All students must have a completed VHSL Physical Form before the first day of tryouts/First practice for non-selection sports.

Student-athletes are expected to travel with the team to a contest and return with the team on the team bus. The coach may require student athletes to ride together on the team bus as part of the athletic program. 

Exception: Students must have the prior approval of the coach/AD if they are not riding the bus to or from an athletic event. The coach must personally release the student to the parent or parent designee after the game. With the coach’s approval, a student may travel with his/her parents or the parent of a teammate if there is advance consent provided, in writing, prior to the trip. Student-athletes will not be released to another student for transportation. Student athletes traveling in a private vehicle are not covered by the Montgomery County Public Schools transportation insurance policy.

In order to participate in the athletics programs at Auburn Middle School student must

1. Meet all Montgomery County Public Schools eligibility requirements

2. Be a student athlete in good standing at Auburn Middle School

Student athletes must

• Be enrolled at Auburn Middle School

• Have a valid Virginia High School League physical form on file in the athletic office (Physicals for the current school year’s athletic participation must be completed after May 1st of the previous school year)

Student athletes must meet the criteria described in the three categories listed below

• Grades: Student athletes must maintain a minimum class average of 60% or higher in at least 5 courses. Grades will be reviewed at the beginning of the sport season, at interim, and end of each grading period (and may be reviewed more often at the discretion of Coaches, Athletic Director, and Administration).

• Discipline: Student athletes are expected to maintain appropriate school behaviors.  Student athletes not meeting behavioral expectations will be referred by Coaches, the Athletic Director, and Administration to the Auburn Middle School Student Athlete Disciplinary Action Chart

• Attendance: Student athletes must be at school a minimum of half day (3 hours 15 minutes) to participate in practice or athletic competition unless a doctor’s note is provided prior to practice or competition.