High School Athletics and Activites Handbook
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~ NORTH K ANSAS C IT Y SC H OO L S , r z . I .9 I 3 NOR'l' H K A N S A S ClTV HORNETS STALEY H I GH SCHOOL NORTH KANSAS CITY SCHOOLS est. 1913 High School Athletics and Activities Handbook • Character • Pride • Accountability • ~ NORTH KA N SAS C I TY SC H OOLS e 1 t . I 9 I 3 Contact Information: Dr. Paul Fregeau, Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent Student Services / District Activities 2000 NE 46th Street Kansas City, MO 64116 816-413-5000 Jennifer Roades Executive Administrative Assistant Student Services / District Activities [email protected] 816-413-5085 North Kansas City High School Staley High School Dr. Chad Evans Mr. Mark Mundell Activities Director Activities Director 620 East 23rd Avenue 2800 NE Shoal Creek Pkwy North Kansas City, MO 64116 Kansas City, MO 64156 816-413-5939 816-413-4119 [email protected] [email protected] Oak Park High School Winnetonka High School Mr. Casey Vokolek Mr. Jeff Rich Activities Director Activities Director 825 NE 79th Terrace 5815 NE 48th Street Kansas City, MO 64118 Kansas City, MO 64119 [email protected] [email protected] 816-413-5350 816-413-5549 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ......................................................................................................... 4 Goal Statement ................................................................................................... 4 Philosophy ........................................................................................................... 4 Responsibilities ................................................................................................... 4 Protecting Your Eligibility .................................................................................. 4-6 School Citizenship Non-School Competition Academics Awards Transfers Auditions Participation Limits Sports Camps/Clinics Entrance and Age Requirement Basic Guidelines for Participation ..................................................................... 6-7 Attendance Care of Equipment Participation Fees Creditable School Citizenship ........................................................................... 7-8 Citizenship Violation Penalty Reinstatement Procedures and Appeals Sportsmanship .................................................................................................... 8 Hazing Policy .................................................................................................... 8-9 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) ....................................... 9 Chemical Abuse Policy ................................................................................... 9-10 Purpose Objective Consequences of Alcohol Abuse Consequences of Tobacco Abuse Conditioning and Injuries .............................................................................. 10-11 Physicals Insurance Transportation Policy ......................................................................................... 11 NCAA Academic Standards ............................................................................... 12 College and University Letter of Intent Signings ........................................... 12-13 Athletic/Activity Acknowledgment Form ............................................................. 14 INTRODUCTION including cooperation, honesty, dependability, respect and emotional control. Welcome to the North Kansas City School District’s interscholastic athletic and activities program. We • Maintain eligibility requirements that are are excited you have chosen to participate in the established by the Missouri State High School programs offered by your high school and hope Activities Association (MSHSAA) and North they are not only educational, but rewarding and Kansas City Schools. challenging as well. • Learn the spirit of hard work and sacrifice. We do not encourage you to specialize in one program or activity, but to take advantage of as • Learn to attain physical and mental fitness many athletic and activity programs as your time, through good health habits. energy and talent permit. You are commended for your initiative to grow emotionally, mentally, socially • Desire to excel to the limit of your potential. and physically through activities and athletics. • Show respect for both authority and property. GOAL STATEMENT • Accept the leadership role that is instilled Interscholastic athletics and activities are integral through the activities and athletic programs. parts of the total secondary educational program. These experiences assist students to obtain the As a representative of your high school, keep in skills, knowledge, and emotional control necessary mind that you are in the public eye and your for character development. personal behavior and conduct must be above reproach. You have an obligation to create a PHILOSOPHY favorable image and gain the respect of your teammates, student body and community. North Kansas City Schools believes that inter- scholastic athletics and activities are important PROTECTING YOUR ELIGIBILITY supplements to the secondary curricular program and are vital to a student’s total high school The Missouri State High School Activities educational experience. These experiences Association, of which North Kansas City Schools is contribute to the development of learning skills and a member, is a voluntary, non-profit, educational emotional patterns that enable students to make association of junior and senior high schools maximum use of their high school education. established for the purpose of working Participation in athletics and activities assists cooperatively in adopting standards for supervising students to develop emotionally, mentally, socially and regulating interscholastic activities and and physically. contests. Student participation in our interscholastic One of the primary functions of MSHSAA is to programs is a privilege and carries with it establish eligibility standards that must be met by responsibilities to the school, program, student all students to attain the privilege of representing body and community. his or her school in interscholastic activities. RESPONSIBILITIES Eligibility is a privilege granted by the high school to a student and allows the student to participate in As a student participant, you are in high school to interscholastic activities. Eligibility is not a obtain the best secondary education you can student’s right by law. Precedent-setting legal achieve and your decision to take advantage of the cases have determined that eligibility is a privilege other half of education plays a significant part in to be granted only if the student meets all your total educational development. However, with standards adopted by the school, which enables this decision come certain responsibilities: the school to grant the student such a privilege. • Strive to achieve good citizenship and social Listed below is information to acquaint you with the traits major rules and regulations you must follow in order 4 to protect your eligibility. Please contact your high follow-up with the student is needed, the coach or school activities director for further clarification. sponsor will refer the student for further academic assistance. Creditable School Citizen Transferring School Districts You must be a creditable school citizen. Creditable school citizens are students whose conduct, both in If you transfer school districts and your parents do and out of school, will not reflect discredit upon not move to the new school district, you will be themselves or their school. ineligible for 365 days unless an exception to the transfer or promotion rule is met (see your activities Academic Requirements director for specific MSHSAA information). You must be making satisfactory progress toward If you move with your parents to a new school graduation as determined by North Kansas City district, you will be immediately eligible provided Schools and must have earned, the preceding you were eligible in all other respects at the former semester of attendance, a minimum of 3.0 units of school. credit or have earned credit in 80% of the maximum allowable classes in which you can be enrolled in Participation Limits the semester, whichever is greater. You are eligible a maximum of four consecutive For your current semester, you must be enrolled in seasons in any sport or activity. Participation in any and regularly attending courses that offer 3.0 units portion a game or contest during a season counts of credit or 80% of the maximum allowable credits, as a season of participation. whichever is greater. Credits earned or completed after the close of the semester will not fulfill the Eligibility to participate in high school athletics and requirement. Summer high school courses for activities begins when you first enter the ninth FALL academic eligibility may count towards grade and lasts for the first eight semesters that eligibility. Specific concerns regarding eligibility you are enrolled in high school. Your eighth guidelines should be directed to your activities semester must immediately follow your seventh director. semester. Students promoted for the first time into ninth grade Entrance and Age Requirement are considered academically eligible for the first semester after promotion. You must enter school within the first 11 days of the semester to be eligible for participation. If you Do not drop courses without first consulting with reach the age of 19 prior to July 1, you are your school activities director or counselor to ineligible for interscholastic