Athletic Academic Program

Omaha North High Magnet School has created a new Academic Program for students who are involved in athletics. As a faculty, we value your child and want to ensure that as a student-athlete, we are not only preparing them for the playing field, but also for their academic achievement.

With this priority in mind, we are developing an Academic Program for student-athletes. For the 2009-2010 school year, student-athletes will be expected to pass 6 classes in order to be eligible to participate in their given sport. With this program, if the student is not passing 6 classes, he or she will be required to complete study table hours after school. The study table advisor will be working with all head coaches to help with this process. The student will not miss practice or a game if he or she is fulfilling these hours. However, if the student continues to pass less than 6 classes for a period of time, and is not utilizing study table hours, then he or she will be suspended from practice or games until further notice of academic improvement. These decisions will be made with the athletic director, Mr. Bartels, the study table advisor, and the head coach of the student’s sport.

One may wonder why we are making this change. Currently, the NSAA requires that a student only passes 4 classes per semester. This is a concern to faculty and staff at Omaha North High Magnet School. With this minimum requirement, students would not be on track to graduate in 4 years from our school. In fact, if a student passes only 4 classes per semester, at the end of 4 years, this student will be 17 credits short of the Omaha North High Magnet School graduation requirements. He or she will be an entire year behind his or her graduating class. Our expectation is that all students will graduate from Omaha North High Magnet School in 4 years. This includes our student athletes.

In addition, we have high aspirations to also prepare our athletes for post-secondary education. By increasing the eligibility requirement from 4 credits to 6 credits, in turn we are increasing student motivation to perform in their classes. Eventually, students will be raising GPA scores and will be learning more in the classroom, which will most certainly allow them to be better prepared for schooling past high school.

Omaha North High Magnet School feels that this program is a very important element to your student-athlete’s high school experience. We want to ensure that our students not only put time and dedication to their sport, but also to their education.

Grades will be checked at specified times during the school year according to this schedule:

1st Quarter	September 2
	September 14 Progress Reports
	September 30
	Oct 21 - End of Quarter grades due

2nd Quarter	November 2
	November 18 Progress Reports
	December 9
	January 1 - End of Quarter/Semester grades due

3rd Quarter	January 20
	February 5 - Progress Reports
	February 25
	March 17 - End of Quarter grades due

4th Quarter	April 1
	April 15 - Progress Reports
	May 5
	May 28 - End of Quarter/Semeser grades due

Athletic Academic Program

1st Quarter	September 2
	September 14 Progress Reports
	September 30
	Oct 21 - End of Quarter grades due

2nd Quarter	November 2
	November 18 Progress Reports
	December 9
	January 1 - End of Quarter/Semester grades due

3rd Quarter	January 20
	February 5 - Progress Reports
	February 25
	March 17 - End of Quarter grades due

4th Quarter	April 1
	April 15 - Progress Reports
	May 5
	May 28 - End of Quarter/Semeser grades due

Call (402) 557-3400 to schedule your tour of Omaha North today.

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