ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT (Student/Guardian) School Year: 2024-2025
AND WHEREAS the Alberta Schools' Athletic Association ("ASAA") is a voluntary, non-profit organization that has been established to coordinate a program of worthwhile athletic activities for the young people of Alberta in an educational setting; AND WHEREAS Georges P. Vanier is one of more than 400 member high schools which together ultimately determine the policy of the ASAA through representation on the Board of Governors of the ASAA;
AND WHEREAS Georges P. Vanier is also a member of the North West Zone which also has Bylaws, Rules and Policies which govern the participation of Georges P. Vanier in athletic activities and which Georges P Vanier can influence with Notices of Motion and voting rights at the AGM of the North West Zone;
AND WHEREAS it is not in the best interests of any of the student athletes who are served by the work of the ASAA and the North West Zone for them to spend resources responding to court applications brought by individual student athletes, their parents or guardians;
We, [Student and guardian), acknowledge and agree as follows:
1. We have had an opportunity to review the Bylaws and Polices of the ASAA which are available for our review at:
-- http://www.asaa.ca
And in particular have read and understand the obligation of full and honest disclosure set out at page 27-28 of the policy handbook.
2. We will accept the outcome of any appeal process available through the ASAA or the North West Zone or any decision by, them regarding any matter concerning me or any other athlete registered as a student at Georges P. Vanier or any coach of a Georges P. Vanier team as final and binding on us.
3.We acknowledge that any application for a review of any decision of, or an outcome of an appeal process of, the ASAA or the North West Zone by a Judge in a court of law must be brought by the administration of Georges P. Vanier and not by us.
4. Georges P. Vanier's Membership in the ASAA and the North West Zone is a privilege and not a right.
5. We, authorize Georges P. Vanier to the ASAA and the North West Zone to use or publish in any manner they see fit.