Please read the below information if you have a 7^th or 8^th grade student participating in a KV Fall sport this year. Each item is important to understand in order to be prepared for the start of fall sports.

Preseason Paperwork

If your child would like to participate in a sport this fall, you should have already turned in a completed PIAA Physical and Code of Conduct through ATS. These were due on Wednesday, August 21^st. If you have not yet turned these items in, please work on submitting them asap. Instructions on how to complete this paperwork can be found here: https://keithvalleysports.org/main/otherad/contentID/47290161

Each student’s ATS login credentials were emailed to their school email account on June 24^th.

ImPACT Testing

Student-athletes need to complete an ImPACT baseline test online before participating in sports. This is mandatory for all Fall athletes, except those playing Girls Tennis. Instructions on how to complete this test were emailed out to each student’s school email account on Thursday, August 22nd from AtHomeTest@impacttestonline.com . The deadline for these baseline tests was originally Thursday, August 29^th, but we’re going to push the deadline back to Monday, September 2^nd. If your student-athlete cannot find their invite email from ImPACT, please email Mrs. Michele Green and we will make sure you get one.

Start Dates

Fall Sports will begin on the following dates. Please take note of these dates, as some may have recently changed:

Football: Wed, Sept 4^th

• Sept 4^th & 5^th – At KV from 3:00 - 5:00pm. Parents may pick up from KV at 5pm.
• Sept 6^th – Practices begin at Chestnut Creek Park from 2:20 - 4:15pm.

Girls Cheer: Thurs, Sept 5^th

Girls Tennis: Mon, Sept 9^th

Girls Volleyball: Mon, Sept 10^th

Girls Field Hockey: Mon, Sept 10^th

Girls Soccer: Mon, Sept 12^th

Boys Soccer: Tues, September 24^th

Students should bring all necessary sports gear with them to school on their first day of practices and tryouts. Students will store their sports bags and gear in their PACE room. Students can pick these items up during PACE period at the end of the day.

Equipment

Beginning on your student’s first day of sports, they should arrive to school with gym clothes, sneakers (or cleats), plenty of water, 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 fall:

Times

You can find all fall 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.

Pickup

Since we are playing at 5 different locations, we are asking all parents/guardians to arrange for their own ride home for their student after all practices, and home 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 fall, we are providing the below link to our Carpooling Form. Please complete this form so that our Coaches are aware of who will be picking up their players after athletic events.

https://forms.office.com/r/8En9RuktNs

Fall Coaches

Please take note of our Fall Coaches below. Feel free to email your student’s fall coach with any question or concern as we approach the start of the season.

              Football: Charles Farrell - cfarrell@hatboro-horsham.org

              Cheer: Tori Martin - torimarie361@gmail.com

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

7^th Girls Soccer: Kate Kollar -  kathrynkollar616@gmail.com

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

              8^th Volleyball: Erika Richards - erichard@hatboro-horsham.org

              7^th Volleyball: Jamie Ginsberg -  jginsber@hatboro-horsham.org

              8^th Field Hockey: Heather Elvidge – helvidge@hatboro-horsham.org

7^th Field Hockey: Eileen D’Alonzo -  edalonzo@hatboro-horsham.org

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

              7^th Boys Soccer: Shailer Thomas - sthomas@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.

Tryouts

Please be aware that there are some sports at KV where we will need to have tryouts. Although we would love to give every kid an opportunity to participate on the team of their choice, we simply can’t keep everybody. Judging by the signups thus far, it looks like we will be having tryouts for Cheer, Girls & Boys Soccer, and Girls Volleyball. For those students that do not make the team, we would encourage you to consider joining another KV fall team that did not need to have tryouts. With this is mind, please do not be discouraged from trying out for the sport you really want to play! We simply want to make you aware of the tryout procedure so that you can mentally prepare yourselves ahead of time.

Pickup Locations

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

              Football: Chestnut Creek Park Lot

              Girls Soccer: Kohler Soccer Fields Lot

              Boys Soccer: Kohler Soccer Fields Lot

              Field Hockey: HH High School behind Simmons

              Tennis: Carpenter Park lot off of Horsham Rd (practices). HH High School (home matches)

              Volleyball: KV – Front of Upper Gym

              Cheer: KV – Front of Upper Gym

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 submit the Carpooling Permission form to their Head Coach.

Remind

Last, but not least, please take a moment to sign up for your student-athlete’s Remind group. Remind is the tool we use in the KV athletic office to keep families informed of last-minute changes & updates to the sports schedule. You can find your team’s instructions here: https://keithvalleysports.org/main/otherad/contentID/57423011

Looking forward to a great fall!