In order to encourage and promote academic excellence, all students participating in extracurricular/co-curricular activities (cheerleaders, drill team, after school sports, student body government, etc.) shall demonstrate satisfactory minimum progress in meeting the prescribed course of study and standards of proficiency established by the district. In order to be eligible for participation in extracurricular/co-curricular activities, a student in grades 7 and 8 shall have earned a minimum of 2.0 or "C" grade point average with no "F" grades during the preceding grading period (proceeding quarter.) Any student new to the Panama-Buena Vista USD is eligible for the remainder of the quarter in which he/she enrolls. All new seventh graders are automatically eligible for the first quarter of any school year. Students transferring within the Panama-Buena Vista USD take their eligibility status with them. Students are declared ineligible to participate extracurricular/co-curricular activities shall remain ineligible until their quarter grades show a 2.0 average with no "F" grades. As a condition for maintaining eligibility for participating in extracurricular/co-curricular activities, each student shall also maintain a positive record of citizenship. A student shall be ineligible for participation if he/she receives two or more unsatisfactory marks on his/her quarterly report card. An unsatisfactory mark shall consist of #10 on the computer report card.
