WAJ Mission Statement

Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School will provide the resources and environment that maximize the opportunity for each and every student to reach his or her academic, creative, and athletic potential.

In the spirit of our mission statement, and keeping with our efforts to provide what is best for our students in a manner that encourages accountability on all levels, the following Academic Monitoring and Eligibility Procedure will be in effect for the 2006-2007 school year.

The focus of this plan is that teachers, coaches and advisors will work together to assist students to be successful. Teachers do this by monitoring student progress and arranging to keep them during activity period as necessary to remediate their shortcomings in individual classes. Coaches/advisors do this by being aware of their participants’ classroom situations and using that information to encourage better performance. By modifying the level of student participation as appropriate and working with students to encourage improvement, proper motivation is more likely to be inspired.

With this in mind, the Academic Monitoring and Eligibility Procedure will have two phases:

Phase 1: Academic Probation:

At the close of each school week (usually Friday), all 7-12 classroom teachers will provide a list of students who are not working up to potential and/or failing their class to Jim Adair, the Athletic Director, Donna LeRoy, the 7-12 Guidance Counselor, and John Gratto, the Assistant Superintendent.

Jim Adair will provide the list to coaches.

3. Donna LeRoy will (1) inform the affected students that they must receive extra help and attend athletic study hall (2) provide the list to any advisor who has students on the list and (3) issue a list of the affected students to the Athletic Study hall monitors. A form will be developed by Donna LeRoy for this purpose.

4. Teachers will, as is already the practice, make arrangements to keep students who are failing or in danger of failing, during activity period a minimum of one day a week. For purposes of Academic Monitoring, a grade of Incomplete is considered the same as a failing grade.

Athletes who receive any failing grade will be required to attend Athletic Study hall every afternoon that they are not staying for extra help with a teacher. Students must first check in at the Athletic Study Hall before going to a teacher for extra help. The Athletic Study Hall Monitors will give a daily attendance list to the athletic director.

Coaches will (1) ensure that team members are attending after-school help sessions and/or attending athletic study hall (2) limit playing time or “bench” students as appropriate, until the Friday information shows that the student is passing all classes.

While on this period of Academic Probation,students will be able to practice and play with a team and attend after-school activities.

7. Advisors will limit or suspend participation in club or class activities as appropriate as well. At this level of involvement, no student will be barred from practice or dismissed from a club, team, or activity.

8. Throughout this process, abundant communication between classroom teachers and coaches/advisors will be necessary. Teachers are encouraged to communicate directly with coaches and advisors regarding students’ efforts. Coaches are to exhort students to pass and explain to students and their parents that playing time will be limited if the student is not passing.

Phase 2: Academic Ineligibility:

Students who are (a) failing two or more subjects on any Friday during the marking period will be rendered ineligible for two weeks.

Students who have failed even one course for more than two consecutive weeks after a marking period closes, will be rendered ineligible for two weeks.

A student may also become ineligible if the student: (1) has severe or consistent disciplinary infractions, (2) does not attend or participate in after-school help sessions with teachers, (3) does not attend or study at the Athletic Study Hall, or (4) continues to fail courses despite receiving extra help and attending athletic study hall.

Each week, a list of probationary and ineligible students will be e-mailed to all teachers. A committee (teachers, coaches, advisors, Donna LeRoy, Dr. Gratto, etc.) may be convened, at the request of a coach/advisor or teacher, to determine any particular student’s possible needs and possibly recommending a revision of his or her eligibility status. The final decision will be Dr. Gratto’s.

During the ineligibility period, the student must attend after-school help (at a mutually agreed time with teachers) in each failing and/or incomplete subject for a minimum of one day a week for two weeks and attend athletic study hall when not receiving extra help from a teacher.

If a student is deemed ineligible at any point, the student will be informed and a letter will be sent home clearly stating the duration and reason for the ineligibility.

Windham Ashland Jewett Central School

WAJ Mission Statement