FIRST and grades

[SarahBeth]

Our students have to keep their grades up to be able to travel - Nothing below a C in academics, nothing below a B in their technical trade. And it's not our team rule, that's a school rule. All of our kids rise to the occasion - a number of our students are National Honor Society kids and all of them are taking honors and AP classes, and make honor roll.

One of the most rewarding things is to see a student bust their butt to get their grades up to be able to travel after missing out on travel a previous year due to grades.

We do tell the kids that homework and school comes first (they are students first after all) and to come to us if they're having an issue and we'll help them the best we can. Most of the kids will come to the room early (our meetings don't start until 6) and work on homework and stuff during build season so they don't have to do it when they get home.