To avoid the lines in August, Ballard High School is accepting fall sports paperwork until June 30th (that’s tomorrow.) If you have a student hoping to play a fall sport at BHS, paperwork is due during the summer break. If you miss the June 30th cutoff, the paperwork won’t be accepted until August when the lines can be pretty long. Here are the August dates to turn in paperwork, pay the sport fees and buy the ASB card:
Football players:
August 11 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.All other fall sports:
August 17 between 9 a.m. and noon
August 18 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Here is the packet (.pdf) that needs to be filled out completely and the parent release form (.pdf) that also needs to be filled out. Forms that aren’t completed will be given back to the student.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact athletic secretary Sharon Davis at 252-1000. Sharon is in the office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through June 30. More information on Beaver athletics can be found here.
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Please forgive me ignorance here, as a Brit recently moved over and our kids aren’t old enough for high school yet…. but why do you have to apply by form, in advance, to take part in sports? Don’t all kids get to do sports as part of their curriculum?
Is this due to the size of the class year and limited staff in each sport, so kids can get to pick a preferred sport, and some are more popular than others?
Welcomefrom across the pond! The forms are medical releases from your child’s doc saying they are physically able to participate in extra curricular sports teams and permission form the parents to do so. They usually stagger the dates that they are due depending on the start date for first practices for the sports.