All About Athletics Tamalpais High School 2019-2020 Athletic Department Athletic Director: Christina Amoroso Athletic Clerk: Patty Parnow Athletic Trainer: Marcella Shorty Assistant Principal: Kaki McLachlan Principal: J.C. Farr Overview ● Attendance and Eligibility ● Team Parent ● Sports Offered & Coaching ● Athletics Website and Needs Social Media ● General Information ● Athlete Registration ● Timelines ● Expectations ● Athletic Trainer ● Scholar Athletes ● Boosters Membership ● Championships Attendance & Eligibility Attendance • 50% rule: students must attend half their classes to be eligible for contests • Friday attendance determines Saturday eligibility. Physical/Registration ● valid for 1 year from date of exam. Attendance & Eligibility Grades/Eligibility • 2.0 gpa each grading period • AP/Honors courses are NOT weighted in athletic gpa or awards. • Athletic Waiver - one time waiver to students below a 2.0 gpa. • May not use waiver if ineligible in back to back grading periods. • Waivers are not available for any student below a 1.5 gpa Academic Eligilbity ● Grades are checked every 6 weeks. Athletes unable to maintain an unweighted 2.0 gpa will not be allowed in any contest. Season Season Start Date Dates of Determination 2019-2029 2019-2020 Fall Aug 5 June 14, 2019 - Oct 8 - Nov 19 Winter Nov 4 Oct 8 - Nov 19 - Jan 14 Spring Feb 10 Jan 14 - March 10 - May 5 Sports Offered V = Varsity, JV = Junior Varsity, F/S = Frosh/Soph, F = Freshman Fall Winter Spring Cheerleading (V) Basketball V/JV/F (Boys & Baseball (V/JV/F) Girls) Cross Country (V Boys & V Cheerleading (V) Golf (V Boys) Girls) Football (V & F/S) Soccer V/JV (Boys & Girls) Lacrosse V & JV (Boys & Girls) Golf (V Girls) Wrestling (V) Softball (V) Tennis (V Girls) Swimming & Diving (V Boys & V Girls) Volleyball (V/JV Girls) Tennis (V Boys) Water polo (V/JV Boys & V/JV Track & Field (V Boys & V Girls) Girls) Field Hockey (V Girls) Volleyball (V Boys) Coach Needs ● JV Girls Soccer (Winter) ● JV Boys Soccer (Winter) ● JV Baseball (Spring) ● Frosh Baseball (Spring) ● Varsity Boys Golf (Spring) ● Cheer for the 2020-21 school year General Information from 2018-2019 Enrollment: 1598 League: Marin County Sports Offered: 17 Athletic Total Teams: 43 Branson Athletes: 906 (duplicated) Marin Catholic and 700+ athletes Novato Redwood San Marin San Rafael Sir Francis Drake Tamalpais Terra Linda Section: North Coast Section Athletic Timeline Fall sports start: Aug 5/Aug 12, 2019 Fall registration due: July 29 and Aug 5, 2019 Winter sports start: Nov 4, 2019 Winter registration due: Oct 28, 2019 Spring sports start: Feb 10, 2020 Spring registration due: Feb 3, 2020 Athletic Trainer: Marcella Shorty Marcella Shorty, MEd, ATC EMAIL: [email protected] Monday-Friday: 2pm-7pm www.tamhighboosters.com Athletic Trainer: Approximately ⅓ of budget for 2019-2020 school year. Team Support category includes: Team Snap program, field house improvements, training room ice machine, rental for outside training facilities, soccer coach license coursework, and outside sports clinics. Equipment category includes, but not limited to: football helmets, golf bags, volleyball standards. Various baseball, softball and other spring 2018-2019 school year sport equipment requests. Other items: all tournament fees and transportation costs, 3 college scholarships, filming and video software. Team Parent ● Help organize transportation ● Communicate early release and pertinent team information on behalf of coach ● Represent program at Boosters ● Assist with Senior day recognition and/or team banquets/awards ● Organize scorekeeper/game personnel ● Other tasks as needed www.tamathletics.com • Game schedules & early release • All-League • Staff • Sports Medicine • Try-out information • Athlete registration • FAQ’s • Rosters Twitter: @TAMathletics www.Registermyathlete.com -Register for any and all sports for 2019-2020 school year -Upload physical dated within the last year www.Registermyathlete.com Practice/School Expectations Practices/School • Workload balance (class • Attendance at school time vs. practice time) • Punctuality as facilities • Use tutorial to your may be shared. advantage • Communicate with your teachers (ER) • Communication with Coaches Game Expectations Games • Transportation organized • Attendance at school by Captains or Team • Sportsmanship Parent(s) • Music (Varsity Captains • Early release (see matrix see AD) under Athletics FAQ’s online) NCS Scholar-Athletes Awards Program ○ SCHOLAR ATHLETE - earned by any athlete who achieves a 3.5 or better GPA (unweighted) Season NCS Scholar-Athlete Eligibility Fall R2: Nov 8, 2019 Winter S1: Dec 20, 2019 Spring R5: April 24, 2020 MCAL 2019-20 Championship Hosts All MCAL member schools must equally divide sports up and host championship events. These sites will be considered neutral even if the host site is playing in the championship contest. Cross Country: Indian Valley College Field Hockey: Marin Catholic Soccer: B/G San Rafael Golf: B/G Indian Valley Golf Course Wrestling: Novato Tennis: G -Tam, B- Terra Linda Baseball: Albert’s Park, SR Volleyball: B/G Drake Lacrosse: B/G Marin Catholic Waterpolo: B/G San Marin Basketball: B/G Redwood Softball: San Marin Swimming/Dive: Redwood Track & Field: Novato Questions? Come on down or email [email protected] .