Longhorn Roundup

Jeff Taggart, CMAA Activities Director jtaggart@parkwayschools.net

Gina Groceman, Activities office assistant ggroceman@parkwayschools.net

West Activities hosted its annual Red & Blue night on Friday, August 18th, which showcased fall sports programs, performance groups, and highlighted school spirit. We loved welcoming our community on campus as we celebrated all that is West! Many West High groups and clubs participated by selling food, souvenirs, and West spirit attire. The WPO (West Parent Organization) sponsored the event and had a table helping with the purchasing of athletic season passes through HomeTown ticketing. The WPO’s continued support is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Red & Blue has always provided an important opportunity for our athletes and the rest of the Longhorn community to support all of our athletic programs. We are proud of our dedicated athletes, coaches, and parents and look forward to an exciting year of success and championships.

As a Coach or Director, our role in education/character based athletics is to establish a clear coaching PURPOSE.

The purpose of the high school sports experience is often only defined by the outcome of the contest. At the beginning of the season many coaches sit with their team to set goals. Most often these goals are only skill and performance based with absolutely no discussion or time spent on the students' growth as human beings. They include reaching certain physical benchmarks within an aspect of a sport; winning a conference title; or getting to and ultimately winning a State championship. Goals are important because they give us direction, they give us a destination. They also can get in the way of our PURPOSE.

When we don't clearly define and understand our purpose, our highest goal, WINNING, becomes our purpose and we will do anything to achieve it.

Parkway West Activities believes it is our RESPONSIBILITY to understand the difference between a GOAL and a PURPOSE. In education/character based athletics, OUR Coaches and Directors PURPOSE is the human growth and development of every student on their team.

Email: jtaggart@parkwayschools.net
Website: https://www.parkwayschools.net/Domain/35
Location: 14653 Clayton Road, Ballwin, MO, USA
Phone: 314-415-7535
Twitter: @Pwestathletics

Fall sports dead period Saturday 7/29-Sunday 8/6

Fall sports begin Monday 8/7

Fall sports parent meeting Monday 8/14 6:00pm Cafeteria

Homecoming week Monday 10/2-Saturday 10/7

Homecoming dance Saturday 10/7 HS Gym *please see HOCO ticket information below*

National Signing day- Wednesday, November 8th

Winter sports (Boys & Girls basketball, Girls wrestling) begin Monday 10/30

Winter sports (Boys wrestling and Girls swim & dive)

Winter Sports parent meeting Monday 11/6 6:00pm Cafeteria

Spring Sports begin Monday 2/26

Spring sports Parent meeting Monday 3/4 6:00pm Cafeteria

Prom Saturday 4/27 Doubletree by Hilton-Chesterfield

Homecoming tickets will go on sale beginning Tuesday, September 5th.

There are a few changes this year:

1. Tickets will be sold through student's Infinite Campus Parent Portal

2. The Guest Dance form has been updated and needs to be completed and turned into the school bookstore

3. If the guest is a student from another high school, the guest needs to obtain a signature from their schools principal before the form can be turned into the bookstore

4. The student's WHS Grade Level principal will need to sign the Guest Dance form to give permission for those guests that do not attend high school

5. Students will have to purchase their own ticket before they can purchase a guest ticket (even if they submit a completed guest form).

Students that have fees or fines will be unable to purchase tickets until they resolve those fees / fines.

Tickets will be on sale through 2:30 PM on Thursday, October 5th.

Dear West High Activity Participants,

In an ongoing effort to simplify the pre-participation process for our students, parents, and coaches, our office is utilizing an automated paperless document collection source called Privit.

The good news is that your account will only need to be updated with changes from year to year, not recreated. After parents/students have completed their Privit profile and uploaded their physical, students will still need to monitor their clearance status in PRIVIT in order to be granted access to practice.

Returning Users:

Some families have already created a Privit profile for the past (2022-2023) school year. If that is the case you will need to log back in to your Privit profile to update your information for the 2023-2024 school year, upload (or restore from archives) a valid physical (Dated after July 1, 2022) and join the appropriate athletic team(s). Important Note: ****If your physical is dated July 1, 2022 or later, it will be good for the entire 23-24 school year. If your Physical is dated before July 1, 2022 you will need to upload a new physical (dated after July 1, 2022) for the upcoming school year. ONLY PAGE 5 OF THE PHYSICAL PACKET NEEDS TO BE UPLOADED TO PRIVIT. ALL OTHER PAGES STAY WITH YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDER****

New Users:

If you are new to Privit you will need to log on to Privit and create your profile. In Privit, you will create the parent account, add your student(s) to the account, complete all sections, upload the annual physical signed by an appropriate medical provider clearing the athlete for participation, and finally join appropriate teams. ***To access more detailed information and specific instructions regarding Privit, go to https://www.parkwayschools.net/Page/9872 and navigate to resourcessection. There you will find a link titled, “Privit Information”.

Sports listed by season, along with the Head Coach

Fall Sports:

Football- Jeff Duncan

Softball- Andrew Jett

Girls Tennis-Katelyn Arenos

Boys Swim & Dive- Coleen Sumner

Boys Cross Country- Kevin John

Girls Cross Country- Charlie Cutelli

Boys Soccer- Tom Herpel

Girls Field Hockey- Dawn Callahan

Girls Volleyball- Susan Anderson

Winter Sports:

Boys Basketball- John Wright

Girls Basketball- Brett Katz

Boys & Girls Wrestling- Zeke Allison

GIrls Swim & Dive- Coleen Sumner

Spring Sports:

Baseball- Andrew Jett

Boys golf- Greg Schade

Girls Lacrosse- Emily Lovercheck

Girls soccer- Annie Wayland

Boys tennis- Katelyn Arenos

Boys & Girls Track- Kevin John, Kristin Witt, Chris Lorenz

Boys Volleyball- Susan Anderson

Boys & Girls Water polo- Charlie Cutelli

You can find all sports schedules for all teams on our school website by clicking the "athletics" tab, followed by "athletic schedules" tab.

https://arbiterlive.com/Teams?entityId=17607

School sponsored sports and activities at Parkway West High School are athletics and activities that follow the by-laws established by member schools of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) is a voluntary, nonprofit, educational association of secondary schools established for the purpose of working collaboratively to develop and adopt standards of supervision and administration to regulate the diverse interscholastic activities and contests which are delegated by the member schools to the jurisdiction of the Association

Parkway West activities recognizes that we have students that participate in non-school sponsored activities. This section will help provide information for non-school sponsored sports if information is submitted to our office. This section is for information purposes only.