| Penobscot Community Elementary School |
| Student & Parents School Information Handbook |
| Sports Policies: Policy concerning Co-Curricular Participation 1. Students are required to maintain a "C" average in each subject before being allowed to participate in school sports activities. Students who receive grades below "C" will no longer be allowed to participate in school sports activities. 2. Any student having only one "D" grade will be removed from the team or activity. If the student is able to bring the average in that subject up to a "C", he / she will be able to rejoin the team or activity as long as his/her average remains "C" or better. 3. Teachers will notify the athletic director when progress reports go out, as to the status of their participants grade levels. 4. A student's playground or classroom behavior may remove him / her from sports activities, as may inappropriate behavior while representing the school at games. 5. Academic or behavior detentions will take precedence over any sports participation. Students serving after school detentions will be prohibited from participating in practices or games on that day . 6. Transportation is provided in most cases by the school , to and from away events . Parents must pick up their child / children after all sporting events at their childs home school. All students not returning to school on the bus, Must be signed out by the child parents only , with the students coach . Without parental permission, students will return on the bus to the childs school. 7. Participants must make prior arrangements to be picked up by parents after all sporting events, practices, performances, or games. Parents may designate, in writing, a responsible adult to transport their children Students will only be released to parents or the parents approved designee. 8. Students MUST attend and participate in a sufficent number of practices in order to safely participate. Students will not be penalized for missing a practice or a game with an excusable absence approved by the athletic director or principal. Sports Philosophy: It is the purpose of the Penobscot School Sports Program to broaden the range of physical, social and emotional opportunities for the students of this school. The privilege to compete in sports is available to those who have already demonstrated the ability to maintain an adequate educational level and the responsibility neccessary to balance sporting events with the regular curriculum requirements. It is also the purpose of school sports to provide support in the development of these skills in those who need it through healthy competition. If students maintain adaquate performance in academic areas, school sports programming is open to them reguardless of their level of skills. It is the purpose of elementary athletics to expose students to various sports and to develop the fundamentals neccessary for participation. All students willing to try will be able to participate. School sports seek to help students develop social and emotional characteristics, such as high self-asteem, positive leadership characteristics, and a sense of fair play and good sportsmanship. It is important to recognize the role of school athletics in the community. School sports are a sorce of entertainment, but it is entertainment with the purpose of educating our students at the center. Therefore, Sports spectators should role model the skills we expect of our children. Good sportsmenship and the development of a students self-esteem are primary and these are the values we should cheer. Sports Physicals No student is allowed to participate in the school's sports programs without a physical from either their family physician or the school sponsored physicals. There is no fee for the school sports physical. School Sports physicals are offered through the Castine Community Health Services, and held at the Penobscot School for studenets in grades 5 thru 8 who plan to participate in the sports program for the comming school year. They are held in September or October, at the beginning of the school year. If a student does not plan to play a fall sport, but wants to play a spring sport, a sports physical must be done at this time to qualify for the free physical, otherwise a physical is required from the family physician before any student is allowed to participate |