Academic policy letter to parents

							          Vienna Grade School Athletic Department
                                 Vienna Elementary School District #55
                                          310 North 3rd Street
                                           Vienna, IL 62995
                                            (618) 658-8286
             Teri Coscarelli – Superintendent Greg Frehner – Principal/Athletic Director



Parent(s)/Guardian(s) of VGS student-athletes:

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the academic eligibility requirements that
have been put into policy as of the 2004-2005 athletic calendar year. The academic
eligibility requirements (as stated in the newly adopted VGS Athletic Handbook on
page 16) are as follows:

        To be eligible to participate in any school-supported athletic and or extra-
curricular activity, the student may be failing no more than one class as indicated by the
weekly teacher report to be turned in to the athletic director on every Friday. If the
above criterion is not met, a student is placed on probation until the next weekly grade
report. The student may participate in all athletic events during the probationary week.
However, if a student is failing more than one class after the probationary week, the
student-athlete is then ineligible for the following week’s activities, or until the student-
athlete can meet the academic requirements during that week for the following week.
Case by case exceptions will be handled by the administration.
        A second week of not meeting academic standards will result in another week of
ineligibility. A third week of not meeting academic standards will result in a student-
athlete being qualified as academically ineligible for the remainder of the athletic season
that they are currently participating in. If a student-athlete participates in more than one
sport, their eligibility would be determined by (a) their nine week grade report or (b)
their next weekly grade report that falls within the current sport season. If a new season
begins the week of or the week after the nine-week grade report, the student-athlete may
be placed on academic probation for a week to determine their athletic eligibility for the
following week and so on.

Communication between the teachers, athletic director, coaches and parents on a weekly
basis is crucial for this policy to best assist our student-athlete’s success in the classroom.
I strongly believe that this policy will provide the opportunity for all of our student-
athletes to reach their full academic potential, thus, guide them towards future success
academically, athletically, and most important, in the “game of life”. Please feel free to
contact me or the VGS coaches for any further explanation of this change in policy.

Sincerely,



Mr. Greg Frehner, VGS Principal/Athletic Director (2006-2007)