​Academic Probation, Retention/Transfer

Academic Probation

A student who has a grade point average below 2.0 in any grading period will be placed on Academic Probation.  Academic Probation lasts for one grading period during which time the student may participate in all athletic or extra-curricular activities.

• Probation becomes effective the day report cards are issued.
• Parents will be notified, in writing, when students are placed on Academic Probation.
• Students placed on Academic Probation should to discuss with any teacher who has given the student a grade of D or F ways to improve performance.  The student needs to sign an academic probation contract.
• Students will be required to attend the Academic Monitoring Program (AMP) until achieving a 2.0 GPA for a grading period.

Academic Monitoring Program (AMP)

The Academic Monitoring Program supports students who earn a GPA below 2.0 at the end of a grading period. These students and their parents meet with the appropriate administrator to review the student's academic status and to sign the Academic Contract. The program includes a supervised, mandatory study hall, as well as regular consultation with the Director of Learning Services. During these meetings, the director and student review grades and to develop study skills and learning strategies.

Academic Ineligibility

• A student on Academic Probation who does not raise his/her grade point average to a 2.00 at the end of the probationary period will be declared ineligible to participate in any athletic or extra-curricular activity.
• Ineligibility becomes effective on the first school day of the week following the issue of report cards and lasts for a minimum of one grading period.  Students will remain ineligible until they raise their GPA above a 2.0 at the end of a grading period.
• Any student who wishes to participate in fall sports and/or extra-curricular activities, who becomes ineligible at the end of the regular school year must raise his/her GPA and recover the credit for any Fs during the summer. However, the student remains ineligible until summer school grades have been published.  If the student fails to meet this requirement, then he/she will be ineligible to compete or participate in sports or extra-curricular activities until he/she becomes eligible again at the end of the first grading period. This includes practices, traveling to away games, and having any association with the sport or activity.