Tryouts All students must be currently enrolled in the specific school and must be academically eligible in order to try out for basketball. Repeating 7th or 8th graders are not eligible to participate. The maximum number of players on a team is 15.
Eligibility Only academically eligible 7th and 8th grade students are allowed to participate in tryouts, practices, exhibitions and game events. Academic eligibility is determined on the first day of the semester and is based on students having passed five of six courses the previous semester.
Determine academic eligibility; For the last 18-week semester, the pass-fail for the two Connections periods (or the time spent other than math, language arts, science, and social studies) will be determined by the following method:
Ÿ The four grading periods will stand alone (each two subjects, each nine-week segment = four grades) Ÿ Any two of the Connections grades may be combined and if the numerical average equals or exceeds 70%, then one of the six possible classes is passed. Ÿ If the other two Connections grades are combined, and these grades average 70% or more then two of the six possible classes are passed.
All Connections courses are to be treated in this fashion. This could result in scenario such as an excellent band student having his/her numerical grade support the passing of the other two exploratory segments.
Transition & Eligibility Students who are moved into the Transition program are not eligible to participate in interscholastic basketball.
Managers
Teams are limited to two (2) team managers. These students are bench personnel only and are not to be actively participating on the floor during the game day. 7th or 8th graders who serve as team managers are not allowed to help the coach run practice drills.