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Interscholastic Athletic Programs

   The district offers a full range of interscholastic sports. Programs for students in grades 7-12 normally require attendance at practice five or six days per week for 2 to 2.5 hours each practice. There is a selection process for teams that involve competition with other schools in our league and section.

Sign-Ups

   Students will receive information about team sign-ups in their physical education class. Sign-ups for the fall season are in May, and physicals are in June. Sign-ups for the winter and spring seasons are about four weeks before the start of the season.

   Students entering Grade 7 who wish to participate in a fall sport may sign up in their sixth-grade elementary physical education class. During the summer, students will receive information on physicals for that sport.

   New seventh-grade students who wish to participate in 7th & 8th Grade Cross Country (boys and girls) or 7th & 8th Grade Boys Football should have a physical in August. Seventh- graders who wish to participate in 7th & 8th Grade Girls' Volleyball, Swimming, Co-Ed Golf, Boys' Soccer, or Girls' Soccer may get a physical in early September. Physicals for the 2006-07 season will be September 8, 2006.

Physicals

   Each student who has signed up for a sport will be scheduled for a physical prior to the season. After the initial physical, a preseason health history review is sufficient for each subsequent sports season. This review is completed by the school nurse using the student's school medical records and past history health form.

   Note: Students in grades 7-12 who plan to try out for a fall sport must get their physical in June, unless arrangements are made for a summer makeup through the athletic office.

   Those who have not been approved through the athletic office are responsible for getting a physical at their own expense. Physicals by a student's own physician must be done 12 months before the start of the sports season in which the student is participating.

Pre-Season Meetings

   Each coach will hold a preseason meeting two weeks before the start of the season. The coach will check medical eligibility certificates and provide dates and sites for first practice sessions.

Selective Classification Program

   The district participates in the New York State Selective Classification Program. The program offers students who demonstrate advanced maturation and physical fitness a chance to compete on a JV or Varsity team.

   Coach's recommendation and parental and physician approval are needed before a student may participate in the program. The student must also satisfactorily complete the physical fitness test components: shuttle run, sit-ups, standing long jump, 1.5 mile run, fixed arm hang, and 50-yard dash. All guidelines are established by the New York State Department of Education and are available in the Athletic Office.

   Students take the physical fitness test once for each sport. After the fitness test is passed, the student does not have to re-qualify the following season in that sport. Criteria differ for each sport. Passing scores can be transferred.

   If a student does not make the JV or Varsity team, he/she may move to the 7th & 8th grade team for that particular season.