Lakota Ridge Fall Sports Orientation

1. Lakota Ridge Fall Sports Orientation 2018-2019

2. VISION/GOAL • Good, Better, Best…

3. Introductions • Ben Brown—Principal • Scott Laman—Athletic Director • Kimberly Conley- Athletic Secretary • Winter Coaches: 8th Grade Football- Chris Alles, Mike Lovell, Ken Jones 7th Grade Football- Russ Turner, TBA, TBA Cheerleading- Jordan Diegmueller, Kayla Rodgers Golf-Eric Numbers Cross Country- Tom Thompson, Mike McManus, Frank Willis 8th Volleyball- Jessica Lambert 7th Volleyball- Kyleigh Feenstra

4. Coaching Qualifications • In order to be board approved, coaches have to complete the following steps: • Apply for a Ohio Pupil Activity Permit (3-5 years) • Fundamentals of Coaching Class • First Aid, Health, and Safety for Coaches Class • Concussions in Sports Class • CPR • Cardiac Arrest- NEW LAST YEAR! • FBI/BCI Background Check and Fingerprinting

5. Trainer • Carlee Shafer- We encourage you to see her first before going to the doctor • Contact information can be acquired from Coaches!

6. Paperwork • All Paperwork on Final forms must be completed before a student will be permitted to participate • SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IS NEW!!! • Final Forms!!!!- RED NO GOOD… GREEN- GOOD!!! • Physicals available to pick up!! Must have on file! https://lakota-oh.finalforms.com/students

7. ZERO TOLERANCE • PAPERWORK IS DUE THE FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE OR YOUR SON/DAUGHTER DOES NOT PARTICIPATE OR TRY OUT!!!

8. Communication • 24 Hour Period for Problems • Ways to know about changes due to weather or other last minute things: • Ridge Athletics Website • Email from Coaches • Twitter Account @LRJAthletics • Remind App- Remind 101 • Coaches should NOT text students directly

9. Twitter • Follow all latest happenings----@LRJAthletics • Coaches have individual ones for sports as well.

10. Social Media • Social media can result in discipline handed down by administration! • Twitter, Snap chat, facebook, etc….- USE IT APROPRAITELY OR CONSEQUECES WILL FOLLOW!!!

11. Eligibility • Students are expected to maintain good grades. • Eligibility will be run electronically and checked by Mrs. Conley or myself each Monday. • According to the OHSAA, any student that is not passing FIVE classes will be ineligible for any and all games the entire week. • End of 9 weeks- not passing 5 classes- YOU ARE INELIGIBLE TO PLAY SPORTS FOLLOWING 9 WEEKS!! • Some coaches will bench an athlete with one F; it is at the coach’s discretion. (I support Coaches) • NOTE: FIRST 3 WEEKS OF THE 9 WEEKS IS A GRACE PERIODFOR WEEKLY CHECKS!

12. Participation Fees • Participation fees for the 2018 school year are $150. • Family Cap- $400, $600, $800 (pending # kids) • You may pay on EZPay with a credit card or pay with cash, check, or money order to the front office. • Checks- Make payable to Lakota Ridge Atheltics • Central Office will be invoicing payments this year- cut in fees results in a lot of credits! • They are due by first game or you don’t play!!

13. Daily Attendance • An athlete must attend school at least one half of the regular school day to be eligible to practice or compete interscholastically. • This would mean you need to be at school by 10:45 AM to go to practice or a game. • If you are too ill to come to school, you are too ill to participate in athletics that day.

14. Game Transportation • Transportation to all away games will be provided by the school. • In most cases, athletes will stay after school and report to the cafeteria. Athletes will have a snack provided by the team and wait for their transportaion to arrive around 3:30 PM. • Transportation is DROP ONLY. Transportation will NOT be provided back from the away contests. - This includes football this year!!- Too much money going away!!

15. Practice Transportation • Students that are participating in golf, cross country, and tennis will be provided a shuttle to their practice locations. • The bus will be parked outside at 2:00 PM and will transport them to practice. • Parents will need to pick them up from those practice locations.

16. Practice and Game Pick up! • Parents are expected to pick up their child no later than 15 minutes after the conclusion of practice or games! • Coaches are not available, nor paid to supervise after these times! • Students- must be in cafeteria or coaches room after school- NO EXCEPTIONS!!! • Roaming the halls will NOT be permitted!

17. Grades get you Scholarships!! • MAGIC NUMBER- 2.5 GPA and 25 on ACT can allow you to start getting looked at. • Around a 3.0 GPA- you have about 50% of schools you can attend! • Minimum- NCAA Division 1 and 2 have a 2.3 minimum GPA and the NAIA is 2.0 GPA • GRADES MATTER- SOME OF YOU WILL TAKE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT CLASSES!!!

18. Firebird Elite Club: Fuel the Fire • Qualify- 3.5 GPA and participate in a Sport for a full season

19. Ridge Boosters • The Ridge athletic boosters is an organization of parents that works to raise money to support athletics at Ridge. • Items that are purchased by the boosters are donated to the school at monthly board meetings. • WE NEED REPRESENTATION FROM EACH SPORT TO MAKE THIS WORK!!

20. How Can I Help the Boosters? • Help us with fundraising • Volunteer to work the concessions- THIS IS BIG- WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK TO MAKE This ALL HAPPEN!! • Be in the know! • Follow and Retweet Ridge Sports on Twitter @LRJAthletics

21. Questions? • Questions for the General good of all?? • Individual Questions- See me in the cafeteria!!

22. Room Assignments • Football……………………………….Cafeteria • Cross Country………………….Rm. • Volleyball- ………………………Rm. • Golf- ………………………………Rm. • Cheerleading………….......See coaches