Eligibility for Afterschool Activities

To be eligible to attend or participate in Chappelow-sponsored events, including, but not limited to, middle-level dances, musicals, plays, etc., students must meet the following requirements related to academics, behavior, and attendance:

• Students must maintain grades in all classes that reflect adequate academic responsibility.  Students with more than one F grade will not be eligible to participate. 
• Students must also be in good disciplinary standing to be eligible. Generally, the requirement will be no in-school or out-of-school suspensions inside the eligibility window.
• Students who meet the definition of chronically absent inside the eligibility window will also not be eligible to participate.  Chronically absent is defined as four or more unexcused absences in one month.  Habitual tardiness may also be considered and is defined as more than three unexcused tardies in a semester.

Whenever possible, students will be provided opportunities to earn their eligibility by working with their teachers to raise their grades to an acceptable level for eligibility. Activities will occasionally be based on the grades earned for a past grading period.  In those cases, students cannot be given opportunities to change their grades. 

Using the above eligibility requirements is at the discretion of the staff member responsible for that event and with the school principal's approval.  The above requirements may also be altered for specific events at the discretion of the staff member responsible for that event and with the school principal's approval. Still, such alterations will always be promptly communicated to students and parents/guardians before the event.

Students participating in sports for other District 6 middle schools are subject to the eligibility requirements of those schools.