Game and Practice Times
All team members are required to attend each practice, unless prior arrangements have been made with the head coach. It is essential that athletes do their best to avoid scheduling appointments or trips during practice time. Where needed, special considerations are made for religious instruction that may create unavoidable conflict with the practice schedule.
On school days when no games are scheduled, practice times are as follows:
Middle School: 3:00 – 4:15 p.m.; may be extended to 4:30 p.m. (Monday through Thursday)
Upper School Varsity, Junior Varsity and Ninth Grade: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.; some practices may begin by 3:45 p.m. depending on facility availability. (Participation at this level includes Friday and weekend activity.)
Game schedules are developed in advance
of the upcoming season. All league schedules are established
by the league athletic directors, and non-league games
are scheduled by the director of athletics and director
of girls athletics. In general, Middle School plays
two games per week and Upper School teams play two or
three times per week. Upper School games are scheduled
on Tuesdays and Fridays; third team game day may vary,
and usually there are fewer games for third teams compared
to JV. Most Middle School girls’ games are scheduled
for Mondays and Wednesdays. Middle School boys’
teams generally play on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Upper
School third team game day varies, and there are usually
fewer games for this team compared to JV. Whenever a
Middle or Upper School game must be scheduled on a day
different than described above, the time and location
will be changed to accommodate the academic schedule.
Team sports are usually scheduled with varsity playing
first followed by the junior varsity. When facility
availability permits, Middle School games may be played
simultaneously.
Rules and Player Expectations
- Players who miss scheduled
practices without an excuse and without advance notice
to the head coach risk being unable to participate
in the competitions. Continued unexcused absences
could result in loss of sport credit. Absences due
to illness or injury are excused if there has been
a clear communication with the head coach. Any return
to participation after an injury or illness is at
the discretion of the athletic trainer or, in some
cases, the school nurse. If a player is tardy to practice,
the player must bring a note from an adult explaining
the lateness.
- All students are required to have
the following four documents on file with the school
nurse. These forms must be completed and submitted
prior to the first day of fall practices or first
day of school for students not participating in the
fall sports preseason practices.
1. Physician’s physical examination, including a health history and immunization report
2. Parents’ permission form
3. Medical insurance information
4. An emergency contact card.
- Dismissals for game times as well
as estimated return times will be posted each day
in the daily bulletin and on the school’s Web
site at www.penncharter.com. All game times and dates
are subject to change. Although this occurs infrequently,
when it does it is due to circumstances beyond the
control of the athletic department. Weather-related
schedule changes are announced after 1:00 p.m.
- Players must be in school by 9:00
a.m. on game days or they cannot participate in a
game that day without special permission from the
division director and athletic director. Players requiring
this exemption are expected to request this special
permission in advance.
- Players dismissed early from class
for games must make arrangements with their teachers
prior to dismissal to make up any missed work and/or
complete tests or quizzes. Before they leave for their
games, players are responsible for submitting all
work due in class on that day.
- Transportation to away games is
provided by the school. Players must return on the
van or bus unless they are going home with a parent
or guardian who has communicated directly with the
head coach. A player wishing to go home with another
teammate’s parent or guardian must have written
permission from his or her own parent or guardian.
In unusual circumstances, Upper School players will
be permitted to drive themselves to away games, provided
that a permission slip is on file with the athletic
department.
- Students in the Upper School need
to arrange for transportation home at the conclusion
of practice and/or after games. Students in ninth
grade who must use the 5:30 p.m. Penn Charter bus
can usually make arrangements with their coaches to
be excused from practice early.
- Team members are expected to conduct
themselves in accordance with athletic department
policies, the school’s honor code and Quaker
principles. Inappropriate behavior, including fighting,
during practice or games will not be tolerated.
- Players are responsible for maintaining
their own equipment and uniforms. Most sports will
require the student to provide or purchase some equipment
or supplies. Coaches will inform team members of these
needs at the start of the season. Some sports require
students to provide for their own personal equipment
(squash or tennis racquets, lacrosse helmets, baseball
gloves, field hockey sticks). In cases where the cost
of participation is prohibitive, parents should ask
the athletic department for assistance. School-owned
uniforms must be returned to the equipment manager
on the last day of the season. Students failing to
return all equipment and/or uniforms will be billed
accordingly. Parents and players should be aware of
the higher cost of purchasing a single replacement
uniform.
- Varsity letters are awarded to
Upper School players who meet the criteria as described
by each varsity head coach. Middle School students
receive certificates of participation.
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