Winter Sports Start Dates and Paperwork 2018-19

NORTH HUNTERDON HIGH SCHOOL

WINTER SPORTS SEASON: PRACTICE START DATE/MEETING DATE FOR THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR

PLEASE NOTE:  FAMILY VACATIONS SHOULD NOT BE PLANNED FOR AFTER NOVEMBER 5th. MISSING PRACTICE AND TRYOUTS WILL JEOPARDIZE YOUR CHILD’S CHANCES OF MAKING A TEAM. THERE WILL BE NO TRY-OUT DATES AFTER THE INITIAL TRYOUT DATES.

• If you have questions regarding the process, please feel free to address those questions directly to the head coach. Please email the coach to make an appointment outside of practice or game time. If a parent or student has a concern, it is important to follow the chain of command with the Coach, Head Coach, Athletic Director, Assistant Principal and Principal respectively.
• Athletic Forms Website: http://www.nhvweb.net/nhhs/athletics/forms-for-athletics/

All coaches can be reached at the coach’s name @nhvweb.net or contact the Athletic Department at 908-714-4152.  (Example Chris Hrunka is chrunka@nhvweb.net.)

Based upon the listed starting dates for the 2018-19 Winter Sports Season, these are the dates required to meet the state guidelines for physicals and parent permission forms:

NHHS Athletic ASPEN Clearance Procedure

1. PAPERWORK: Parents must complete four forms in Aspen using their parent log in. If parents cannot access their account and/or they are having problems with Aspen, they should contact Sherri DiMarcello at sdimarcello@nhvweb.net. The following forms must be submitted:

Health Forms: These forms are completed only once per year and should be completed in August regardless of the season that the athlete participates. These forms do not close at any time in Aspen and can be updated as needed.

• OTC Form-Over the Counter Medication Form
• Emergency Medical Form

Athletic Forms: These forms must completed in Aspen during the specific dates set forth by the Athletic Dept. These forms are only open during those selected dates and new forms must be completed for each sport season in which the athlete participates.

• Health History Update Questionnaire (HHUQ)
• NHHS Interscholastic Sport and Intramural Consent Form

      Epipen, Inhaler and Diabetic Forms must also be submitted to health office prior to clearance.

1. MEDICAL: The School Doctor visits on Thursdays to clear physicals and then those physicals must be entered into Aspen which usually takes an additional day. Any and all questions regarding medical clearance should be referred to health office. Contacts include Kris Vitelli kvitelli@nhvweb.net and Cindy Peck cpeck@nhvweb.net. In order to be cleared the athlete must have the following:
2. Current Physical has been submitted and cleared by School Physician.
3. HHUQ has been reviewed/cleared by nurse and there are no restrictions.
4. Student does not have any medical restrictions in place from any previous conditions.

III. ImPACT: This section shows the student has a valid ImPACT Test. All questions regarding the ImPACT Test should be referred to the athletic trainers.  An ImPACT Test baseline administered prior to December 2016 has expired for the 2018-19 winter sport tryouts.  Students must bring their charged Chromebooks to the test.  An external mouse will be provided.  Contacts include Bill Jehl wjehl@nhvweb.net and Karen Korbul kkorbul@nhvweb.net.

REMINDER, AN ATHLETE IS NOT MEDICALLY CLEARED UNLESS HE/SHE HAS COMPLETED IMPACT TESTING.

1. ACADEMICS: This section indicates that the athlete has met their academic requirements. Any and all questions regarding academics should be directed to the student’s guidance counselor.

• PLEASE REMIND PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO RUN REPORTS IN ASPEN TO CHECK ON STATUS. PARENTS AND STUDENTS SHOULD NOT CONTACT HEALTH OFFICE, ATHLETIC OFFICE AND/OR SHERRI DIMARCELLO SIMPLY TO CHECK IF ITEMS WERE SUBMITTED.