Kaneland Harter Middle School Spring Sports

Orientation Thursday, March 21

Sportsmanship• Failure to display proper sportsmanship may result in

a student not being permitted to further participate in athletics for up to one year, or as listed under the attendance policy

• If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching. Bob Ley

• Kaneland Harter Middle School Athletics strives to:– Build a successful and competitive program– Learn fundamentals of track and field– Embrace and respect competition– Build a cohesive program from community feeder

programs to Kaneland High School– Help students understand the role of sports in

their lives

Athletic Goals

Expectations as our athletes leave KHMS• Proper warm up and cool down, including an active or dynamic warm up each day• Form drills used in practice and knowledge of what good form looks like• Form drills used as a part of competition• How to warm up before a race, when to warm up, what to do in between events• We want them to understand that track is a team sport and by the time they get to

high school they are expected to stay until the end of the meet unless they have a legitimate excuse for leaving. We encourage our athletes to stay until the end of the meet to support their team.

• We encourage athletes to try different events. They are going to grow and change and what they are good at now might be different when they are fully grown.

• We want our athletes to pay attention to teammates in other events• 400 is a sprint not a distance race• Practice is an essential element of this sport• Key elements such as flexibility, strength, speed, and injury prevention come from

doing the little things at home and at practice• Track is a sport about setting personal goals and having everyone being successful

Expectations as our athletes leave KHMS

• All jumpers should know how to get steps, how to measure them out, and have a standard starting point for jumps

• Relays need to include handoffs that are executed the same way as the high school teams. This would include the use of markers and getting steps all necessary for handoffs.

• Come out of a starting block for any race 400 meters or less• Attend a high school home meet if possible• Boys – April 20 Girls – April 6 or 13

Sports Boosters

• President: Mr. Ryan Delahanty• KHMS parents are welcome to join KHS sports

boosters• Website is www.kanelandsportsboosters.com• During the last two school years this group has

funded trips to Normal, and Peoria for Cross Country and Track

• Applications are on the table

Prairie Conference 2013

• Oswego Plank, Oswego Thompson, Oswego Bednarcik, Oswego Traughber, Oswego Murphy, Yorkville, Sandwich and Plano

• All meets at 4:30, dependent on transportation availability of the visiting school

• Saturday meet in Lisle April 27• IESA Sectional in Sycamore May 11• State Meet in Peoria May 17 and 18

Eligibility

INELIGIBILITY MEANS

• One or more failing grades (F)• More than two warning grades anything above an (F)• Ineligible athletes may continue to practice with team but

may not participate in or travel to any athletic contests• The warning week from previous years is no longer valid• Grades in all classes are used to determine eligibility

including exploratories• Eligibility runs Monday through Sunday• The AD may build in a 2 week buffer at the beginning of a

season

Code of Conduct1. Attend school, practices, and contests/performances.2. Travel on school arranged transportation for all away from school

events.3. In all activities, participants must maintain eligibility standards as

established for such activities.4. Be responsible for all equipment and/or clothing issued for the

activity and the return of such equipment at the end of the activity.5. Adhere to all rules set forth in the student handbook.6. Display conduct becoming a Kaneland Middle School representative

including the respect for people and property at all times.7. No use, possession, or distribution of alcohol, and other controlled

substances on school property or at school sponsored events.

School Holiday Practices

• Effective immediately, coaches are discouraged from having practices on holidays and holiday weekends, such as Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Columbus Day, etc. This certainly includes practices that involve parents providing transportation to and from practice. In the event that practice is necessary due to contests scheduled immediately after the holiday in question, those practices are to be structured as optional or open gym formats. Players should not be penalized for their absence, i.e. losing the ability to start or play significant time in the next scheduled contest.

2013 Spirit Pack• Program is totally optional• Funds raised will be used to support Kaneland Harter Middle School Track

Program• Process is completed totally online• Items range from sweatshirts, tshirts, shorts, other track related items• Sale is currently ongoing• An account has been set-up with mylocker.net• At home page on the right side search for Kaneland Middle School in

Sugar Grove, Illinois• On the next page, select the activity of Track and Field• Continue shopping until you are ready to checkout• Here is the link http://www.mylocker.net/illinois/maple-park/kaneland-

middle-school/index.html

Fee Payment

Parents wishing to pay athletic fees online, in Parents wishing to pay athletic fees online, in addition to lunch money, PE clothes, etc. may do addition to lunch money, PE clothes, etc. may do

so using theso using the Kaneland Web Store at kaneland.org. Kaneland Web Store at kaneland.org.

Select Harter Middle SchoolSelect Harter Middle SchoolSelect HMS AthleticsSelect HMS Athletics

Select SportSelect SportPrint a receipt for your recordsPrint a receipt for your records

Participation

• Students who are present in PE class that day and do not participate in PE will not participate on athletic teams on that day. This includes students with a no dress or without appropriate shoes for that class.

• There will be consistent communication between the PE Dept. and the Coaching Staff

www.highschoolsports.net

• Select “Harter Middle School”– Select “Athletics”– Select “Athletics Calendar– Create an account– Select “Team Subscriptions and Notifications”– Use pull-down menu to add schools and teams

Parent Pick UpPractice and Events

• We ask that students be picked up at the Student Events Entrance promptly at the conclusion of practice.

• Practice times will be firm, events will vary based on arrival of both teams, length of game, etc.

• Any student who is not picked up within 30 minutes of the end of the scheduled event will face the following consequences:– 1st Offense Warning– 2nd Offense – 1 full competition suspension– Subsequent Offenses - 1 full competition suspension

Picture Day

– Basketball Team Pictures, Wed. April 3rd after school

IESA Rule Change

At it’s June 2012 Board of Director’s meeting, the IESA adopted a new rule in regards to participation in club or AAU sports. Basically, the participation requirements are now totally set by the individual school district.

Individual coaches already have rules in place in regards to attendance, etc.Those stated rules will now be followed with no exceptions.Resulting discipline based on the type of infraction.In all cases, school contests supercede “club” activity