NSSD MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS UPDATE

I hope everyone has had a great summer and an opportunity to rest and prepare for another busy school year. It seems crazy that the Fall athletics season is just around the corner, but it is! My goal is to always provide an athletics newsletter prior to the start of each season so that you can have the information that you need in order to prepare your student-athletes for competition.

Below you will find some important information that will make sure everyone is ready to participate on the first day of practice. It is important to make sure that you have registered for sports on FamilyID and have a current sports physical. Without those two items, your student will not be able to participate. You will find more information below on how to complete those two items. It is also important that your child is prepared for practice with the proper equipment. You will find a list of those items below as well.

Each year, we have voluntary conditioning times. This allows our coaches to meet some of our athletes and begin to get them moving, acclimated to the heat, and practicing individual skills. This year, voluntary conditioning will be on August 26, 27, and 29 from 3:30-5:00. You will need to drop your athlete off at Stayton Middle School and pick them up after conditioning practice. There will not be an athletic shuttle running for these practices. These are voluntary so coaches will not be teaching strategies or plays. This is just an opportunity for our athletes to get moving again and start practicing sport-specific skills. Football players need to report to the football field, soccer athletes to the soccer fields, volleyball players to the SMS gym, and cross country runners to the playground behind the main gym.

Here are a few things you need to have done before the start of the school year:

• Register your child for all of their athletic teams on FamilyID.

• Upload a current physical to FamilyID.

• Be sure your child has the correct equipment for each sport.

If you have a financial need that may keep your child from participating in athletics. Always feel free to contact me and I can get you some assistance with equipment using the Ty Hart Foundation. The Ty Hart Foundation was started to help ALL NSSD students with equipment needs due to financial restraints. It’s a simple process to access that resource. If this is something that your family needs, I’m more than happy to help! You can find my email address at the bottom of this letter.

All practices for all sports will follow the same schedule. Because school starts on a Tuesday, the first week of practice will be Tuesday-Friday (Sept. 3-6). The following week, practices will be Monday-Friday (Sept. 9-13). After that, all athletic practices and events will be Monday-Thursday, unless otherwise scheduled due to a scheduling conflict. All athletic practices will run from 3:00-5:00. For volleyball and soccer, games are “generally” scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays. Football games are “generally” scheduled for Wednesdays, and cross country meets will be scattered throughout the week, which is dependent on the hosting school or organization.

Game schedules will be released during the first week of practice once they are finalized. Once the schedules are released, you can always find the most recent schedule posted to the Stayton Middle School website.

Go Vikings!

Matt Olson

Assistant Principal/Athletic Director

Stayton Intermediate/Middle School

matthew.olson@nsantiam.k12.or.us

503-769-2198

Mr. Matthew Olson

Assistant Principal/Athletic Director

Email: matthew.olson@nsantiam.k12.or.us
Website: http://sms.nsantiam.k12.or.us/
Location: 1021 Shaff Rd, Stayton OR 97383
Phone: 503.769.2198
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staytonintermediatemiddleschool
Twitter: @SMSMattOlson