Purpose:
The Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires Scholastic Award program is to
recognize and reward those teams or groups that maintain a high collective
academic standard. It is open to Varsity or Sub-varsity (JV, Freshman,
etc.) sports teams,
activity squads such as Dance & Drill and Cheer squads, and fine arts groups
such as bands, choirs, orchestras, dramatic troupes and forensics teams.
Qualification:
Any team/group with an average GPA
of 3.0 or higher qualifies for a state award. A team with an average of
3.00 - 3.49 qualifies for the Distinguished Team Award, where a team with an
average of 3.50-4.00 qualifies for the Outstanding Team Award. In
addition, the team/group with the highest average GPA for their activities and
classification level is recognized as Academic State Champion.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- How do make a team submission?
- To nominate a
team for the state academic championship and to order certificates log
in to my.wiaa.com.
- How is the team average GPA calculated?
- It is
the sum of the GPA's of all members of the team/group, divided by the number
of members. It must include all members of the group, including 9th
graders.
- Examples:
-
| Student Name |
GPA |
| Abel |
3.49 |
| Baker |
3.25 |
| Charlie |
3.15 |
| David |
3.56 |
| TOTAL |
3.3625 |
| |
|
| Information Submitted |
|
| GPA (rounded to four places) |
3.3635 |
| Number of Participants |
4 |
| |
|
|
| Student Name |
GPA |
| Anne |
3.5 |
| Beth |
3.5 |
| Christina |
3.3 |
| Donna |
3.7 |
| TOTAL |
3.5 |
| |
|
| Information Submitted |
|
| GPA (rounded to two places) |
3.50 |
Number of
Participants |
4 |
| |
|
|
- What GPA's do I use to calculate the average?
- GPA's
are based upon the grade from the previous marking period that is logged on
a student's transcript for credit purposes. Typically, that means the
previous semester or trimester. Quarter grades are not to be used
unless the student receives full credit for a class after completion of a
quarter.
Students
who do not have a previous grade due to home-schooling, study abroad or
incoming as foreign students are not utilized in the calculations
- I heard that if we don't meet a minimum number of
squad members that we aren't eligible for the State Academic Championship. Is that true?
- A minimum number is required in order for a squad to be eligible for
academic state champions. The minimums by activity are as follows:
Fall: Cross Country - 5, Football - 11, Soccer - 11,
Girls Swimming -
4, Volleyball - 6, Tennis - 3, Golf - 5, Cheer - 4
Winter:
Band/Orchestra - 20, Bowling - 5, Basketball - 5, Boys Swimming - 4,
Cheer - 4, Choir - 15, Dance/Drill - 12, Drama - 6, Forensics - 10,
Girls Wrestling - 5, Gymnastics - 5, Wrestling - 8.
Spring: Baseball - 9, Softball - 10, Golf - 5, Soccer - 11, Tennis -
3, Track - 5.
Regardless
of the minimums, all students who participated in an
activity at the
varsity level must be included in the calculations.
- The Freshmen don't have a high school GPA established
in mid-October. Do I just leave them out?
- NO!!! All
members of the team must have their GPA's counted...including
Freshmen. They will have to have their last GPA score from eighth
grade used in the total.
- What is the deadline date for submitting an
application?
- Applications for Distinguished and Outstanding Team
Awards may be received at any time during the school year.
- In order
to qualify for the Academic State Championships, applications must be
received by the seasonal deadline dates.
- The seasonal deadline dates
are:
Fall
Sports -----------------------------------------------Friday, October 17,
2008
Winter
Sports and all other activities-------------Friday, February 6, 2009
Spring
Sports--------------------------------------------Friday, April 24 2009
- Why is your winter deadline so early when many
schools don't get their semester grades posted by then?
- The
deadlines are set to allow time for verification of state champions in time
to be posted in that season's state championship programs. Because the
first of the winter programs are in mid-February, the deadline for
submission of grades is typically up against many schools'
semesters.
- Our first semester grades aren't posted before
February 3. Can I just wait until grades are out to submit my
application?
- Yes, but if you do your team will not be eligible
for the Academic State Championship. If your team wishes to be
submitted to compete for that honor, and grades will not be posted in time
for the February deadline, then use the grades from the previous marking
period (i.e. Second Semester 2005-06) for Winter activities.
- If we miss the deadline, can we still receive
certificates or insignias?
- YES!!! There is no cut-off date for
ordering participant certificates or insignias, or submitting for team
certificates. The deadline only applies to qualifying for the state
academic championship.
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