Welcome to the Athletic Program at Alamance Burlington School System! You are about to join a program that has a long history of achievement and excellence.  Many athletes who have preceded you have provided ABSS with a reputation that is highly regarded in high school athletics.  We hope your involvement in this program will provide you with many rewarding and worthwhile experiences and that perhaps you too can make a contribution that will further enhance the reputation of ABSS and its athletic program.

The Interscholastic Athletic Program of the Alamance Burlington School System is an integral part of the total school program, and as such is designed to help our students become better school, community, state and national citizens.

While the academic area is the primary focus of our school system, we believe participation in an athletic program affords opportunities, training and experiences not ordinarily available in the regular curriculum.  Education should not only provide for the many, but should also furnish a demanding test for the limited numbers who are gifted physically and who are ambitious to excel.

Participation in extracurricular activities, including athletics, is a privilege, not a right.  The Alamance-Burlington School System Board of Education expects all students who represent their school though participation in extracurricular activities to be good representatives of their school community.  Students should dress, act and conduct themselves in a way that reflects positively on their school.  Each student is expected to display good citizenship at all times.  Taunting is expressly prohibited.  Taunting includes actions or comments, which are intended to bait, anger, embarrass, ridicule or demean others whether or not deeds or words are vulgar or racist.  Any student who violates the ABSS Code of Ethics may have the privilege of participation limited or revoked.

We envision a school system that offers an extracurricular program for its students that is considered a model for all other districts in North Carolina.  Our expectation for the extracurricular activities program is that it will match the expectations the ABSS system has for its academic program.  Our vision is that the extracurricular activities will be considered an asset to the academic mission of the schools and will enhance all aspects of school live.  We envision a program that offers quality facilities that are student and people friendly and quality coaching for its administration.  Ultimately, we envision an extracurricular program that all of its participants, students, parents, coaches and administrators, can be proud of and one that promotes lifelong personal and community wellness and contributing, productive citizens.

COMMITMENT TO STUDENT-ATHLETES: We will commit to the total support of the educational, athletic and personal development of all student-athletes while training future leaders. 

ACHIEVING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: ABSS Athletics places the highest value on creating an environment where student-athletes can excel academically while pursuing their individual areas of concentration with an ultimate goal of graduation and preparation for enrollment, enlistment, or employment at a livable wage. 

OPERATING WITH INTEGRITY AND SPORTSMANSHIP: ABSS Athletics fully embraces winning with honor and operating with integrity in all we do. It is crucial we actively manage and assess risks and instill a culture of accountability to ensure we have employees who are fully committed to the highest ethical and legal standards.

• At least 50% of our Scholastic Athletes will attain a minimum 3.1 GPA. 

A varsity team earns Scholar-Athlete recognition by attaining a 3.1 (unweighted) aggregate GPA for that designated semester in the team division. The school receives a certificate honoring the accomplishment, and each member of the squad also receives a certificate. The school submits the nomination form verifying the grade point average on behalf of the athlete or team.

• We will have a 100% on time graduation rate with student-athletes.

• Our teams will have a 0% ejection rate which is also recognized by the NCHSAA.