Benefits of being an LHS athlete are as
follows:
Athletics serve to develop through proper coaching
techniques the following objectives:
An
Appreciation of Proper Health Habits - It is necessary to teach that health
is one of our most important assets.
Proper Attitudes
of Sportsmanship - In this area the coach seeks to
implant proper moral, spiritual and ethical patterns of conduct that will serve
the athlete throughout his life.
An Appreciation
for Teamwork - Here the coach develops attitudes
of self-denial, self-sacrifice, subordination of individual desires, courage,
loyalty, devotion to a cause and the other attitudes necessary to the
realization of a successful team effort.
Proper Attitudes
toward the Role of Victory and Defeat - The coach must strive to develop proper attitudes in
his players toward both victory and defeat.
Although every team enjoys winning, each one must also know how to face
defeat. When one has given fully to
himself, there is no shame in defeat.
An Understanding
of Democracy in Action - In this
area the coach encourages the squad to select its leaders and prepares plans
that will enable the team to achieve its objectives.
Athletics in our society provides one of the finest ways in
which our young people can develop into responsible men and women. Seeds can be sown on the athletic fields that
may well reap the fruits of victory against internal and external foes that
seek to destroy the American way of life.
This being true, the athletic program should assume its rightful place
in a total school program and make its vital contributions to the development
of youth.
LISD Athletic offerings at LHS:
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Prepare to be the best Athlete in the
classroom and on the field at LHS:
Arthur Ashe, an African-American tennis player who
won more than thirty major titles in the 1960s and 1970s, was a winner both on
and off the court. That's the main message from this profile that is a part of
a special series by the
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/sports/special/barriers/ashe.html
The adolescent years can be a difficult time at
school. Often both parents and students suffer anxiety over academic
achievement issues. There are some helpful recommendations as well as
suggestions about the cause of some achievement and motivation problems on this
parenting issues web site. Organized by age group, there are other helpful
categories such as communication, music, peer pressure and career choices.
Answers to some of the most common parenting questions are available in the
form of newsletters, message boards and articles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/kids/teen_academic.shtml
Visit this
site, provided by
-http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/TimeManagement.htm
How do
standardized tests measure student achievement? Why have these tests become a
major factor in the development of goals for student learning? On this Web site
from the PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) television series "The Merrow Report," John Merrow
examines the variety of achievement testing programs in American schools.
"Testing, Testing, Testing," features an overview of the industry,
with site links to descriptions of the tests, a glossary of terms, and related
PBS television programs about testing in the schools, and the SAT (Scholastic
Aptitude Test).
http://www.pbs.org/merrow/tv/test/index.html
If a student
plans on attending a college or university in the
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/where/
The following LISD athletic
objectives are set up as a means of evaluating the total athletic program each
year.
1. Increase the total
participation each year
2. Each coach in the athletic program should
develop and improve each year. Listed
below are nine traits that can be both self-evaluated and measured by the
administrators
·
Dedication to the
profession
·
Willingness to work
and make personal sacrifices
·
Ability to inspire
pupils
·
Ability to develop
aggressiveness
·
Ability to carry
out details
·
Knowledge of the
game being taught
·
Ability to be
consistent each day
·
Ability to get
along with other teachers, principals and other coaches
·
Neatness of dress
on and off the field
3. Develop the best sportsmanship possible for
pupils, athletes and coaches. Sportsmanship is abiding by the rules with the
proper attitude.
DO WHAT IS RIGHT!
Eligibility Standards
The sole purpose of eligibility rules and contest
regulations is to keep competition equitable and to maintain activities in
proper perspective. It is the responsibility of each school to see that
students do not compete unless they comply with all eligibility rules. It is
also the responsibility of the student to observe and obey these standards.
According to UIL standards, students are eligible to represent their school in
interscholastic activities if they:
- have not graduated from high
school,
- are full-time, day students
in the school, and have been in regular attendance at the school since the
6th class day of the present school year, or have been in regular
attendance for 15 or more calendar days before the contest or competition,
- are in compliance with state
law and rules of the Commissioner of Education, (see TEA-UIL Side By
Side)
- are enrolled in a four year,
normal program of high school courses, and initially enrolled in the 9th
grade not more than 4 years ago nor in the 10th grade not more than 3
years ago,
- were not recruited,
- are not in violation of the
awards rule, and meet the specific eligibility requirements for academic,
music and/or athletic competition.
Eligibility for
Athletic Contests
- meet all the requirements
above,
- are less than 19 years old on
September 1 preceding the contest or have been granted eligibility based
on a disability that delayed their education by at least one year,
- live with their parents
inside the school district attendance zone their first year of attendance
(see your school administrator for exceptions),
- have not moved or changed
schools for athletic purposes,
- have not violated the
athletic amateur rule, and
- were eligible according to
the fifteen day rule and the residence rule prior to district certification.
Schools may adopt stricter standards for eligibility to
participate in extracurricular activities.
For more information:
http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/index.html
-- Texas UIL
http://www.lisd.org/lhs/guidance/index.htm
-- LHS Guidance and Counseling
http://www.lisd.org/library/lhs/index.htm
-- LHS Library