Spring-Ford Athletics

Announcements
Registration
Athletic Eligibility
PAC Information

Announcements

Class of 2019 Sign

Parents, celebrate the accomplishments of your Spring-Ford Senior with a Spring-Ford Class of 2019 yard sign! Signs are 18"x24" with space to write your graduate's name on the front, and plenty of room on the back for friends and family to write a special message. At only $10 each, you can use this opportunity to brag about your Spring-Ford graduate with 1, 10 or 100 signs! Orders are due no later than May 10, 2019 - click here to order yours today.

Spring Sports - Starting Dates

Parents, please be aware that if your son or daughter is going out for a spring sport,
the list of starting dates are listed below for each sport. Please plan your vacations accordingly. Athletic Sports Registration MUST be completed at least 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the sports season.
Please have your student listen for announcements about interest meeting 1-3 weeks before tryouts begin. These dates are subject to change.

High School Sport	Start Date
Boys Baseball – Grades 10-12	*Monday, March 4, 2019*
Boys Lacrosse – Grades 10-12	*Monday, March 4, 2019*
Girls Lacrosse – Grades 10-12	*Monday, March 4, 2019*
Softball - Grades 9-12	*Monday, March 4, 2019*
Tennis-Boys – Grades 9-12	*Monday, March 4, 2019*
Track and Field – Grades 9-12	*Monday, March 4, 2019*
9^th Grade Sport	*Start Date*
Boys Baseball - Grade 9	*Monday, March 11, 2019*
Boys Lacrosse – Grade 9	*Monday, March 4, 2019*
Girls Lacrosse - Grade 9	*Monday, March 18, 2019 changed***
Middle School Sport	*Start Date*
Boys Baseball - Grade 8	*Monday, March 25, 2019*
Boys Baseball - Grade 7	*Monday, March 18, 2019*
Boys Lacrosse - Grades 7/8	*Monday, March 18, 2019*
Girls Lacrosse - Grade 7/8	*Tuesday, March 19, 2019changed***
Softball – Grades 7/8	*Monday, March 18, 2019*
Track and Field – Grades 7/8	*Monday, March 25, 2019 changed***

Booster Club Membership

Are you a member of the Spring-Ford Booster Club? Your $25 membership supports the ongoing needs of the booster club, supports the annual Booster Club Scholarship, and funds the annual Senior Athletic Banquet. Click here to join, you can pay online!

Parent Portal 101

New to Spring-Ford, or need a Parent Portal refresh? Click here to visit the Parent Portal 101 webpage. You'll learn about accessing your Parent Portal, signing up for school or athletic notifications, syncing your calendar and more!

2018-19 Activity Fee Forms

2018-19 Activity Fee forms, click on the form for your students grade level. We cannot accept Activity Fee's until the student has been placed on the roster. Fee's are not due until 2 weeks after the start of the season.

Students participating in sports grades 9-12

Students participating in sports grades 7-8

Athletic Registration

In order to participate in Sports for the 2017-18 school year, you will need to complete the following:

Online Athletic Registration
Section 5 Health History
Section 6 CIPPE Physical

This MUST be completed 2 weeks before the start of your season, failure to adhere to this due date may result in a missed tryout opportunity.

Registration

Registration
Re-Certification (participation in students 2nd or 3rd sport)

Registration

2018-2019 Student Athletic Registration

We encourage you to start registration now for any student who plans on participating in a Fall, Winter or Spring sport from grades 7-12 (current 6-11 grade students). Parents must fill out the initial registration. In order to register your student the following must be completed before they can participate in any practice. Due dates for Sports Registration is 2 weeks before the start of the season for high school and middle school. Failure to adhere to this due date may result in missed tryout opportunity.

Register online for 2018-19 on our web site (using the link below) will be open on Monday, May 7, 2018. Please note registration for the 2017-18 school year may not be used for 2018-19 as you must register each new school year. See the directions below.
Section 5: Health History – must be printed, completed and returned. Please check to see that the student and parent signed this form.
Section 6: PIAA Comprehensive Initial Pre-Participation Physical, must be printed and taken to the doctor when getting physical. Physical must be administered by the doctor ON or AFTER June 1, 2018 for student-athlete to be eligible to participate in sports for the 2018-19 school year. Please make sure the doctor dated and signed the physical.

Cost for the physicals done at the school (June of 2018) are $20, you can pay with a check made payable to Dr. Brosius or cash at the time of the physical. Dates and times are listed on the Athletic Home Page, please register online before attending the physical.

The above forms must be turned into Athletic Office for your student’s grade level.

Students in grades 7 (grade as of August 27, 2018) forms are to be turned into the 7^th grade center, Attn: Mr. Seislove
Students in grade 8 (grade as of August 27, 2018)forms are to be turned into the 8th grade center, Attn. Mr. Harrison
Students in grades 9 through 12, forms are to be turned into the Athletic Office at the 10-12 Center, Attn: Mrs. Weiss

Questions on registration please contact Mrs. Weiss by email: pweis@spring-ford.net or phone at 610-705-6030. Be sure to leave your students first and last name and grade.

Login Instructions

To sign onto Athletic Sports Registration you will need to do the following:

Use your Skyward Family Access username of the first guardian listed under your students family information. This is the primary user name that will allow you access to gateway registration. The user name is usually in all capital letters, example: Sally Perkiomen would be PERKISAL000. Please keep in mind our system is case sensitive.
Use your Family Access password. This is either the password you were initially assigned, or whatever you changed it to.
In order to start the process click here.

