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All About Sports Physicals / Medical Clearance: Your Questions Answered
NOTE: FALL SPORTS FORMS WERE DUE 7/22/16 TO THE MONTE VISTA OFFICE! Miss the deadline? You could try mailing them to the school office attn: Melissa French. No guarantee that they will be accepted late. The office is closed until Aug. 11.
Fill out and turn in the forms from your sports registration paperwork packet in the Monte Vista main office ON TIME. They are due on or before July 22. The main administration office will be open for sports packet drop off as follows: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. during the following dates: June 14-June 23 and July 6-July 22.
All About Sports Physicals
Monte Vista requires each athlete to turn in a "Pre-Participation
Physical Evaluation Clearance Form". The state of California requires
this form from all high school athletes. The form must be signed and stamped
by a doctor. In my experience as Team Mom, there are three common
mistakes that doctors, parents and athletes make with the physical
forms:
a) The doctor's office fails to put the date on the form. Yep. Seriously.
b) The doctor's office fails to STAMP the form.
c) The athlete and parent fail to turn the form in on time and the athlete gets banned from participation.
You can get a physical from your usual doctor. If your last physical
was completed less than one year ago and you competed in an MV sport
last year, your existing clearance form is still valid. When you turn in
your 2016 sports form paperwork, include a note on the physical clearance form "On File
-- will turn in new 2016-2017 physical form as soon as athlete's
2016-2017 exam is due." Please note, however, that on the day last
year's physical expires, the athlete will be barred from practice and meets
until a new physical exam is completed and a new clearance form is
turned in to the MV office. The administration is VERY strict about this.
If your health insurance requires you to wait a full year + one day
between physicals, you might want to consider getting the Muir
Orthopedics Pass to Play Sports Physical on July 30. With the sports physical done in the summer, an athlete will be able to
compete all year in MVHS sports without interruption or needing to get
another clearance form done.
Some doctors offices will fill out the physical clearance form WITHOUT
doing a new physical. They will refer to the athlete's most recent
physical exam and recent medical history and complete the form,
sometimes without even an appointment. Call your pediatrician to find
out. Usually, the office will charge a fee for the form to be completed.
If your athlete has a physical scheduled this summer and it will occur
on or before Aug. 12, then, when you turn in your sports packet, include
a note: "Sports physical is scheduled for (enter date). Will turn in
clearance form immediately
after."
Again, consider signing up for Muir Orthopedics "Pass to Play" Sports Physicals
for just $30 on July 30. No health insurance needed! The exam's $30
total price is less than most people's co-pays to see their regular
doctor. After
you have received the signed and stamped copy of the Clearance
Form back from Muir Ortho, submit it to Melissa French in the Monte
Vista bookkeeper's office (you will have already turned in the rest of
your forms with a note indicating the sports physical appointment on
July 30). Muir Orthopedics supports Monte Vista athletics year round
and, in particular, with a donation back to Monte Vista of $30 for each
Pass to Play physical performed (yes, they donate back the full $30 exam
fee).
List of All 2016 Volunteer Opportunities
The team uses Sign Up Genius for volunteer management. We ask each family to volunteer a parent for at least two meets (and more if possible).
All volunteer jobs for our 2016 season can be found on our team page on Sign Up Genius.
Please sign up today!!
Coach Davis honored at 50th annual Calif. Coaches Assoc. Awards Night / Retirement celebration to be held Aug. 6
One of coach Davis' proudest achievements are the traditions that he either built upon or started outright. Going to running camp, the alumni race, continuing the overnight relay, the team web site, the Mt. SAC trip, Yogurt Shack runs, bad joke Fridays...are all traditions that have become the cornerstone of the MVXC experience. Coach Davis, who retired after the 2015 cross country season, remains active as a "coach emeritus" helping out with both the track and cross country teams in an advisory role.
On August 6, Monte Vista alumni and fans are invited to join in a celebration of Coach Davis' epoch as MVXC coach at Oak Hill Park immediately following the annual alumni run. The retirement party will be a casual potluck brunch/picnic. For more information about the Monte Vista Cross Country Team, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.