UMS Spring Sports 2024
University Middle School Spring Sports
Greetings, UMS Family,
It's hard to believe that it's 2024! Time flies when you are having fun. That said, it is time for UMS Spring Sports. After reviewing the UMS Spring Sports Survey sent out prior to the holidays, we have decided to postpone the launch of our softball and baseball programs. This decision was made based on the level of student interest and the availability of coaches. As it stands, we will offer Track & Field, Boys Soccer, Golf, and Tennis (more information to follow on Tennis). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
FINAL FORMS - Student Eligibility
As we transition into the Spring, we will launch University Schools Final Forms for Athletics. Many of you may already be familiar with Final Forms through your student's participation in Extended Learning (EL) activities. Final Forms is our Athletics and EL administrative management platform. If you have already created an account for EL, you will use this same account for Athletics. Easy! If you have not created an account, I will include a link with instructions in this message. Final Forms allows us to go paperless for athletic administration. So, that thick stack of forms you have been filling out every year for your student to play sports is a thing of the past! You will simply access the digital version of these forms in your account, review, and digitally sign each year. Your single account will give you access to all of your student's EL and Athletic activities for Campus School, UMS, and UHS. If your student plans to participate in athletics at University Schools, we ask that you please set up a Final Forms account and complete all of the required forms. Coaches for each sport will utilize Final Forms for team roster management, emergency contact information, parent communication, and student athlete eligibility.
Physicals
In order to participate in interscholastic athletics (this includes conditioning, practice and/or competitions), students must have a pre-participation medical evaluation form (i.e., sports physical) signed by a Doctor of Medicine, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, or certified nurse practitioner stating that the student has passed a physical examination. This form must be dated on or after April 15, 2023. For those of you that have a current physical for your student, simply scan and upload it into your Final Forms account. If your student has not completed a physical on or after April 15th, 2023, you can simply print the forms from your account and have your physician complete it after the exam. Once this is done, please scan and upload it into your account.
Athletic Participation Fees
As of January 2024, there will be an athletic participation fee of $150 per athlete, per sport for UHS and UMS. This fee will not be assessed until the Head Coach finalizes his/her final team roster in Final Forms. Once final team rosters have been determined, families will receive an email with payment details.
Sport Specific Information
Spring Golf: The University Middle School golf coach will hold an interest meeting on February 5th at 7pm via the zoom link below. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please contact Coach Dallas Geer to learn more.
Topic: U Middle Golf Interest Meeting
Time: Feb 5, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87627375543?pwd=55pArq6MpmrSb0JNgzh69CaeERolEv.1
Meeting ID: 876 2737 5543
Passcode: UMiddle
More information regarding conditioning, tryouts, practices, etc. will be communicated by coaches from each sport. Be sure to set up your Final Forms account (if you haven't already) and register your student for the sport they want to participate in.