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February 18: NO SCHOOL in honor of Presidents' Day

If your child is interested in participating in a fall sport in 2019, please make note of the followng important dates:

Football:

Equipment Passout will be Thursday Night July 25th here at the Junior High. The 8th-grade times is 6:00-6:45 and 7th 6:45-7:30. Conditioning starts Monday, July 29th from 8:30-11:30 and the official first day of practice takes place on Thursday, Aug 1st, 8:30-11:30.

Volleyball:

Open gyms will be on July 23, 25, and 30 from 9-11 am. Tryouts begin Thursday, Aug 1 with the 8th grade practicing from 8-10 am and 7th 10:00-12 noon.

Cross Country:

Will start on Thursday, Aug 1st. Practice time is 8-9:30 am. The team will meet outside of the auditorium doors on the football stadium side of the school.

Tennis:

Begins on Monday, Aug 5th. Practice times will be 9-11 am. Please meet at the Junior High Tennis Courts.

Boys and Girls Golf:

Tryouts will take place on August 1,2 and 5. Times and places will be announced at a later date.

Soccer:

Boys and Girls Soccer begins with conditioning on July 29, 30, and 31. Official practice and tryouts start on Thursday, Aug 1st. Girls will practice from 8-10 and Boys 10-12 noon. Please meet at the Tree of Life Church, located over the 71 bridge on Cooper Rd. The church address is 6477 Cooper Rd

Students from Sycamore High School and Sycamore Junior High participated within five FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams at regional competitions. The two teams with Junior High students received the following recognition:

· Extreme Robotics, with students from Sycamore, Indian Hill, and Madeira, competed in three tournaments this season; the team was recognized with a Design Award at the Cincinnati Qualifying Tournament and as the Inspire Award Runner Up at the Newark Qualifying Tournament makeup day. The Extreme Robotics team hosted a summer camp in July 2018 for rising 1st to 3rd graders and plans to offer the camp again this summer.

· The Sycamore Junior High Circuit Breakers completed its rookie season with teacher Kim Jarvis as one of its coaches. The Circuit Breakers was named the Best Rookie Team at the Loveland scrimmage. It placed 18th out of 30 in the Dayton tournament and 20th out of 30 in the Cincinnati tournament. The team used G Suite to organize, plan, and document items for its Engineering Notebook, and several of its members became some of the first in the world to get certified in G Suite. The team also participated in the Peace Stamps and TangoTab “Feed the City” community service project that supplied more than 479 sandwiches—breaking previous records—to Bernie’s Place homeless shelter.

Circuit Breakers team member Tara Patil summarizes the benefits of FTC. “FTC Robotics helped me expand on ideas and concepts I learned in my Automation and Robotics Class. I learned better communication skills, critical thinking skills, and problem-solving skills from designing and creating items for our team. Analyzing different components of the game and robot also added to these skills. FTC Robotics is a great place to acquire skills that will serve you a long time.”

Congratulations to the teams!

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