2018-2019 Childress Athletic Handbook

2018-2019 CHILDRESS ATHLETIC HANDBOOK Childress Bobcat Athletic Mission Statement To Promote the Personal Growth of Our Players To have the players leave the program as better people and prepared to live a quality life. To take our players to a level they cannot take themselves, by maximizing their academic/athletic talent and character. Our approach is based upon the foundation of Respect, Responsibility, and Extra Effort. To Instill a Strong Work Ethic that Leads to Being Thorough and Prepared Work ethic applies during in-season and off-season. Success requires people to work for it; to work to have a winning season, win district, and advance in the playoffs. To Represent Childress High School in a Positive Way We will do our best to operate our program professionally and with integrity. We will work to teach our players how to do the right thing. To Promote the Elements of Teamwork and Leadership To develop a family atmosphere between our players and coaches. To promote unity, pride, confidence, and a feeling of accountability to the team and school. To the Extracurricular Participants of Childress Independent School District and their Parents: The Athletic Handbook you are about to read represents the combined efforts of a group of committed teachers, coaches, sponsors, parents, students and administrators who care deeply about the welfare of our students and the success of competitive programs in the Childress Independent School District. This Athletic Handbook will stress two important aspects of extracurricular activities. The first aspect is the role of the student on campus, in the competitive arena, and in the community. As a student involved in extracurricular activities, you have always been held in high esteem. Whether it is for exemplary personal achievement in individual competition or for outstanding contribution to your team or organization, you are often regarded as a role model. Other students and members of the community may look up to you as an example of discipline skills, sportsmanship, determination, and perseverance. For this reason, you are held to a higher standard of behavior on and off the playing field. The Athletic Handbook is an effort by our school district to put this higher standard into writing so that everyone will understand the high ethical ideals the district has for its students involved in athletic activities. The second aspect this document does is to stress the PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT. The Athletic Handbook is not meant to be harsh, punitive or repressive. It should not be seen as a burden on any student. This is our way of communicating clear expectations to students, promoting high ethical behavior among students, and ensuring a safe, positive experience for everyone. I ask all students involved in extracurricular activities and their parents to join in on embracing the Athletic Handbook and committing ourselves to achieve excellence in the Childress Athletic Programs. Sincerely, Jason Sims Athletic Director CHILDRESS ISD ATHLETIC PROGRAMS ATHLETIC CODE OF CONDUCT The Athletic handbook does not supersede district policy. See Appendix A for the District Drug Testing Policy Expectations: The Childress Independent School District believes that being involved in extracurricular activities is and honor. Participation in one or more of these activities should be considered a privilege, not right. The following are expectations of our students: *Obtain a quality education as the primary reason for attending school *Compete at the highest level while promoting good sportsmanship and courteous behavior * Exhibit positive leadership *Develop and maintain high morals and ethical values *Demonstrate conduct in becoming a young adults *Demonstrate respect to coaches, faculty, officials, opponents and fellow students *Develop and show school pride STANDARDS FOR CHILDRESS ATHLETIC PROGRAMS (Dealing with misconduct that occurs outside of School) Childress ISD students are expected to adhere to the District Student Code of Conduct as it applies to school-related and/ or school sponsored activities. Prior to participation in a Childress ISD ExtraCurricular activity, student and parents must read and sign a copy of the Athletic Code of Conduct. As previously stated students involved in extracurricular activities are expected to maintain high standards of ethical conduct. Extra curricular participation is a privilege and not a right. Any misconduct that reflects negatively on Childress ISD will fall under these Codes of Conduct. These guidelines are developed to deal with misconduct that occurs outside of the school’s jurisdiction, regardless of time or location. Disciplinary action or suspension will be mandated to students who are involved in a disciplinary infraction (including, but not limited to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, violent behavior, and other illegal offenses) that results in the violation of the district Student Code of Conduct. Any offense or violation to the District Code of Conduct or Athletic Code of Conduct will be considered an offense. Coaches and