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Ranger Athletics
Fall Sports Important Information
June 14th
Fall Sports informational meetings at Gibbons and Westborough High. Students will be notified when and where to meet. Please listen for announcements and check your email. Link for informational handout for fall sports.
July 1
Fall Sport Registrations will open on Family ID. See instructions below.
August 15th
All registration paperwork is due.
August 20th
Football begins practices
August 24th
Rangers Give Back Day
August 25th
Official practices/tryouts begin for all other sports.
Registration will open July 1st
In order to participate in a Fall 2021 Sport at WHS the following steps must be completed by August 15th, 2021.
Step 2: Parents and students must take part in concussion education and opiate use/misuse education, please see the section below.
Step 3: Parents and students must register on line using Family ID by August 15th, 2021. By registering online, parents and students provide your consent to participate in athletics, your acknowledgement of our WPS Student Athlete Handbook, and your acknowledgement that you have been provided concussion education and opiate use/misuse materials.
Step 4: Hand in a current physical to the high school nurse. Do not assume a copy is on file. It is the student’s responsibility to make sure one is handed in. You can scan or email the copy to kellandj@westboroughk12.org You also have the ability to upload a physical on Family ID in the physician's area. Please note: TELE HEALTH PHYSICALS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED.
**Physicals are good for 13 months. Once a physical expires 13 months to the date it was completed, a student will be unable to participate until a new physical is turned in to the nurse and the AD is notified.***
Step 5: All student athletes must participate in SWAY. SWAY is our concussion management system Students that need a SWAY baseline will work with our Athletic Trainer to do this.
Step 6: Attend the Fall Student Athlete/Parent Meeting. More info to come on this.
Step 7: Activity Fees
Activity fees for the 2021-2022 school year will be $200 with a family cap of $600. Students with an outstanding balance will not be allowed to try out or participate in a Spring sport. Please email Cheryl Bertone at bertonec@westboroughk12.org with questions or applications for financial assistance.
Dept. of Public Health Required Education:
Based on Mass State Law, the DPH has regulated that all parents and student athletes be educated regarding the risks associated with concussions and opiate use/misuse. All educational materials can be found on the athletics website.
Students must complete annually one of the head injury safety training programs approved by the Department of Public Health.
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Please sign up for the "notify me" option to receive schedule updates.
If you can’t make it to the events, follow us on Twitter at @WestboroRangers
Gibbons Information:
Registration is now available for GMS Intramural Basketball. Please click HERE for the Family ID Registration Page.
Registrations is due October 16th, 2014. The season runs 10/21/14 through 11/21/14. Please contact Nate Jyringi at jyringin@westboroughk12.org for more information.
Registration Procedures:
Step 1: Click here for instructions on how to register.
Step 2: Click here for an introduction letter from Family ID
Step 3: Click here for the link to our new registration website. Once on the website, you will create an account for your family. This account will be used to register your students each season without having to re-enter your personal information
Step 4: Turn a current copy of your physical into the nurse- physicals are only good for 13months from the date on they physical.
Step 5: Take ImPact-All Fall Athletes MUST take Impact. Be sure to turn off your "pop up" blocker. Instructions are here.
Concussion Education:
Based on a new Mass State Law, the DPH has regulated that all parents and student athletes be educated regarding the risks associated with concussions.
A copy of the full State Law can be downloaded HERE.
All parents are encouraged to take the free NFHS concussion education course provided HERE.
Other resources can be found in the Important Documents link to the left, or you can visit the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/sports/index.html
Parenting Your Student Athlete Video:
http://caadinc.org/parentvideo.html