| Please print the following page for your records. Below are the policies for gym usage. Any disregard to these policies could result in termination of gym time.
2016/2017 Elementary Gym Procedures
New for 2016/2017: All groups should be prepared for the possibility of splitting their gym time with another team.
Gym practices/events will start August 22nd and end May 19th. Sponsors/coaches must complete a form identifying the group name, what they are using the gym for, and the sponsors and or the head coach contact information. Along with this, each team must submit a team roster with each player’s home address. In order to process your request, a roster MUST be provided. Only the head coach may schedule practices. These forms must be filled out before you may use the gym each school year. You can find the link for these forms on the school website. Registering for teams may begin on Monday August 15th at 8:00am.
This year students in grades 2-4 may schedule practice at Pine Creek along with any of the men’s basketball groups with Mrs. Rischling at trischling@bennps.org . 5th-6th grade may schedule practice times at Heritage Elementary along with any men’s basketball groups with Mr. Laue at nlaue@bennps.org . K-1st and 7th- 8th grade may schedule practices at Bennington Elementary with Ms. Fitzgerald at afitzgerald@bennps.org . All scheduling requests need to be done via email. Do not call the school to schedule the gym. Coaches should plan in advance for their gym usage. Sponsors may begin this process on Mon. Aug. 15th, 2016.
Time slots for gym use are as follows, each team is only allowed 1 hour for practice with a 15 minutes window for teams to exit and enter. That does not mean extend your practice that extra 15 minutes. Pine Creek and Heritage times are 5:00-6:00, 6:15-7:15,7:30-8:30. Bennington Elementary times are 6:15-7:15 and 7:30-8:30. Weekend time slots may be scheduled between the times of 8:00 am –3:00 pm.
A second time slot may be scheduled on a weekly basis depending on availability of the gym. Sponsors may NOT use an assistant coach or the same team in a different league to schedule a second gym time.
Priority will be given to all school sponsored activities or district approved activities, and then to in-season youth activities as defined below: You may be asked to move a practice if it is necessary to have a high school sport that is in season practice at the facility you are at.
•Volleyball/Football (August 15th – November 13th) No spikes in gym for Football. •Regular Season Basketball (November 14th – February 26th) •Softball/Baseball/Soccer (February 27th – May 21st) – No bats, spikes, and only Incredi-balls allowed in gyms for baseball and softball!
You are required to set equipment up and take it down.
**Out of season activities may be scheduled, however they may lose their time to in-season activities**
Each team that schedules gym time will be sent a monthly calendar with all gym times that are scheduled. Please look at it very closely because there will also be days the gym will be closed to groups during holidays and school functions. The gym will be closed on all snow days, all staff in-service days, and school vacations.
Each team that uses the gyms for practices must consist of at least 50% of their players living in the Bennington School District or attending Bennington Public Schools. You must submit a roster along with the players home addresses and your head and assistant coaches names with your gym usage paperwork.
While using the gym the sponsor is responsible for keeping everyone associated with the group in the designated area and will be responsible for damage/vandalism that occurs in the school.
Groups that neglect the school building or do not follow the above procedures will be reported to the district office and run the risk of losing their gym access or other disciplinary actions.
To request gym time, please visit: http://goo.gl/dlizab |
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