Students interested in playing school sports
are required to sign-up in the school health office. Students will be given
a sport packet to be completed and returned (in person, by mail, or by fax)
before being cleared by the nursing staff prior to participating in try-outs
for a particular sport.
The sports sign-up packet includes
three forms—the school and sport physical form,
the athletic form and the health history form. The athletic form and health history form should be
handed in as soon as possible. The physical examination form must be handed
in before try-outs/practice starts.
Students who do not follow this process and have not been approved by the
health office will be considered ineligible for sports until they are
cleared by nursing staff.
School and sports physical
form
Student must have a physical within 12 months of the beginning of the sport
season he/she wishes to play. Students may visit the school nurse's office to see if
they have a valid physical on file. If a physical is on file, students
will become eligible for a sport once they return the health history form
and emergency athletic form with a parents signature—provided
all injuries have been cleared by a physician.
Physicals can be performed by a student's family doctor,
but the district's
physical examination form must be used. The
physical must be reviewed by the school nurse before a student can sign-up
for a sport or attend practice. Students also have the option of having a sports physical
performed by the school physician.
Students who need a sports physical, a school physical (for new students,
7th and
10th graders) and/or a physical to obtain working papers, may make an
appointment at the school nurses' office. Physicals may take up to one
hour so please plan your time accordingly. Also, please bring glasses or
wear contacts for an eye exam, if necessary.
Please note: No appointment is necessary for summer physicals; exams are
given on a first-come, first-served basis.
Athletics form
The
athletics form must be completed for each sport season.
Health history form
Physicals will not be given without a completed
health history form signed
by the student's parent/guardian each sport season.
If a student has an injury which impacts his/her participation in
interscholastic athletics or physical education, the parent/guardian should
notify the school nurse. Upon his/her return from an injury, the student
must have either a written release or restriction from the attending
physician, which should be given to the school nurse for review. A copy will
be sent to the coach, and the original will be kept in the student’s health
records.