All students will be subject to Montana High School Association eligibility requirements in those activities that are under the sponsorship of MHSA. In addition, Ennis Schools requires the following: 1. A weekly eligibility check will be conducted for all students involved in any extra-curricular student activity, grades 6-12, based on the current cumulative grade for that quarter on the date of the eligibility check. The first eligibility check for each quarter will take place the 3rd Tuesday to allow students and staff time to establish new grades and GPAs.* Quarter grades, NOT semester grades will be used to determine eligibility.
2. Eligibility will be checked on Tuesday morning; teachers will be required to give at least one grade each week and shall upgrade their PowerSchool grade-books by each Monday evening. The principal and/or athletic director will inform students and coaches/advisors of student eligibility status. Academic ineligibility will run from Wednesday through Tuesday at midnight.
3. A student must have no F’s and must maintain a cumulative quarter grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or higher to be considered academically eligible until the next eligibility check. Students ineligible on the last day of any quarter will remain ineligible until the next quarter’s 3rd Tuesday eligibility check.Students taking Montana Digital Academy or other online classes must complete at least one assignment per week with a grade of 60% or above.
4. Grace Period Clause: students will be given one grace period per quarter that may be used during that quarter, but may NOT be used for ineligibility that exists on the last eligibility check of that quarter. If a student uses a grace period, they will be eligible for that week, but only if he or she attends study table each day it is offered. If a student misses study table that week, he or she will immediately become ineligible until the next eligibility check and will have forfeited the grace period. Once ineligible, each missed study table will result in an additional week suspension for each absence.
5. A student who is academically ineligible will be expected to participate in all practices that weekprovidedthe student attends Study Table for each day it is offered. Tardiness to or failure to attend Study Table will result in the loss of practice privileges for that day. The core purpose of study table is to help the student regain his or her eligibility.
6. A student who is ineligible will not participate in any contest or travel with the team or activity group during the period of ineligibility. 7. A student with an unexcused absence from school and/or practice will not be able to participate at the next scheduled competition.