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) |
3.3625 |
| 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.
- Winter:
Band - 20, Bowling - 5, Basketball - 5, Boys Swimming - 4,
Cheer - 4, Choir - 15, Dance/Drill - 12, Drama - 6, Forensics - 10,
Girls Wrestling - 5, Gymnastics - 5, Orchestra -20, 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.
What are the criteria
for submitting a music entry?
- Schools may submit applications in one (1) or all
three (3) music categories listed above (Band, Choir, Orchestra). All
students enrolled in the largest ensemble in each category must be
counted.
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
16, 2009
Winter Sports and all other activities - Friday,
February 5, 2010
Spring Sports - Friday, April 30, 2010
- 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.
|
.gif)
