Athletics & Activities Eligibility Requirements
ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Student athletes must meet the requirements of the OSAA to become and remain eligible. The OSAA requires that TTSD students must be enrolled in and passing 5 classes at all times. With block scheduling, the equivalent of 5 out of 8 semester classes is required.
The OSAA and TTSD also require that a student-athlete must be making satisfactory progress toward the District’s graduation requirements. Any exceptions to individual eligibility are defined in the OSAA handbook, under rule 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4 and 8.2. The OSAA handbook is on file in each high school athletic office and can be reviewed on the internet at www.osaa.org.
A. Minimum Enrollment Requirement: In accordance with OSAA rule 8.1.1 a student athlete in the Tigard-Tualatin School District must be enrolled in a minimum five (5) classes and must be passing five (5) classes in order to be eligible for competition. A full time student shall have been enrolled in school, attended regularly and passed five (5) classes during the immediate preceding transcribed grading period.
B. Satisfactory Progress Toward Graduation in TTSD: OSAA rule 8.1.2 states that to be scholastically eligible, a student must be making satisfactory progress towards the school’s graduation requirements by earning a MINIMUM of the quantity of credits indicated on the chart below for the specified year.
TTSD Credits required to Graduate 26.0
Credits Per Year 6.5
In order to remain eligible, the student athlete must earn AT LEAST the number of credits listed below by beginning of the academic year specified:
By the beginning of 10th grade 4.5
By the beginning of 11th grade 11.0
By the beginning of 12th grade 18.5
Refer to the OSAA handbook (rule 8.1.2) referenced above for more detailed information regarding the number of credits earned per year.
NCAA Requirements
Student athletes who are interested in competing in athletics at the NCAA Level Div. I or II in college must register with the NCAA eligibility center. Register online at the NCAA eligibility center website https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/. It is suggested that student athletes register at the end of their junior year. Student athletes registered with the NCAA should confirm that course selections fulfill eligibility requirements. Please be aware that the NCAA Eligibility Center does not count courses taken through Edgenuity*.
Current Tualatin High courses that are approved by the NCAA:
ENGLISH
English 9
English 10
English 11
English 12
IB Literature 11 HL 1
IB Language and Literature SL
IB Literature 12 HL 2
Social Science
US History
US History Through Film
World History
IB History HL 1
IB History HL 2
Government
Economics
IB Economics SL
IB Psychology SL
History of War
Race in The 21st Century
Mathematics
AGS 1
AGS 2
AGS 3
Statistics & Probability
IB Math Analysis & Approaches SL 1
IB Math Analysis & Approaches SL 2/HL1
IB Math Analysis & Approaches HL 2
IB Math Applications & Interpretations SL 1
Natural/ Physical Science
Biology
Chemistry
Astronomy
Geology
Forensics
Marine Biology
Physics
IB Physics HL 1
IB Physics HL 2
IB Biology HL 1
IB Biology HL 2
IB Environmental Systems & Societies SL
Additional Core
French 1
French 2
French 3
IB French 4 SL
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
Spanish 3
IB Spanish 4 SL
Heritage Spanish 3
Heritage Spanish 4
Heritage Spanish 5
IB Spanish for Heritage Speakers 6 SL
IB Spanish Language and Literature SL 1
IB Spanish Language and Literature SL 2