Athletic Forms & Eligibility

The privilege of participating in these co-curricular programs is extended to all students who are willing to assume certain responsibilities. Parents/guardians are expected to review all policies in this handbook as well as attend one extra-curricular code meeting with their child. As a participant, your greatest responsibility is to be a credit to your team/group, school, family and community. Therefore, it is required that you:

• Display high standards of social behavior.
• Follow the co-curricular code of conduct on a year-round basis (365 days per year).
• Display outstanding sportsmanship as a participant and fan.
• Display proper respect for those in authority, including teachers, coaches, and officials.
• Display a spirit of cooperation and sportsmanship.
• Dress appropriately when attending a contest or activity away from home.
• Use language that is appropriate in an educational setting.
• Provide a reasonable level of dedication/commitment to your school, activity, sport, coaches, advisors and teammates. 

Students planning to participate in a club or activity must abide my Kaukauna Area School District rules and rules established by national or state charters for the activity. Any registration is handled directly with the club advisor. 

Students planning to participate in high school athletics must abide by the WIAA rules of eligibility as well as those rules established by the Kaukauna Area School District. In addition to the WIAA rules, in order to participate on any athletic team or squad, the following items must be filed in the KHS Athletic Department prior to any participation. 

The student must be enrolled as a full-time student in the Kaukauna Area School District. At each grading period, a student must be passing all courses to be eligible to participate in co-curricular activities. Incomplete grades shall count as failures until made up.

Ineligible students will be prohibited from competition or performance for 15 scheduled school days during this period of academic ineligibility. In addition, the student may be prohibited from practice at the discretion of the coach or activities director. Ineligible students may not miss class to attend a practice or an event.

Eligibility for any 15-day period shall be determined by the last grade reporting period. Third trimester grades can be made up in summer school.

Any student who, after an inquiry at which the student shall be confronted with an allegation, the basis of the allegation, and given an opportunity to tell his/her side, is found to have violated the Kaukauna High School’s Co-Curricular Code of Conduct will be deemed ineligible for a period as described in the Co-Curricular Policy.