurricular events and trips.

Where eligibility requirements are necessary or desirable, the Board shall be informed and must approve the establishment of eligibility standards before they are operable.

Musical	Marching Band	Stage Crew
Computer Club	Rhythymettes	Page Turners
Student Council	Bible Club	Color Guard

Eligibility Standards

Academic Eligibility

For a student to be eligible for extracurricular activities, a minimum of 2.00 overall Quality Point Average (QPA) must be achieved and maintained with all courses considered.

The eligibility for students involved in fall activities will be determined by the final grade from the previous school year. If the students fail to meet eligibility requirements, s/he will lose eligibility for the first four (4) weeks, or twenty (20) school days, of the next grading period and may be assigned to a tutoring program.

Summer school grades (from a district-approved institution) may supersede a final grade less than a “C” or “C” equivalent. No more than two (2) courses may be attended during the approved summer school session. Summer school grades will be reflected by the actual value assigned as a grade for that course. QPA will be recalculated prior to the beginning of the new school year when the summer school certificate is received.

Eligibility shall also be determined at weekly intervals during each sport or activity season by means of an eligibility / grade report from the Skyward Student Information System. The Athletic Director will check both failing and unsatisfactory work to determine eligibility. Students with two (2) or more failing grades will be ineligible for the week and may be scheduled for tutoring. Students who have a quarterly QPA below 2.0, as reported on the student report card, shall be ineligible for the first twenty (20) days of attendance of the next grading period. Coaches / Sponsors will be notified by the Athletic Director and / or Superintendent’s designee each Monday of students who are ineligible and those who are doing unsatisfactory work. The principal, Athletic Director, and coaches / sponsor will warn those with unsatisfactory grades about their status.

In-School Conduct

Additional Eligibility Standards

In addition to the foregoing academic and conduct eligibility standards, all students must conform to the following:

No student is eligible for that school year if s/he is nineteen (19) years old on or before July 1st .
A student enrolled in a middle school wherein interscholastic athletic competition is limited to grades seven and eight shall be ineligible to compete in an inter-school practice, scrimmage or contest upon attaining the age of fifteen (15) before July 1. If the age is attained on or after July 1, the student shall be eligible to compete through the school year.
If the age of sixteen (16) is attained on or before July 1, the student shall be eligible agewise, to compete with students in the ninth grade.
A student enrolled in a middle school comprised of 7th, 8th, and 9 th grades shall be ineligible to compete in an inter-school practice, scrimmage or content upon attaining the age of sixteen (16) years; except, if the age (16) is attained on or after July 1, the student shall be eligible, age-wise, to compete through the school year.
No student is eligible who has accepted money or prizes or has signed a contract to perform athletically.
A student may not participate in any activity, practice or rehearsal on a day that the student was absent from school.
If absent from school during a semester for a total of twenty (20) or more school days, students will lose their eligibility until they have been in attendance for a total of fortyfive (45) school days following their 20th day of absence.
Students transferring from another school during Grades 9 through 12 should see the Athletic Director to discuss and determine eligibility.
Athletic eligibility will be lost if a student has been in attendance more than eight (8) semesters beyond the eighth grade. Repeating a grade after eighth grade will make the athlete ineligible as a senior.
Eligibility will be lost in a sport for the remainder of the season if, while a member of the high school team, the athlete participates in an athletic contest as an individual or a member of another team in the same sport during the same season, unless the school principal waives this rule by sending am appropriate letter to the P.I.A.A. Executive Director.

Off-Campus Activities

This policy shall also apply to student conduct that occurs off school property and would otherwise violate the district’s discipline policies if any of the following circumstances exist:

The conduct occurs during the time the student s traveling to and from school or traveling to and from school-sponsored activities, whether via school district furnished transportation.
The student is a member of an extracurricular activity and has been notified that offcampus conduct could result in exclusion from such activities.
Student expression or conduct materially and substantially disrupts the operations of the school, or the administration reasonably anticipates that the expression or conduct is likely to materially and substantially disrupt the operations of the school.
The conduct has a direct nexus to attendance at school or a school-sponsored activity, for example, a transaction conducted outside of school pursuant to an agreement made in school, that would violate the district’s discipline policies if conducted in school.
The conduct involves the theft or vandalism of school property.
There is otherwise a nexus between the proximity or timing of the conduct in relation to the student's attendance at school or school-sponsored activities.

Track	Swimming	Cheer
Basketball	Soccer
Wrestling	Track

Basketball	Volleyball	Cheer
Football	Soccer	Swimming
Wrestling	Track	Softball

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