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Athlete er of the choir as well as a mem- maceuticals," he said. "It's a
ber of DECA and Climber Crew. high paying job. That's the
' Continued from page C-I He said he wants to major biggest reason I want tol do
in chemistry at UW, which it, but I'll also be dealing with
tie my senior year together." he'll enter as a sophomore, medicine and helping people
Hurst said he is the treasur- "I'll probably go into phar- who need it."
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Academics "
ta]mng eligibility.
"Successful students have Confidence, dis-
Continued from page C-I cipline and a lot of internal motivation," he
said. "I believe that our athletic programs
Judson Said grade checks will still be con- teach and reinforce these skills. Why would
ducted by coaches, we not allow a willing student to learn these
"Anyone not passing five of six classes will skills in our athletic programs?"
be inelligible," he said. "It was approved by He stated that the athletic programs of
the board, supported by coaches and myself SHS promote much more than sports.
and I think it'll lead to more success because "Engaged student athletes form relation-
it will allow for athletes to fail slightly and ships and skills that help them in all aspects
still be involved in the program." of life," Lacy said. "I can only see a positive
Judson said that many coaches and ath- side to this outcome."
letic programs choose to run study programs Judson said that even athletes who play
and that he believes there are a lot of things sports all year around and fail one class per
being done within the separate programs to semester will still be able to graduate on time,
help athletes be successful students, in most cases. The school requires a specific
"To maintain equity, we set the standard number of credits in core subjects such as lan-
• and that's what everyone's held to," Judson guage arts and math. Students have the abil-
said. "Coaches can have incentives for kids ity to earn 24 credits but only 22 credits are
to achieve at a higher level. We want kids to needed for graduation.
excel in the classroom and to keep kids afloat Each semester, a student earns three
who may drop out of athletics or out of school credits if all classes are passed, therefore,
altogether." any student at SHS who fails one class per
Lacy said that many of the athletes in semester will still reach the required num-
Shelton's programs have no trouble main- ber of 22 credits to graduate, Judson said.
In the best interest of the students
1~ ecently, Shelton High
School took the advice
l l~bf an advisory commit-
tee and decided to lower the
academic requirements for
athletes.
This year, and in recent
years, athletes have been
required to pass all of their
classes and maintain a mini-
mum 2.0 Grade Point Aver-
age (GPA). Next year, the
academic reqmrements will
be lowered to match those
required by the Washing-
ton Interscholastic Athletic
Association (WIAA) which
requires athletes to pass
all but one class to remain
eligible and does not have a
minimum GPA requirement.
When I first heard about
this decision, I thought the
standards were too low. High
school was very easy for me
and I graduated with a 3.6
GPA, so I wondered why the
standard was already so low
and then why it was being
lowered more.
Then I spoke to a couple
of my coaches and learned
about the piece of the puzzle
I'd never
considered.
Shelton
is a poorer
city than
Lacey,
where I
grew up,
and the stu-
By EMILY dents here
HANSON sometimes
do not have
any incen-
tive to stay in school.
When students who are
on the border of dropping out
decide to play a sport, they
are then told the academic
requirements to be eligible.
Sometimes that standard,
which they feel they can not
live up to, is what pushes
them out the door.
By lowering the academic
requirements to match
those of the WIAA and not
requiring a minimum GPA,
Shelton is hoping to keep
more students from drop-
ping out while also providing
these borderline students
with a support system. Be-
cause that is what athletic
teams are: they are a group
of people, adults and peers
alike, who are working
together for success. This
o£centimes means working in
study groups to keep grades
up and definitely means
the coaches are checking to
make sure athletes are stay-
ing eligible.
Taking this into consider-
ation, I feel SHS has made
the right choice for the stu-
dents: I wish athletes would
want to work harder and
have higher GPAs so that
life a~r high school would
theoretically be easier for •
them, but keeping borderline
students in school so they
earn their diplomas is more
important.
I know people believe that
if the bar is, raised, people
will rise to the occasion, but
that's not always what hap-
pens. Hopefiflly, by making
academic eligibility easier to
maintain, these borderline
students will stay in sports
so that they can have the
support group they need in
order to succeed.
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