Expectations
ATTENDANCE POLICY
•Regular and prompt attendance to every practice is the key to success on the field. (Mandatory attendance to all practices, games, and football sponsored events)
•If your student athlete is going to be absent from school and/or practice please notify attendance office and Head Football Coach via phone.
•Bring a doctor’s note the following day of attendance.
•Tardies disrupt practice/class time and causes the student who is late, as well as the other students, to lose valuable instructional time.
•Tardy = additional conditioning after practice (“Death March”)
•3 Tardies in a week = sitting out the whole Game.
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IT IS STATE LAW THAT EVERY STUDENT ATTENDS SCHOOL EVEY DAY, UNLESS S/HE HAS A VERIFIED EXCUSE TO BE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL.
DISCIPLINE POLICY
•DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS ON THE FIELD AND IN THE CLASSROOM WILL NEVER BE TOLERATED!
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•Respect all Coaches/Teachers and address them respectfully.
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•1st Incident = Verbal Warning
•2nd Incident = Student sent home, parent notified via phone, and Parent/Player Conference set up with coaches.
•3rd Incident= Student suspended from participating in practice/game for that week, and a Parent/Player Conference set up with coaches, Athletic Director and Administrator.
• If you are suspended from school and/or Football students may not participate in any school related event or related activity.
All disciplinary actions follow due process!
DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO POLICY
•WHS forbids the use of any illegal substance or use of alcohol by any player.
•“Illegal Substance”- steroids, marijuana, etc..
•Any player who is brought to the coaches attention for use of an illegal substance will be referred to campus Drug & Alcohol Program and will result in the removal of the football program for the rest of the school year.
•This is a year around policy!
IMMEDIATE REMOVAL FROM THE FOOTBALL TEAM
•Breaking the Drug and Alcohol Policy.
•Theft of Teammates Personal Property.
•Hazing - any action or activity which does not contribute to the positive development of a person; which inflicts or intends to cause physical or mental harm or anxieties; which may demean, degrade, or disgrace any person, regardless of location, intent or consent of participants.
•Become ineligible for participation in sports or school related activities.
QUITING POLICY
•WHS Football program is opposed to quiting, regardless of each player’s physical abilities.
•We are committed to the idea that every player in our football program makes an important contribution to the team’s success and that when a player quits, he deprives the team of that contribution.
•If a player determines not to be part of the program we ask that:
• 1. Meet with the Head Coach before making any decision.
•Reinstatement Procedures:
• 1. Parent/Player Meeting with Head Football Coach
• 2. Head Football Coach will turn over disposition of the case over to the football team, and they will decide via anonymous vote.
ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY POLICY
• IN ORDER FOR A STUDENT ATHLETE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SPORT OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY S/HE MUST MAINTAIN A 2.0 GPA OR HIGHER AT ALL TIMES AND CANNOT RECEIVE MORE THAN 1 “F” GRADE IN A GIVEN GRADING PERIOD! PROGRESS REPORTS ARE GIVEN OUT TO PLAYERS ATLEAST 1 EVERY TWO WEEKS.
•STUDY HALL POLICY
• THE POLICY IS THAT ALL STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN FOOTBALL MUST REPORT TO STUDY HALL DURING THE SEASON AND/OR OFF SEASON ON ASSIGNED TIMES AND DAYS. NO EXCEPTION!
FUNDRAISING POLICY
•Fundraising is considered the least desirable task, however is most necessary to carry out the cost of running the program.
•Participation is Mandatory and all students athletes are expected to raise a minimum amount for each fundraising event.
•ALL FUNDRASING PROFITS WILL GO TOWARDS THE COST OF RUNNING THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM. (Equipment, Transportation, etc.)
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•Important Fundraisers: (mandatory participation)
• Gold Card Sale- Friday, August 21
• BANNER SALE – See Me
• PAY TO PLAY
• Booth at Games!
• www.watsonvillehigh.fundfootball.com
• See’s Candy – TBD
Other Information
• Parent Volunteers: We encourage all parent(s) to get involved in some way. Parent volunteers are needed for various events including: fundraising, booster involvement, events, filming games and scouting opponents, game operations, Varsity dinner host's, and many many other things. If interested please contact Tom Sullivan.
