David Douglas HS

The Track and Field Dessert will be on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.  It will be in the North Cafeteria from 6:00pm - 8:00pm.  Hope to see everyone there.

Addendum:  Some kids have asked to do a Potluck.  We'll give it a try...we'll have about 150 people.  If you bring something, we're thinking that each person brings enough for about 20-25 people.  We'll see how it goes :-)

To help with understanding what is deemed an excused or unexcused absence, please see the following list.  Life happens, so there are some situations that we probably haven't thought of...but these are the main reasons why athletes miss practice.  As you can see...Communication is the key to an absence being excused.

If you are not going to be at school, you can get ahold of the coaching staff by either:

1. E-mailing Coach Cross at cameron_cross@ddouglas.k12.or.us, or
   
2. Calling the Athletics Office at 503-261-8325
   

Excused Absence

• School Related Function (Job Shadow/Field Trip/Etc.)
• Band/Choir/Orchestra Competition
• Excused sick day
• Finished test/project with teacher after school...and still reported to practice
• Pre-arranged Doctor or Dentist Appointment
• Pre-arranged Credit Retrieval classes that go the whole track practice

Unexcused Absence

• Sectionals (these are called by the students...not the teacher)
• Unexcused absence at school
• Trip with family (pre-arranged or not)
• Work
• Telling coaches of Doctor or Dentist Appointment the day of the appointment...unless it was a scheduled that day.
  
• Finished test/project with teacher after school...but did not report to practice
• Driver's Ed
• Driver’s License test (pre-arranged or not)
• Not coming because of injury, unless excused by coach
  
• Other Sport

Points needed to earn a varsity letter:  12 Points

How to earn points:

• Place top 3 in a dual meet:  5-3-1
• Place at an Invite:  Typically 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
• Compete Varsity in any event at dual meet:  1 pt.
• Compete in an Invite:  2 pts.
• Kids can score at the JV level, if their mark would have placed in a dual meet
• Work at the Kids Clinic:  2 pts (one-time credit)
• Work a Middle School Meet:  1 pt. (one-time credit)
• Visit a Middle School Practice:  1 pt. (one-time credit)

Auto Qual (even if an athlete did not score 12 varsity points for the season):

• Score at the Varsity District Meet
• Win a JV event at the Novice District Meet
• Hit a mark in the Frosh Division of the Novice District Meet that would have won the JV Event
• Score 15 points at the Novice District Meet
• We can look at someone in the Frosh Division and see if they would have scored 15 points at the JV Division at the Novice District Meet

Coach's Discretion
An athlete may be considered worthy of earning a letter, even if they don't meet the above requirements.  It will be up to the coach's discretion to credit such an award.

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