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Participation & Eligibility

Eligibility for Participation in FM Programs

  • All first year ninth grade student participants are automatically eligible when they arrive at the high school.
  • Students must be enrolled in the equivalent of five full credit classes. A student participant failing 2 or more classes each semester will be ineligible until credits are received via summer school, or until the next CHSAA regain date (See AD for more information).
  • Eligibility is monitored on a weekly basis and will start after the 3rd full week of classes for each semester. Eligibility will be run every Friday at 2 pm. If a student is failing 2 classed at the time of the report, they will become ineligible the following Monday for the entire week. They may become eligible again if all failing classes are passing by the following Friday eligibility report. College classes will count towards eligibility.
  • Students must be in good standing regarding attendance to participate.
  • Any student participant serving suspension will be eligible for practices but prohibited from activities/contests during the time of the suspension.
  • Students are required to attend activities/practices.
  • Any student participant referred to administration for discipline problems may be suspended or removed from their squad at the discretion of school administrators and/or the coach/advisor in charge.
  • Advisor/Coaches are afforded the opportunity to have stricter guidelines for eligibility, written out in their individual team activities/contracts.

Prior to Checking out for a Sport

Student athletes must complete each of the following steps before they are cleared to play a sport:

Student athletes along with the parent/guardian should read and become familiar with the Fort Morgan High School Athletic/Activities Handbook. At the end of the handbook is an Acknowledgement, which must be signed by the student athlete and the parent/guardian.

A Fort Morgan Schools Activities/Athletics form is filled out. By signing this form, the parent/guardian testifies:

  • The student athlete has received a physical examination. The physician may provide his/her own physical examination form, in that event, the physician’s form must be attached.
  • Gives authorization for treatment of student athlete and acknowledges the risk of injury.
  • The student athlete and parent/guardian must have appropriate medical/accident insurance. The student athlete must have insurance in one of the required formats:
    • The parent/guardian buy the insurance made available by the School District. The costs of all insurances, including insurance made available through the School District, shall be borne entirely by the parent/guardian.
    • The parent/guardian provide their own insurance.
  • Student and parent must complete the online registration for CHSAA through fortmorganhs-ar.rschooltoday.com.
  • Student/parent must submit payment to the Finance Secretary to receive final white slip for clearance to participate.

Student athletes must have all equipment turned in if they were involved in a previous sport. This includes having fees paid for damaged or lost equipment. A student athlete will not be able to practice if they have missing equipment.

  • Student athletes are expected to turn in all equipment at the conclusion of the sport’s season on the date specified by their coach. The equipment should be washed, mended, and returned in good condition. A fine, equal to the cost of the equipment, will be assessed to the athlete if the equipment is turned in late. The equipment checked out shall be used for practices and competition as indicated and is not to be used outside of these times. Lost or stolen equipment is the responsibility of the athlete.
  • A student athlete who does not turn in a uniform will be responsible for the replacement value of the uniform and will not be allowed to check out equipment for the next sport until the lost uniform has been returned or paid for. Each student athlete must pay a $50 participation fee for each sport in which he/she chooses to participate. 
  • All student athletes are required to purchase an activity sticker. Student athletes who drop with the consent of the coach within the first two weeks or who are cut by the coaching staff will receive a refund.

No student athlete may receive a cleared notice (white slip) for a sport later than 10 days from the day of the first practice. The only exceptions to this will be a student athlete transferring from another school. In the event an athlete wishes to check out for a sport after the 10-day period, the athlete must get permission from the Head Coach and Athletic Director. If a previous sport overlaps a current sport, the student athlete must make arrangements with the current coach regarding being excused from current sport practices.

Quitting or Dropping a Sport

There will be times when some participants find it necessary to quit an activity or playing a sport before, during, or after the season has started. Whatever the reason, a participant must follow the steps listed below:

  • The participant should think the whole situation through and talk with the advisor/coaches to see if a solution can be reached.
  • If a participant decides to quit, the participant must clean and turn in all equipment to the advisor/coach. If equipment has been damaged or if it is not turned in the participant will have a fee added to their student account.
  • If the participant decides to quit an activity or one sport and join another, the participant must receive permission from both advisor/coaches and AD before beginning the new activity/sport.
  • After the first competition participants will not receive a refund.
  • If a participant decides to quit, the participants will not letter or be eligible for post season honors

PREPARING TO JOIN A CLUB

Students will meet with Club Sponsors and complete their membership requirements to participate in these individual activities and clubs. All activities/club members are expected to follow all code of conducts, eligibility requirements and substance abuse/drug screening procedures.