TRYOUTS FOR FALL SPORTS BEGIN AUGUST 3, 2015 CHECK INDIVIDUAL SPORT PAGES FOR TIME AND PLACE OF TRYOUTS ALL FORMS CAN BE FOUND UNDER ‘FILES AND LINKS’

In order to ensure compliance with state and county eligibility requirements, WPHS has begun the use of eligibility cards (Yellow Cards) YOU MAY NOT TRY OUT WITHOUT A YELLOW CARD! MAKE COPIES OF EVERYTHING YOU TURN IN FOR YOUR RECORDS! YELLOW CARDS WILL BE ISSUED ON OUR PHYSICAL TURN IN NIGHT IN LATE JULY (EXACT DATE TBD)

A Yellow Card will be issued when the following requirements have been met: 1. VHSL physical form 2. Emergency care form 3. Either private or school health insurance 4. On line concussion seminar (parent and student) 5. Weight room use form 6. All students must have passed 5 classes last semester (except rising Freshman)

# 1: VHSL PHYSICAL FORM Three pages are filled out by parent, one page by doctor. Physical must have been performed AFTER May 1, If you are doing green days, you may turn these into the coach. If not, turn into Activities Office. The student signs in two places, parent signs in three. Make sure Dr. has signed and DATED page 3. If you had your physical done at school, we will have that on record.

# 2: EMERGENCY CARE FORM BOTH sides must be completed and form must be signed by parent. Make many copies as you’ll need them for the main office and for each sport you play. Bring a copy to Activities Office (even if you’ve already turned it into a coach).

# 3: HEALTH INSURANCE Students must have either private insurance or purchase school insurance. School Accident Insurance may be purchased prior to the start of the season. As soon as we know the name and contact information of this coming year’s vendor, we will post it.

# 4: CONCUSSION EDUCATION PROGRAM Student and one parent must complete this online seminar. You do not need to print anything when you are done as your information automatically goes into our system. DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH THE IMPACT PROGRAM used by our Certified Athletic Trainers to measure baselines on each athlete. concussion/ceov_program.shtml concussion/ceov_program.shtml

CONCUSSION EDUCATION PROGRAM… Virginia Code requires all student- athletes and a parent complete a concussion education program EACH SCHOOL YEAR. Parents need only complete the program one time for all their children participating in FCPS athletics if they register each child's FCPS ID number PRIOR to viewing the slideshow. Your computer must allow "pop-ups", if you have a pop-up blocker enabled, please "allow pop-ups" for this application.

QUESTIONS? Contact Activities Office staff: Aaron Helmick, Director of Student Activities – (available all summer) Barbara Mahony, Assistant Director of Student Activities (out in July) Chris Beal, Activities Office Guru (out in July)