Please read the below information if you have a 7^th or 8^th grade student participating in a KV Spring sport this year.

As you’re all aware, KV sports will be off-site this spring due to the construction of the new KV. Over the last several months, the leadership team at KV has put together a plan to resume all of our scheduled sports programs despite the loss of our fields. Obviously, we had to overcome many obstacles in order to accomplish this. Our current plan is by no means a perfect plan, but we believe it provides the best opportunity for our students to participate in athletics with the fewest disruptions possible. Please take a moment to read through the below details so that you can be prepared for the start of KV Spring sports.

Preseason Paperwork

Hopefully you’re all aware of the mandatory sports paperwork that needs to be completed before your student can participate on day one. If you have not yet completed your Spring Sports paperwork, please see the Required Paperwork tab and complete asap. Due date was February 28^th! ImPACT test instructions were emailed to each student’s school email on March 2^nd. ImPACT due date is Thursday, March 9^th. Tennis & Track athletes should NOT complete an ImPACT test.

Start

Boys Tennis: March 20th (tryouts)

Girls Lacrosse: March 20th (tryouts)

Boys Lacrosse: March 21st

Boys & Girls Track: March 21st

Softball: March 22nd (tryouts)

Baseball: March 22nd (tryouts)

Equipment

Beginning on your student’s first day of sports, they should arrive to school with gym clothes, sneakers (or cleats), a water bottle, and any other athletic equipment they will need for their sport. It’s very important that your student have their own water bottle, as we will not have our usual water jugs off-site. If you have any questions about required equipment for your sport, please email your student’s head coach. All email addresses are below.

Locations

Please note the locations of our practices & home contests this spring:

Times

You can find all spring sports schedules, including times for practices, tryouts, and games by viewing our website: https://keithvalleysports.org/ . Please review our schedule throughout the season, as there will certainly be some changes along the way.

To summarize, all practices/tryouts will start at 2:30pm and end at 4:30pm. The only exception is Boys & Girls Track which will run from 3:05pm – 5:05pm. All non-track student-athletes will be getting dismissed from class at 2:00pm and riding the bus over to their practice site at 2:10pm. Track athletes will be dismissed at our normal time of 3:00pm.

For home contests, all student-athletes will be dismissed from class at 2:00pm for a 2:10pm departure.

For away contests, we will be continuing with our 1:35pm dismissal and 1:45pm departure.

Pickup

Since it’s not feasible to provide late buses for all of our student-athletes at 5 different locations, we are asking all parents/guardians to arrange for a ride home with their student after all practices, and home & away games. We understand this may be difficult for many of you and we appreciate your flexibility with this. As we anticipate a greater need for carpooling this spring, we are providing the attached Carpooling Permission Form for you to complete and submit to your student’s head coach. Our head coaches’ emails are below:

              8^th Baseball: Kevin Schlenker - kschlenk@hatboro-horsham.org

              7^th Baseball: Jason Walker - js.walker@comcast.net

              8^th Boys Lacrosse: Trent Mongillo - tmongill@hatboro-horsham.org

              7^th Boys Lacrosse: Dave Maloney - hhcoachdave@gmail.com

              Boys Tennis: Chris Schmidt – cschmidt@hatboro-horsham.org

              Boys Track: Bret D’Alonzo - adalonzo5@gmail.com

              8^th Girls Lacrosse: Joanne Daley - jdaley@hatboro-horsham.org

              7^th Girls Lacrosse: Heather Elvidge - helvidge@hatboro-horsham.org

              Girls Track: Charles Farrell - cfarrell@hatboro-horsham.org

              8^th Softball: Dr. Andy Osborne - aosborne@hatboro-horsham.org

              7^th Softball: Alexandra Stein – astein@hatboro-horsham.org

Please email me separately if you have any hardship with picking up your student or arranging for a ride home after athletic events.

Pickup Locations

Please plan to pick up your student in the following locations after all practices & home games:

              Boys Lacrosse: Cedar Hill Parking Lot off of Cedar Hill Road

              8^th Baseball: Deep Meadow Parking Lot off of Horsham Road

              Softball: Deep Meadow Parking Lot off of Horsham Road

              7^th Baseball (practices): Carpenter Park – either of the two lots off of Keith Valley Road

              7^th Baseball (games): Deep Meadow Parking Lot off of Horsham Road

              Girls Lacrosse: Carpenter Park lot off of Horsham Road

              Boys Tennis: Carpenter Park lot off of Horsham Road

              Track: KV front parking lot   

For Away games, student-athletes will be bused back to KV, so parents can pick up in front of the KV upper gym. Parents are free to take students home directly from their away site if they complete and turn in the Carpooling Permission form to their Head Coach.

I truly appreciate your flexibility and support while we operate off-site this season.

Thank you for reading,

Jarrett