directors may develop within their program a team handbook/constitution with additional consequences and expectations for their student/athletes. CATEGORIES FOR CODE OF CONDUCT OFFENSES (Dealing with misconduct that occurs outside of school) Level 1-Misconduct involving Drugs, Alcohol or Tobacco, E-Cig products. Including tickets received for Minor In Possession “MIP”, Minor In Consumption “MIC”, and Minor DUI or dealing with any misconduct that occurs outside of school. If a student is involved with drugs and the student test positive for drugs then the Childress ISD drug policy will supercede the Athletic handbook. At the athletic director's discretion, the student may continue to participate in activities while misconduct is being investigated. Explanation of Disciplinary Action Taken st 1 offense *Meeting with student, parent and coaches *Student will be assigned by athletic director each of the following: o Suspension of 1 game suspension from Football, Track, Tennis Golf, Powerlifting, Cross Country o Suspension from 3 games from Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, Softball o Twenty miles of running (14 school days to complete) nd 2 offense *Meet with student, parent and coaches *Student will be assigned by athletic director each of the following: o Suspension of 3 games from Football, Track, Tennis Golf, Powerlifting, Cross Country o Suspension from 9 games from Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, Softball o Thirty miles in 20 school days. rd 3 offense *Meeting with student, parent and coaches *Students will be removed from athletic competition for 1 year. Level 2- If a student commits misconduct that contains the elements of a Class B misdemeanor or felony st 1 offense If a student commits misconduct that contains the elements of a felony crime, Class B misdemeanor or Class A misdemeanor: *Student will be suspended from all activities until the case is completed *Students found NOT GUILTY will return to the activity with no further penalty *Students found GUILTY will be suspended and athletic directors will handle accordingly. DRUG TESTING Each student participating in extracurricular activities, U.I.L. events, service organizations, clubs, or that hold an elected or appointed office will be subject to drug testing. No student shall be allowed to practice or participate in any extracurricular activity until the student has returned the properly signed Drug Testing Consent Form. DRESS/APPEARANCE Athletes will be provided a uniform by the school district. That uniform will be worn in the manner the head coach lays out for his or her team. We want to represent our school with honor and class in everything we do. The uniform is for conforming to a standard. There is no room for individualism in athletics; it must be a team effort. Our athletes need to have normal hair color and free of jewelry during practice and competition. The uniform should be clean, neat and conform to standards of our program. NOTE: We will follow the dress code set forth by the school district. However, the head coach of each sport can add modifications to the code for the benefit of the athlete and the program. (example; hair out of the eyes of a basketball player for the purposes of keeping the hands free to use playing the game.) Each sport can also establish a “travel uniform”. Each athlete must travel to competitions in the prescribed travel uniform set forth by the head coach. OVERALL EXPECTATIONS Three people are necessary for any athlete to be successful; the athlete, the coach and the parents. Each has specific roles and if each does his part nothing is more rewarding to the athlete. 1. Athlete- Has two expectations — attendance and attitude. The athlete must come on time every day with an attitude of great expectations. 2. Coach- The coach must teach sport specific skills, give the athlete a plan to improve physically and mentally, and must make sure the athlete understands what it takes to be great. The coach should use athletics to teach positive life skills and character building traits. 3. Parents- The parents can be a tremendous asset to our athletic program. In order to do this we must earn their trust. We must earn their trust by having high expectations for all and coaching each athlete with equal passion and skill. Each sport head coach will have additional procedures that will include rule, policies, expectations and guidelines for their sport. ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION Student/Athletes must be enrolled in the athletic period the semester before and during the sport. Athletes may be required to run track as part of the athletic program. (Except Golf and Tennis) Basketball and Volleyball Students must be in the athletic period to participate in these sports. Only basketball players need to run cross country to have an early start in getting in shape for basketball. Student/Athletes must be enrolled in the athletic period the semester before and during the sport. Softball /Baseball Softball/Baseball players must be in the athletic period in the fall and the spring semester.

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