Athletics

Information for PHMS Athletics

Athletic Director-Andrea Weaver weavera@pcsb.org

PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND PRACTICES OR TRYOUTS

Sports and Season Start Times

All sports, except cheerleading and volleyball, have one boys and one girls' team with players selected from the three grade levels during tryouts.

Sport	Sports Forms Packet Deadline and tryout sign up sheet No Exceptions	Tryout Dates PHMS 4:20-6:20 pm tentative
Cross Country Boys & Girls	Aug. 7th for Optional Conditioning August 12 for tryouts	Optional Conditioning Aug. 12/13/14 Tryouts Aug. 17th & 19th
Volleyball Competitive Girls & Development Girls Boys	July 30 for optional conditioning And tryouts	Optional Conditioning Aug. 3/4/5 August 10, 12 & 13
Cheerleading	August 13th	August 17/19/20
Basketball Boys & Girls	October 14th	October 20/21/22
Indoor Soccer (Intramural) Co-ed	October 16th	October TBA
Competition Soccer Boys & Girls	December 1	December 7/8/9
Ball Hockey (Intramural) Co-ed	December 4th	December TBA
Track and Field Boys & Girls	February 2nd	February 8/9/10
Flag Football Boys & Girls	March 23rd	March 29/30/31

Palm Harbor Middle School is in a competitive league, and playing time for all sports is not guaranteed.  It is left to the coach's discretion, based on practice and game performance, as to how much playing time is garnered by your child.

Requirements for Eligibility

All students are required to fulfill the following requirements at the time of tryouts.  Any student who does not comply will not be eligible to try out.  The GPA requirement does not apply to incoming sixth-grade students during the first grading period.

• Completed Participation packet, printed and turned in to the 8th grade office by the posted deadline.
• 2.0 GPA at the time of tryouts and mainted through the season. 
• $4.00 PCS Student insurance - purchaseonline and print receipt for participation packet.
• No more than 7 days absent
• NON PHMS school students must fill out a co-enrollment application and be approved by the distrtict by the participation paperwork packet deadline.. Include a printed copy of the disrict approvel in the packet. 
• All paperwork must be printed and taken to the 8th-grade office no later than the published packet due date for that sport. 
• A NEW Participation packet must be completed at the start of each school year.   The paperwork that is submitted will be kept on file for the year andcan be used for all middle school sports that year as long as the FHSAA Physical remians current. 

Transportation and requirements for driving students

The county does not provide buses for away games, and all schools rely on parent volunteers for transporting players to away game sites.  Upon completion of an away game, players are not provided a ride back to Palm Harbor Middle School, and it is the parents' responsibility to pick up their child from the away site promptly upon completion of the event. PCSB policy only requires coaches to remain at practice or the game site for no more than 30 minutes following completion of the event.

Because we depend on volunteers to drive, we are required to comply with county policies applicable to being with students when not in the presence of a school board employee other than your own child.  All drivers must be Level II cleared by the county, and fingerprints and a background check are required.  For information regarding Level II screening, please visit www.pcsb.org.  Also, the proper amount of insurance coverage on your vehicle and passengers is required.  The volunteer and driving forms are in the front office, and there is a link here.  The form must be printed and brought back to the 8th-grade office no less than 1 week before travel.  Background checks and fingerprinting are completed by a third party and take approximately three weeks to complete.  Financial responsibility for background checks is the responsibility of each volunteer.  If you plan to drive for volleyball, which begins at the beginning of the year, please consider completing your Level II screening before the start of the school year.  When driving only your child, the forms are not necessary.