If you have any further questions, please contact the athletic office at 610-705-6030 or email pweis@spring-ford.net

Re-Certification (participation in students 2nd or 3rd sport)

RE-CERTIFICATION IS ONLY FOR THE WINTER OR SPRING SEASON (the students 2nd and 3rd sport of the school year).

If you have a student athlete at Spring-Ford, please read below and then use the link below to proceed to the secure re-certification page.

All student athletes Grade 7 through 12 who participated in a Fall or Winter Sport this school year, must RE-CERTIFY buy using the procedure detailed below.

We encourage you to start Re-Certification NOW for any student currently participating in a Fall or Winter Sport and is now Re-Certifying for a Winter or Spring Sport. Parents need to complete the online Re-Certification, using the link below. Re-Certification must be completed 2 weeks before the start of tryouts. Failure to adhere to this due date may result in missed tryout opportunity.

Re-Certification for 2017-2018 school year must be completed by:

Winter Re-Certification Deadline:
- Grades 9-12 - November 3, 2017
- Grades 7-8 - November 13, 2017
Spring Re-Certification Deadline:
- Grades 9-12 - February 19, 2018
- Grades 7-8 - March 5, 2018

Failure to adhere to this due date may result in missed tryout opportunity.

All re-certification must be done online, for Spring it must be completed after January 1, 2018.

Login Instructions:

To sign onto Athletic Sports Re-Certification you will need to do the following:

1. Use your students ID number as your username, example 123456.
2. Use your students date of birth as the password, example 01/01/2016 (MM/DD/YYYY)
3. In order to start the process go to the Spring-Ford.net choose Athletics you will see Athletic Sports Re-Certification, the link to re-certification is at the bottom of the page.

If you have any further questions, please contact the athletic office at 610-705-6030 or email Mrs. Weiss at pweis@spring-ford.net. Please make sure to leave your students full name, grade and sport.

CLICK HERE TO RE-CERTIFY

Athletic Eligibility

Eligibility For Athletics & Other Extra-curricular Activities
Interscholastic programs are sponsored in football, baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, wrestling, track, tennis, golf, field hockey, lacrosse and volleyball. Practices are conducted after school hours; games are played afternoons and evenings, dependent upon the sport and the schedule. In addition to sports, a large variety of clubs and activities are open to all students and meet on schedules consistent with the type of activity. Academic eligibility requirements listed below apply to all clubs, activities and sports. Eligibility is determined by P.I.A.A. and Spring-Ford regulations. Certain important rules are:

One must be an amateur under 19 years of age prior to the day July 1, occurring before the current school term.
One must be regularly enrolled in a public high school and in regular attendance thereafter.
Absence for 20 or more days during a semester for reason other than quarantine shall cause ineligibility until he has been in attendance for a period of 45 days following his 20th absence.
One must never have played on a professional team.
One cannot participate in an athletic contact sport and be a member of any other similar team the same season.
One must maintain for the current marking period a passing grade of a minimum of 70%in each of four or more major subjects.
One must be examined by the school physician each sport season before one commences to train or practice for the sport, and one’s physical condition must be satisfactory.
Written consent of the athletes’ parent or guardian is required.
Misconduct, or other evidences of poor school citizenship, may because for ineligibility at the discretion of the coach or principal.
Students participating on athletic teams must have medical insurance coverage. Students may purchase school insurance at any time or provide proof of coverage through another policy.
The student activity fee must be paid before the first event or the student may not be able to participate in the athletic event or performance.

Athletic Awards

A plaque and an engraved plate will be awarded to each student who meets the school requirements for earning a letter in a sport.
For each subsequent sport in which requirements are met, an engraved plate shall be presented.
The final judgment on eligibility for awards will rest with the principal in consultation with the athletic director and coaches.

PAC Information

PAC Event Admission Information

Boyertown:$5 Adult/$3 Student
Methacton: $5 Adult/$3 Student
Owen J. Roberts: $5 Adult/$5 Student
Perkiomen Valley: $5 Adult/$3 Student
Phoenixville: $5 Adult/$3 Student
Pottsgrove: $5 Adult/$3 Student
Pottstown: $5 Adult/$4 Student
Pope John Paul II: $5 Adult/$3 Student
Spring-Ford: $5 Adult/$3 Student
Upper Perkiomen: $5 Adult/$3 Student
PAC Championships: $5 Adult/$5 Student
PAC Track Championships - Friday: $3 Adult/$3 Student
PAC Track Championships - Saturday: $5 Adult/$5 Student

PAC Code of Conduct

Show respect for their country by standing attentively when the American flag passes and during the playing and singing of the National Anthem.
Show respect for the alma maters of both schools.
By conducting themselves as ladies and gentlemen at all times.
Show respect for the game officials and refrain from interfering with their control of the contest.
Refrain from vulgarity and indecent gestures.
Cheer under the organized guidance of the cheerleaders.
Refrain from using noisemakers and signs at indoor contests.
Refrain from throwing any objects onto the playing areas.
Support musical groups for indoor activities. Such groups must be organized, school sponsored and supervised to play only before games and during halftime.
Radio, tape and C.D. players, except for Walkman with headsets, are prohibited at sporting events.
Respect and abide by all guidelines and regulations of the home school.

Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC) Schools reserve the right to eject any spectators whose conduct is detrimental to good sportsmanship. Misbehavior at sporting events may lead to prosecution or school disciplinary action.