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EXTRACURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY

Activities in ISD 279 offer students opportunities for participation and involvement in the school beyond the
classroom. However, it is important that students remember their first responsibility is to be successful in
school. Academic achievement is not to be sacrificed for participation in activity programs.

ISD 279 – Osseo Area Schools is a member of the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) and
Northwest Suburban Conference, and follows and enforces all of their rules and regulations.

In order to participate in high school activities, a The plan for determining academic eligibility for
student must be - MSHSL activities is as follows:
1. registered as a full-time student;  Eligibility will be determined at the start of each
2. enrolled in at least five credit-producing classes school year and after each marking period.
each trimester; and  A student is ineligible if the total number of
3. making progress toward accumulation of the 64 credits at the beginning of each trimester is less
credits required for graduation according to the than the number listed in the table at left.
chart below:  If a winter or spring sport begins before tri 1 or
tri 2 grades have been posted, students may
REQUIRED CREDITS TO PARTICIPATE IN appear eligible to begin a winter or spring
ACTIVITIES activity, but become ineligible once grades/
GRADE FALL WINTER SPRING credits are posted.
9 0 4 8  The Activities Coordinator will follow up after
grades and credits are posted to ensure all
10 13 18 23 students are eligible.
11 28 34 40  The Activities Coordinator will inform any
12 46 52 58 student who becomes ineligible.
Note: 64 credits required to graduate

To be certified by the NCAA Clearinghouse, you must accomplish the following:

1. Graduate from high school
You should apply for certification before CORE UNITS REQUIRED DIVISION DIVISION
graduation if you wish to participate in athletics FOR NCAA I II
as a freshman at the college to which you will CERTIFICATION
be admitted. The Clearinghouse will issue a English 4 years 3 years
preliminary certification report when you have
submitted all of your materials. After Math 3 years 2 years
graduation, the Clearinghouse will review your Science 2 years 2 years
final transcript to make a final certification
decision according to NCAA standards. Social Studies 2 years 2 years
2. Earn a grade-point average of at least 2.3 From English, Math, or 1 year 3 years
(for Division I) and 2.0 (Division II) (on a Science
4.00 scale) in a core curriculum of at least 16
courses which were successfully completed Additional Core: English, 4 years 4 years
during grades nine through 12. The chart Math, Science, World
included here shows core courses you must Language, Philosophy,
include at a minimum. Non-doctrinal Religion
3. Earn a minimum SAT/ACT sum score.
Total Core Units 16 years 16 years
For additional information you may go to Required
www.ncaaclearinghouse.net or www.ncaa.org.

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