Alcester-Hudson offers the following co- curricular activities for all students: Chorus, Band, Flags, Cubette Yearbook, Bear Facts School Newspaper, Drama, Oral Interpretation, HS Play, HS Musical, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, Wrestling, Basketball, Track, Golf, FFA, FCCLA, Quiz Bowl, Spanish Club, Student Council, HS Art Honor Society, and National Honor Society. Students need to follow all Academic Eligibility Rules for co- curricular activities. Students are responsible to get schoolwork done in advance or schedule a makeup time for schoolwork/tests etc. to be made up if they must miss school for any co- curricular activities. Work is due upon return. Exception for co-curricular absence is when the activity requires absence for a consecutive day.

 A student must be passing six (6) of his/her classes to be considered eligible for extra-curricular activity participation in a SDHSAA sponsored or other competitive events. In the event the student is not passing in two or more classes, the following procedures will be in effect:

 

A.  Student academic progress is evaluated each week with an academic progress report of students with grades of 67% or lower being sent to the office Monday morning. The first eligibility report will be effective on the 14th full day of school each new semester. After that eligibility will run from Monday noon to Monday noon.

B.  During a week of ineligibility, the student may continue to practice but will not be allowed to participate in SDHSAA sponsored or other competitive events. The student may not leave school early to attend a function sponsored by the SDHSAA or other competitive event either.

The student will be allowed to resume participation in SDHSAA sponsored or other competitive events when his/her grade is passing (68% or higher) on Monday’s eligibility report provided the student has regularly attended practices.

C. Students who are ineligible at the end of the semester will remain so until the beginning of the next semester.

D. Junior High students will follow the same Academic Eligibility Policy as High School students.

E.  If an activity is scheduled that causes a team or group to leave prior to Monday noon, eligibility for that activity will be determined from the previous week’s report.

F.              All students must be in compliance with SDHSAA eligibility rules.

 

No school activities for students, either mandatory or voluntary, may be held on Sundays.

 

Exceptions are allowed when students need to attend a state or national event and must leave on a Sunday in order to travel to the event.

School activities are not to be scheduled for any students on Wednesday evenings after 6:00pm. Exceptions are allowed only when high school students need to participate in an activity that our school has no control over the scheduling, but we are obligated to participate.

 

Practices or rehearsals prior to 6:00pm are allowed for students in Grades 6-12 on Wednesdays. Students in Grades 6-8 who have obligated church activities immediately after school on Wednesdays will not be required to attend practices.

Students are encouraged to attend and support all school-sponsored activities. Co-curricular activities are an important part of the educational program. All rules governing student conduct will be enforced at school activities, whether at home or away.

 No class or organization meetings can be held without the presence of an advisor and a majority of the membership. No money shall be taken from any class or organization treasury to give directly to or to purchase a gift or gift certificate for any students, faculty member, or other person. Class treasury money may not be spent without the prior approval of the class at a meeting at which a majority of the members are present.

Students may make school purchases only with permission of school staff advisor of the particular activity. The school staff advisor must approve the purchase and the student will be expected to legibly sign the sales ticket and take the duplicate sales ticket to the advisor.

Purchases by students will be kept to an absolute minimum. Unauthorized bills will not be paid by the school district but will be the responsibility of the purchaser

Class treasurers are not allowed to write checks on class accounts. The bank will treat this as a "NO ACCOUNT" check.

 

When the fundraiser begins, staff advisors will determine the quantity of items each student/salesperson needs to sell. The student is responsible for selling the required number of items and will be held accountable for collecting the money and recording information for each sale. At the end of the fundraiser, the student is responsible for turning in all money collected, along with the order sheet listing name of buyer and items purchased along with all unsold items to the staff advisor. Items  that are lost or not returned to the staff advisor must be paid for by the student.

 

It is the responsibility of the school staff advisor to make certain that the money turned in matches the number of items sold. Advisors are responsible for making sure each student/salesperson knows how to keep records. Good recordkeeping will ensure that money is not misplaced, and that each customer receives the merchandise they ordered. All fundraising campaigns must have a definite start and end date and must have prior approval from the Superintendent or Principal at least one week in advance with a purpose for the fundraiser.

All fundraisers must be for a class, sport, or school organization. No students will be allowed to sell merchandise for personal profit.

It is also a recommendation of the school that all fundraising purchases are to be paid for with a check rather than cash.

Whenever students attend school dances they will be expected to remain in the building until they wish to leave for the remainder of the event. If a student leaves the building, he/she will not be readmitted.

School dances normally start at 8:00pm. No one will be admitted into the dance after 9:30pm.

Junior High students will not be admitted to High School dances. High school students who wish to invite dates from out of town are to register them in the high school office the week prior to the dance.

School dances scheduled by individual classes or organizations must have three (3) faculty supervisors. At least four (4) parent chaperones will be necessary if punch and crackers are going to be served.

The names of these faculty members must be given to the principal before the dance can be scheduled or advertised. All students attending school dances at Alcester-Hudson, whether from Alcester- Hudson school or from an out-of-town school, shall be current high school students in grades 9-12.

 

(HOMECOMING) Each student in grades 9-11 will vote by secret ballot and make nominations for two

(2) boys and two (2) girls from their respective classes. The boy and girl who receive the most votes will be the Homecoming Attendants. (Previous year’s homecoming attendants are not eligible.) Each student in Grades 9-12 will vote by secret ballot and make nominations for three (3) boys and three (3) girls from the senior class. The three (3) boys and three (3) girls receiving the most votes

will be the king and queen candidates. If there are only four (4) of one gender in the senior class, four

(4) queen and king candidates will be chosen.

All students in grades 9-12 will then vote for one boy and one girl from the list of candidates. Students riding on a Homecoming Float will be at the discretion of the principal.

(PROM) The voting procedure for Prom King & Queen candidates will be determined during the school year. All students in grades 11-12 will vote for one boy and one girl from the list of senior candidates for Prom King and Queen. The students who were selected as Homecoming King and Queen in the fall of the current school year will be excluded from the list of names on the ballot.

 

The Junior Class is responsible for hosting the Junior/Senior Prom for the Senior Class. Funding for this event will be taken from the Junior Class fund. All junior class members are required to participate in fundraising for prom. Juniors NOT participating in fundraising will be required to pay the amount voted on by the class (but not less than $40.00) in order to be admitted to any portion of the Prom.

All students attending Junior/Senior prom, whether from Alcester-Hudson school or from an out-of- town school, shall be current high school students in grades 9-12

Students who are interested in auditioning for these groups must meet the guidelines set forth by the SDHSAA.

Students will audition at the sites predetermined by region as set by the SDHSAA, in accordance with their regulations and policies. The school will pay the registration fee for these students.

Any student, Grade 9-12 that is involved with the high school chorus program may try out for All-State Chorus. Tryouts will be judged by a team of music educators from other schools in the area. Alternates will be chosen as well in the event that any All-State member cannot attend the All-State Chorus event.

The Alcester-Hudson School District may pay for the travel expenses for students for some state events. If you have questions, contact your advisor or principal.

 

South Dakota Codified Law 13-27-6.1 states: “An elementary or secondary student is eligible to be counted for school attendance up to five days in a school term if an excuse from actual school attendance is requested by a parent or guardian for the purpose of attending events of state or nationally recognized youth programs of educational value or for the purpose of working as a precinct election official if the student is at least eighteen years old.”

 

For the purpose of this policy, the principal is granted the authority to make the determination regarding the granting of the excuse.