Middle School Athletics
At University School interscholastic
athletics are introduced for the first time in the Middle
School. The goals of the program are to meet the
needs of students for strenuous physical activity, as well as to
help them develop a sense of team play and good
sportsmanship. At this level, participation
rather than winning is our policy. Therefore, no
student will be cut from a team for lack of ability.
Also, every student on a team will play in each game,
although playing time may not be equal in each game (exceptions may
be made for post-season tournaments). Students
may be dismissed from a team or "benched" for disciplinary reasons,
lack of cooperation or for violating school rules.
Please see Athletics section of the Middle School
Handbook for more details.
Sign-ups for athletic teams will take place 3 times per
year. They will occur several weeks before the
beginning of the upcoming season. Sign-up sheets
will be attached to the Friday Footnotes in October, December,
February and May. Announcements will be made
during the lunch hours and will also be posted in the Friday
Footnotes. The following is a time frame for
sport sign-ups:
Fall:
Initial sign-up will take place the last
month of the previous school year. Additional
sign-ups will occur the first week of
school. Practices will begin within the first
week or two of school.
Fall Sports:
- Flag Football:
Intramural sport offered to
5th and 6th grade boys and
girls. Practices will be held two afternoons
from 3:30-5:00.
- Coed
Soccer: Intramural sport
offered to 5th and 6th grade boys and
girls. Practices will be held two afternoons
from 3:30-5:00.
- Volleyball:
Intramural sport offered to 5th
and 6th grade boys and girls.
Practices will be held two afternoons from
3:30-5:00.
- Cross
Country: Available to boys and
girls in 5th- 8th grade.
- Field
Hockey: Available to
7th and 8th grade girls.
- Football:
Available to 7th and 8th grade
boys.
- Boys
Soccer: Available to
7th and 8th grade boys.
(An exception may be made for 6th grade boys if
numbers are low for 7th and 8th
graders)
Winter:
Basketball sign-up sheets will be posted the first week of
October with practices beginning late October or early
November. Gymnastics and Volleyball sign-up sheets will be posted
the first week in
December.
Winter Sports:
- Girls Basketball:
Available to girls in 5th
- 8th grade. There are teams for
each grade level.
- Boys
Basketball: Available to boys
in 5th - 8th grade. There
are teams for 5th grade as well as 6th-8th
grade boys.
- Volleyball:
Available to girls in 6th-8th
grade.
Spring:
Sign-up sheets will be posted 2 weeks
prior to Spring Break with practices starting the
1st or 2nd week back from
break.
Spring
Sports:
Baseball:
Available to boys in 7th and
8th grade.
Softball:
Available to girls in
6th-8th grade.
Girls
Soccer: Available to girls in
7th and 8th grade.
Tennis:
Available to boys and girls in 7th and
8th grade.
Track:
Available to boys and girls in
5th -8th grade.
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