Eligibility
Eligibility Requirements
The following documents include details related to athletic eligibility requirements for each sports season.
- HIGH SCHOOL SBLSD Athletic Eligibility -- 2024-25
- MIDDLE SCHOOL SBLSD Athletic Eligibility -- 2024-25
If there are questions please reach out to your school's Athletic Coordinator.
Extracurricular Academic Standards
To ensure that extracurricular participation supports student academic progress, an individual student must achieve and maintain a minimum standard of academic achievement. To be eligible to participate in interscholastic competition at the high school level, in addition to the WIAA requirements, students must maintain a minimum of a 2.0 GPA, and pass all classes as a full-time student. To be eligible to participate in interscholastic competition at the middle school level, in addition to WIAA requirements, students must maintain a 2.0 average for all standards-based components. The last grading period of a student’s 8th grade year will determine initial eligibility for 9th grade fall season participation at the high school.
Hardship Appeal for Varsity Eligibility
Students entering 9th grade are eligible for any level of competition at the high school they are registered at. If a student in grades 10-12 is attending a non-resident high school, the student may be restricted from varsity eligibility for one calendar year unless they move as a family unit or are able to prove that a hardship exists. In cases that meet the hardship definition, students may appeal the varsity eligibility restriction.
WIAA Hardship Definition
A hardship exists only when some unique circumstances concerning the student’s physical or emotional status exist and only when such circumstances are not the result of acts or actions by the student or family unit. Usual maturation problems or family situations that do not cause severe and abnormal emotional problems and academic or athletic deficiencies in a school’s curriculum or extracurricular activities do not constitute a hardship. (See WIAA Handbook Article 18.26)
Intra-District Waiver
The Sumner-Bonney Lake School District has established boundaries for each high school, and students are expected to attend the designated high school based on the location of their residence and the boundary lines.
SBLSD does not have an open enrollment policy. Students wishing to attend a school other than his or her resident high school must apply for an intra-district waiver through the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District waiver office. Details regarding the waiver process can be found here.
Those students in grades 10-12 that are granted an intra-district waiver may not be eligible for varsity competition for a calendar year. Parents/guardians should contact their school principal and/or athletic coordinator before applying for an intra-district waiver if the student plans to participate in sports/activities.