North Long Beach Football & Cheer
Home of the National Champs 2007 Jr Midget & 2008 Jr Pee Wee

LITTLE SCHOLARS

Scholastic Requirements

North Long Beach Pop Warner Football & Cheerleading is part of the national Pop Warner Little Scholars organization. The program's philosophy is that academics and athletics go hand in hand. North Long Beach Pop Warner is required to submit academic information on each participant and each team. The national office uses this information to determine academic eligibility for the program and to award academic honors and scholarships.

We must have grades from the entire 2009-2010 school year for each participant (except those who have not started school yet). If the participant changed schools during the year, then grades from each school attended must be provided. We have to have grades for the entire school year.

Each year, the most academically accomplished Pop Warner kids compete for Academic All-American status. This process begins at the association level and up through each of the eight  Pop Warner regions to the national level. In 2002, approximately 360,000 kids participated in Pop Warner. Incredibly, more than 45,000 achieved regional pre-qualifying status for national recognition. As our numbers once again reached record levels, 229 First Team members and over 3,400 Second Team members were named PWLS Academic All-Americans at the National Level in 2002.

There are two components to the Little Scholars program.  First there is "Eligibility", and second is the "Recognition".

Eligibility

In order to participate in Pop Warner activities each participant must meet a minimum scholastic requirement or obtain a waiver ("Scholastic Eligibility Form") from their school or school district.   Each player and cheerleader must score at least 70 on the Little Scholars Scholastic Form.  Many people would think of this as having a "C" average.

 Recognition

Each year, at many levels (Association, Conference, Region, and National), children are recognized for their scholastic achievements.   This recognition takes different forms depending upon the organization.   Those who qualify for National recognition usually attend an award ceremony held at either Disneyland or Disney World.