Athletic Academic Performance Policy

The Board of Education believes athletic participation is an important part of a student's educational experience and encourages all students to participate in athletics. Students who are members of an athletic team are expected to maintain a high standard of academic performance because they represent Wyandotte Public Schools, the Wyandotte Community and serve as role models for all students.

Participation in competitive sports should help increase a student's discipline, organization and therefore, success in academics as well as teamwork, physical fitness and other positive life skills.

In an effort to maintain a high standard of academic performance, the Wyandotte Board ofEducation has adopted the rules and requirements of the Michigan High School AthleticAssociation (MHSAA). In addition, the Superintendent can implement Athletic Academic Performance Guidelines and Procedures that meet or exceed the MHSAA rules and requirements for all students who choose to participate in athletics. These guidelines and procedures shall be reviewed for their effectiveness in maintaining a high standard of academic performance and adjusted as necessary to maintain this goal. The Superintendent shall keep the Board of Education appraised of these adjustments.

Guidelines and Procedures

Any student attending Roosevelt High School or Wilson Middle School who meets MHSAA rules and requirements, Wyandotte's Athletic Academic Performance Guidelines and Procedures, District Athletic Code of Conduct rules and specific athletic team requirements is eligible to participate in District sponsored athletic competition.

Wyandotte's Athletic Academic Performance Guidelines and Procedures are as follows:

  • Students who participate on District athletic teams are expected to maintain a high standard of academic performance.
  • All student athletes must pass 5 of 7 or 4 of 6 at the end of each semester in order to be eligible to participate in athletics. Students will be ineligible for the entire next semester if this criteria is not met.
  • If an athlete is at risk for low academic performance, he/she will be placed on academic probation. This will occur if his/her most recent progress report or quarterly grade report indicates a GPA lower than 2.0 or C average or he/she has an E in any subject area.

Coaches have the prerogative to establish a higher required academic guideline and requirement for their teams. These rules must be clearly communicated to the Athletic Director, student athlete, parent/guardian and signed by the student athlete and the parent/guardian.

Academic Probation

If a student athlete fails 1 or more classes and has a lower GPA than 2.0 the student will be placed on academic probation. The student athlete remains on the team and competes, but must show academic progress. If the athlete is failing 2 or more classes while on probation they will be ineligible for the week (Monday through Sunday) or until they are passing 6 of 7 or 5 of 6 classes. Weekly progress reports will be required and turned in to the Athletic Director and/or coach. It is the student's responsibility to confer with their teacher(s)/counselor to develop a plan for academic improvement. If the student athlete has one or more E's in any courses at the time of Progress Report or Quarterly Grades he/she will be given one week to bring those grades up. The student will be expected to participate in practices and must attend scheduled competitions, but is not to dress for competition. If grades are not improved at that time he/she will be suspended from all Athletic Events until the grades improve, In order to be eligible for participation in the next athletic season based on the student's most recent quarterly grade report, the student must meet MHSAA rules and regulations, as well as Wyandotte Public Schools academic and team requirements. If the next athletic season tryouts begin before a quarterly grade report and the student is ineligible to participate and teachers verify that the student is performing at the required academic level he/she may tryout for the sport pending the quarterly grade report.

MHSAA 2024-25 Handbook - Regulation I, Section 8, # 46 (p.36)

“In schools whose classes are approximately equal in length, “receiving credit” (as in Section 7) or “passing” (as in Section 8) 66 percent of full credit load potential for a full-time student is defined here and throughout these regulations as meeting requirements of courses for which credit toward graduation or a certificate of completion would be granted by the school. Except as provided under Note 2 below, the credit load potential shall be the same for all students enrolled in the school to be represented. The minimum would be met, for example, by the following:

  • Passing 3 of 4 classes
  • Passing 4 of 5 classes
  • Passing 4 of 6 classes
  • Passing 5 of 7 classes
  • Passing 6 of 8 classes

The minimum would not be met by students receiving credit for or passing 3 of 5 or 4 of 7 classes (assuming all classes are nearly the same length).