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• Individuals using the weight room will enter the building through the doors by the auditorium

• Individuals are REQUIRED to clean equipment after use; disinfectant and towels are provided

• Water refill station is available in the hallway

• Restrooms are located in the same hallway as the weight room

Information on morning lap swim, family swim, and the pool rule can be found here.

The Athletic Placement Process (APP) is a program for evaluating students who wish to participate in sports at higher or lower levels. The purpose of the APP is to provide a standard protocol allowing students in grades 7 or 8 to advance upward; or for students in grades 9 - 12 to move downward. This ensures student-athletes are participating safely at an appropriate level of competition based on physical/emotional readiness and athletic ability, rather than age and grade alone. If you wish to start the athletic placement process, please plan ahead, as there are strict guidelines to follow and several steps that must be completed to ensure eligibility for fitness testing.

Please see the NYSED Athletic Placement Process for Interschool Athletic Programs for Appendix references.

• District Policy:
  The Avon Central School District's Board of Education have adopted an athletic participation policy that allows 8th grade students to be considered for advanced placement to the junior varsity or varsity level, and 7th grade students to the junior varsity level only.

• Parent/Guardian Permission:
  All students who wish to be evaluated must first obtain written parent/guardian permission before any evaluation can begin (see Appendix B).

• Administrative Approval:
  A committee consisting of the HS Principal, MS Principal, Nurse, MS Counselor, Athletic Director and School Superintendent (ex officio) will provide input to determine if the student is suitable for advancement consideration; this includes the likelihood that the student would play in at least 50% of the games.
  Additionally, due to the increase in time demands when competing at the high school level, the student’s academic performance (as determined at the local level) must be at or above grade level.
  Furthermore, the administrative approval step will assess the student’s emotional readiness to socialize with high school-aged students. If the student is not academically or socially ready, the student will not proceed through the APP.

• Medical Clearance:
  The district's medical director will determine the student’s physical maturity level and compare their physical size to that of the other students whom they wish to compete with. If the student is determined to have attained the appropriate physical maturity level and comparable physical size for the desired sport and level (see Appendix C and H), the student may proceed in the Athletic Placement Process. If the student is determined to not have attained an appropriate physical maturity level for the desired sport and level, the process ends.

• Skill Evaluation:
  The coach will rely on prior personal observations of the student, and may consider input from the student’s former coaches, to complete the evaluation. If the coach is unfamiliar with the student, they may wish to observe the student in a physical education class (see Appendix D).

• Physical Fitness Testing:
  Fitness Testing must be done by a certified physical education teacher who is not a coach of the sport for which the student will be trying out. The President’s Physical Fitness Test has been selected as the test for this process, and the student must meet the 85th percentile level for their age in 4 out of 5 test components (see Appendix E, I, and J). Students trying out for swimming may choose to do either the 1 mile walk/run or the 500 yard swim (see Appendix J).
  Exception to the physical fitness test requirement: Students who desire to try out for bowling or golf teams are not required to complete the physical fitness testing.

• Qualification Determination:
  The results of the three evaluations will be sent to the director of physical education/athletics. Only students who pass all parts of the APP will be permitted to try out.

• Try-Outs:
  The student is allowed to try out for only the sport and level requested, or else the student must return to the modified level of competition. For students trying out for bowling or golf, see Appendix G for instructions.

• Records:
  The physical education director and/or athletic director must maintain all records of students who have successfully completed the APP. These include; Parent/Guardian Permission and Result letters, Maturity Evaluation and Medical Director Form, Physical Fitness Results, and the Coach’s Sport Skill Evaluation.

• Notification:
  A Notification List (see Appendix F) of the scores of all athletes who have successfully completed the process and have been approved through the APP after the try-out period has been completed, must be sent to the Physical Education Director and/or Athletic Director of competing schools, the athletic governing board or Section office, and the ACS Superintendent of Schools.

Please Note: Steps may not always take place in order due to the availability of information at any given time.

If you have any questions in regards to the Athletic Placement Process, please contact:

Andy Englert, Athletic Director
aenglert@avoncsd.org
(585) 226-2455 ext 1717