SLUH Student and Parent Handbook - St. Louis University High ...

students and their coaches. These relationships offer valuable opportunities to
observe, confront and assist the student-athlete.
By implementing this policy our hope is that we will be able to:
a. Recognize and elevate the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual
potential of students in a positive manner and encourage the growth
of these students in an atmosphere of responsible citizenship.
b. Emphasize the school’s concern for maintaining and improving the
health and safety of all students who participate in athletics.
c. Promote the student’s awareness of the long-term physical,
emotional, social and spiritual effects of tobacco and mood-altering
chemical use on his health.
d. Promote a just system of enforcement for all student-athletes.
e. Promote in each participant a sense of order and self-discipline.
f. Confirm and support existing state laws that restrict the use of
chemicals.
g. Assist students who desire to resist peer pressure which directs them
toward the use of tobacco and mood-altering chemicals.
h. Provide prevention guidelines for chemical abuse in the athletic
program for students of SLUH.
A student-athlete coming forward for assistance for a possible
problem with drug or tobacco use (before a reported incident) whether on his
own or with the assistance of a responsible adult or one of his concerned peers
will not be in violation of this policy.
A student-athlete may not be involved in the use, possession, or sale
of illegal mood altering chemicals, or the use or possession of tobacco while he
is a SLUH student-athlete, in season or out of season, whether on or off
campus.
4. Reporting of Possible Violation
All reports of possible violations of this policy by a St. Louis U. High student
athlete are to be directed to the Athletic Director. The person reporting the
violation must identify herself/himself to the Athletic Director. The Athletic
Director consults with the Asst. Principal for Student Life and if deemed
necessary, meets with the athlete’s coach and if deemed necessary, interviews
the student-athlete. If the Athletic Director determines that a violation has
occurred, he gives written notification of the violation and the consequences to
the coach, the student-athlete and his parent/guardian.
5. Student-Athlete Appeal Process
A student-athlete may appeal his suspension from interscholastic competition
by submitting in writing to the Athletic Director his request for an appeal
hearing. The request should contain specific reasons why the student-athlete is
asking for an appeal. The request must be signed by the student-athlete and a
parent/guardian. This request for an appeal hearing must be made during the
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