2019-2020 Fall Sports Information Letter

Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope this letter finds you happy, healthy and enjoying the summer break. In preparation for the 2019 Fall Athletic Season I have enclosed some important information and deadlines for the upcoming school year.
Registration for Fall Sports will open on familyid starting Monday, July 1, 2019. The final day to accept registration online is Monday, August 19th. This deadline is required as time is needed prior to the start of the season to review forms, compile medical information, resolve all outstanding obligation and inform coaches of student’s eligibility. Please help us help your student-athlete to participate without any delay. In order to participate in ANY sport a student must meet all requirements stated in the Lyme-Old Lyme Athletic Handbook, which can be found on the Region18 website.  
The Mandatory Fall Sports Night for parents and players will be Thursday, August 15th at 6:30pm at LOLHS.  The nurses will be available to check on the status of your child’s physical that night, however; it is recommended that you contact our health office prior to the night.
Anyone interested in participating in football, must complete familyid.com registration prior to practice on  August 19th.  You will need to be cleared through the Lyme-Old Lyme athletic department prior to attending any practices or workouts with Valley Regional.  Football season begins on Monday, August 19th. Once registration is complete, your information will be forwarded to the Valley Coaches and Athletic Director who will contact you with more information about the upcoming season so the sooner you get registered on familyid the better. 

CHECKLIST FOR PARTICIPATION IN FALL SPORTS:

• Review the Lyme-Old Lyme Athletic Handbook located on the Region 18 webpage
• Complete the online athletic registration at www.familyid.com 
• Confirm with nurse’s office that your physical is up to date (must be within the last 13 months) 
• Confirm with Athletic Trainer that ImPact Test (concussion baseline) is up to date. 
• Be sure that there are NO outstanding balances on your school account. (posted on the parent portal in PowerSchool) or Contact Pat Bugbee in the Main Office
• Complete the REGISTRATION AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION on the Districts FamilyID (formally the Green Form)

 IMPORTANT DATES FALL  SPORTS

• July 1, 2019 - Fall Sports Registration OPENS - 12:00 AM
• August 15, 2019- High School Fall Sports Night - 6:30pm-8:30pm
• August 16, 2019 - ImPact Testing (High School Girls Volleyball) - 12:00 PM
• August 16, 2019 - ImPact Testing (High School Cross Country) - 1:00 PM
• August 16, 2019 - ImPact Testing (High School Boys Soccer) -2:00 PM
• August 16, 2019 - ImPact Testing (High School GIrls Soccer) - 3:00 PM
• August 16, 2019 - ImPact Testing (High School Football & Swimming) - 4:00 PM
• August 16, 2019 - Fall Set-Up/Clean-up - 9:00am -11:00am
• August 19, 2019 -High School Fall Sports Registration CLOSES -11:59 PM
• August 19, 2019 -High School Football Begins -5:30pm AT VALLEY REGIONAL
• August 22, 2019 - High School Boys and Girls Cross Country Begins
• August 29, 2019 - High School Girls Swimming, B/G Soccer & Girls Volleyball Begins
• August 30, 2019 -High School Unified Fall Sports Registration CLOSES -11:59 PM
• September 3, 2019 - Unified Fall Sports Begins - 2:30 PM
• December 4, 2019 - High School Fall Sports Awards Banquet - 6:30pm-8:30pm

REGISTRATION PROCESS:
Our schools sport registration is offered via online registration through Familyid.com. FamilyID is a secure registration platform that provides you with an easy, user-friendly way to register for our programs, and helps us to be more administratively efficient. When you register through FamilyID, the system keeps track of your information in your FamilyID profile. You enter your information only once for each family member for multiple uses and multiple programs, you will only ever need to update information and resubmit each athletic season…
***When completing the online registration, you will be fulfilling the requirement for the following forms and agreements.

• Permission to Participate in Athletics
• Extracurricular Activities Notification Acknowledgement (Policy 3600)
• Medical Data Sheet
• Concussion and Head Injury Awareness & Consent
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Program​

A parent/guardian should register by using this link: http://www.familyid.com/lyme-old-lyme-public-schools
At any time, you may log in at www.familyid.com to update your information and to check your registration(s) and their status. To view a completed registration, select the 'Registration' tab on the blue bar.  For support with registration or questions regarding familyid Contact FamilyID at: support@familyid.com or 888-800-5583 x1. Support is available 7 days per week and messages will be returned promptly.
If you have any questions, please contact Athletic Director Hildie Heck via email at heckh@region18.org or by calling 860-434-1651 ext. 1014.


Hildie Heck
Athletic Director
Lyme-Old Lyme Public Schools