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Team-Specific Budgets

Athletics Handbook Budget, Fees, and Fundraising

Coaches will meet with the athletic director in the season following the sport to examine the pre...

Updated 3 years ago by Admin

Operational Budget

Athletics Handbook Budget, Fees, and Fundraising

The head of school and chief financial officer, in conjunction with the athletic directors, will ...

Updated 3 years ago by Admin

Accommodations for Opponents and Parking

Athletics Handbook Game and Event Management

Locker rooms, access to the trainer or to the trainer’s room, and water coolers and cups are just...

Updated 3 years ago by Admin

Scoreboards

Athletics Handbook Game and Event Management

Every game played on a field with a scoreboard must have it operational. Coaches are responsible ...

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Pregame Script

Athletics Handbook Game and Event Management

A pregame script or agenda is needed for every high school home game in which we have public addr...

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Playing Up

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Younger student-athletes “playing up” more than one level above their grade is not usually encour...

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Multi-Team Players

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Many of our players will be asked to play at multiple levels within the same sport (i.e. playing ...

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Preseason Parents Meeting

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Every team will conduct a preseason informational meeting for the families of their student-athle...

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Establishing Expectations for Team Members

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Coaches will arrange brief individual meetings with each student-athlete who makes the team to di...

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No-Cut Sports

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Coaches in no-cut sports should substitute an evaluation period for the tryout period, and all of...

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Publishing Rosters

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Only the players making the team will be posted online. A “cut” list is not to be made public, an...

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Cutting Procedures

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

“Cuts” are not an easy part of selecting teams, but they are a fact of life. Without competition,...

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Excused from Tryouts

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Players currently in season on another MPC team and/or players who are injured will be allowed to...

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Tryout Criteria for Cut Sports

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

All skills to be evaluated must be clearly communicated to the students. The tryout period sho...

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Team Levels

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Varsity: A varsity team is a highly-competitive environment, where the best players will garne...

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Announcement of Dates

Athletics Handbook Team Creation and Tryouts

Dates must be announced in advance of tryouts (minimum two weeks) via the Weekly Word, morning an...

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Gender-Specific Teams

Athletics Handbook Eligibility

Due to our tremendous growth in athletics over the last three years, MPCS has many sport offering...

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Transfer Students

Athletics Handbook Eligibility

Eligibility regarding transfer students in grades nine through twelve (attending MPCS high school...

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Academic Mentoring

Athletics Handbook Eligibility

Coaches should constantly monitor the progress of their student-athletes throughout the school ye...

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Academic Review and Limits of Participation

Athletics Handbook Eligibility

Student-athletes must familiarize themselves with their school divisions academic participation r...

Updated 3 years ago by Admin