Part-time Students

1. Attendance: Part-time students must be currently enrolled in and regularly attending courses totaling 3.5 units of credit or courses that are 80% of maximum allowable credits that may be earned. (At SCA, students should be enrolled in a minimum of 2 traditional, seated courses out of the SCA 8-period day). 2. Prior Semester Requirements for High School: When a student who has not had any connection to

SCA initially applies (whether they are coming in full-time, or part-time, or Traditional or

Nontraditional), two different areas must be reviewed and confirmed before the student is able to represent SCA in MSHSAA competitions.

A. First, academic credit for the prior full semester has to be confirmed and accepted. For this to happen, a student must have earned a minimum of 3.5 credits or have earned credit in 80% of the maximum allowable classes in which a student can be enrolled in the semester, whichever is

B. Second, all previously taken courses must be added to the SCA transcript. To be added courses must meet criterion of SCA courses (i.e., be from an accredited body and/or taught by certified personnel, meet hours p/Carnegie measure, be listed in SCA Course Description Guide in Appendix B, or be approved via the academic dean based on previous listed criterion). 3. Part-time students must provide SCA with verification of all courses completed. (Documentation should include tracked hours from an accredited program OR a virtual transcript.) 4. For high school students, In addition to following MSHSAA academic semester requirements, SCA students must also meet monthly grade check requirements. Grades should reflect no F's OR no more than one D in all courses in order to participate in MSHSAA competitions. 5. At the end of each semester, the school advisor will confirm students are continuing in eligible courses for the next semester and will also confirm all previous semester courses were passed.

These courses will then be added to the transcript. *For high school students, a $35.00 transcripting fee will apply p/year. This fee will be charged upon enrollment and is nonrefundable.

6. SCA will provide a transcript that includes all SCA and transferred approved courses. Courses transferred into SCA will be placed in parenthesis on the transcript. 7. For high school students, upon initial enrollment, part-time students are considered to be transfer students. The athletic office will file a Transfer Eligibility Form in order to confirm eligibility through

MSHSAA. Students must maintain their non-traditional student status in subsequent semesters or will be required to refile a Transfer Eligibility Form for MSHSAA to again confirm their eligibility. For example, if a student wants to run cross country in the fall, but he/she doesn’t wish to continue enrollment at SCA for the spring, the student would be a transfer student again if he/she re-enters the agreement next fall. 8. Part-time students may attend lunch and/or one life prep (study hall) course, if desired courses are not immediately consecutive in the school schedule. 9. Part-time students are welcome to attend SCA chapels and all other school activities.