Red Hook High School

In addition to modified sports, Linden Avenue Middle School students in grades 7 and 8 are eligible to compete on Raiders varsity and junior varsity teams through The Athletic Placement Process, or APP.

APP is a program for evaluating students who want to participate in sports at higher or lower levels, as approved by the Board of Regents. It allows students to compete in athletics at a level that matches their level of readiness. Under the program, licensed professionals evaluate a student’s physical and emotional maturation, physical fitness and sport skill. 

Physical education teachers, coaches, students, or parents/guardians may ask the physical education director and/or athletic director to evaluate a student, using the APP. Students will not be processed through the evaluation procedures without a request from the physical education director and/or athletic director and parent/guardian written permission. It is not the intent to evaluate all modified students, and evaluation should be considered only for those students with the appropriate physical and emotional readiness, and whose athletic abilities are outside of those of their age-related peers. 

In the event a student in grade 7 or 8 reaches the age of 15 prior to July 1, they are exempt from this process. Read more about the program and find the evaluation forms in the document below.