Administrative Business & Seattle Public Schools Procedure Finance SCHOOL SPONSORED ACTIVITIES 3/27/2014 MATRIX Page 1 of 8
The following activities have been classified as approved, subject to specific approval, or inappropriate/banned. See School Sponsored Activities Definitions for more specifics. For approval of an activity subject to specific approval or an activity not listed, please contact Risk Management, allowing 3-4 weeks for review.
Function Activity High School Middle School Elementary School
WIAA (High) or SPS Athletics (Middle School) Sanctioned (6th-12th) Baseball Basketball Bowling Cross Country Dance & Drill Football Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Spirit/Cheerleading Swimming Tennis Track Track & Field Ultimate Frisbee Volleyball Wrestling
Approved Curriculum (PreK-12th) Adventure Education Aerobic Fitness Activity Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Bicycling Boating (Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing) Bocce, Boules Bowling Camping, Campfire Cookery Circus Arts (Juggling, Diablo, Scarves, Slack Line) Cricket Dance Fencing Fitness Center Fitness Equipment Floor Hockey Football/Skills Frisbee Geocaching Golf – “Birdie Golf” Hacky Sack Handball Horseshoes Jacks Jump Rope, Double Dutch
Kickball
Lacrosse Lummi stick Orienteering Pickleball
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Poi Poi (soft) Racquetball Roller Skate/Blade Rope Climbing Rowing
Rugby (soft) Self Defense Skateboard, Waveboard Skiing (Downhill, Cross-Country) Snowshoeing Soccer/Skills Softball/Skills
Swimming - City Pool Table Tennis Tennis Tinikling Track & Field/Skills Traversing Wall Unicycle Volleyball/Skills Weight Lifting/Training Wrestling
Yoga
Playground & Playfield (PreK-12th) 2-Square
4-Square Basketball (3-on-3) Climbing/Play Structures
Jump Rope
Kickball Soccer
Tag
Tetherball
Wallball
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Extracurricular I* Aerobic Fitness Badminton Bowling Croquet Miniature Golf Pickleball Remote Control Car Table Tennis
Extracurricular II**
Baseball (Hardball) Basketball
Batting Cage Biking (bike path) Flag Football Golf Handball
Lacrosse
Racquetball Remote Control Airplane Remote Control Boat School Dance (Social Function) Soccer Softball Tennis Track
Track & Field Traversing Wall Ultimate Frisbee Unicycle Volleyball
Wrestling
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Extracurricular III*** Amusement Parks Archery Backpacking Biking (mountain) Boating Camping (Outdoor) Canoeing Car Bashes Climbing Walls (Indoor) Cross Country Skiing Diving (springboard/platform) Fishing Fun Run/Walk Ice Skating (commercial ice rink) Inline Skating Kayaking Martial Arts Model Rocketry Orienteering
Pony Rides (commercial) Powder Puff Football Rappelling Racquetball Rock Climbing (outdoors) Roller skating Ropes Course (commercial) Saddle Animals (Trail Riding) School Carnival Skateboarding Snorkeling Snow Skiing (Downhill) Snowboarding Snowshoeing Squash Swimming - Public Beach Swimming - Public Pool Tug-O-War
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Water Aerobics Water Polo Water Slides (commercial) Weight Lifting/Training Wilderness Adventures Other Activities (not listed)
Banned Activities**** Bike Racing Bonfires Boxing Broomball Bungee Jumping Car Racing Cricket Darts Dirt Bike Racing Dodge Ball Donkey Basketball Dunk Tank Eating Contests (all types) Fencing Flying (Aircraft) Glass Blowing Go Carts Hang Gliding Hayride Helicopters High Impact Aerobics Horse Racing Hot Air Balloons Ice Hockey Inflatable Bouncing/Jumping Games Inflatable Obstacle Courses Inflatable Wrestling/Boxing Games Jai-Alai Jet Skis Jousting
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Kick Boxing Laser Tag Marathon Mechanical Bull Motorboat Racing Motocross Motorcycle Racing Mountain Climbing Mud/Jell-o/Oil Wrestling Pack Animal Trips Paintballing (Virtual Assault) Parasailing Polo Portable climbing walls/towers Pyrotechnics Red Rover Rodeo Events Ropes Course (school) Rugby Search & Rescue Scuba Diving Skydiving Slip 'N Slide (water slide toy) Snow Tubing/Sledding Snowmobiling Soapbox Racing Speed Skating Spelunking (caves) Swimming - Lakes/Rivers (open waters) Swimming - Residential Pool Swings Trampolines Transient Carnivals Triathlon (Ironman) Use of Fire arms Water Skiing Water Tubing Whitewater Activities Wilderness Survival
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Wind/Water Surfing X-treme Sports
Procedure Owner: Richard Staudt Cross Reference: Policy 2320, Field Trips and Excursions Legal References:
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