Activities Director:  Paul Randolph

PO Box 130, 740 Maple Drive

St. Croix Falls, WI  54024

Phone:  715-483-2507 ext. 1305    

Fax:  715-483-3695                             

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CHIP and Medicaid are available now! This summer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching Get Covered. Get in the Game. in seven pilot states, including Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Wisconsin. The pilot is designed to bring coaches, schools, families and communities together to raise awareness about available health coverage and get eligible children enrolled. Getting covered will protect them both on and off the field.

Nearly five million uninsured kids are eligible for health coverage today. Get Covered. Get in the Game. supports the Connecting Kids to Coverage challenge issued by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in February, which calls on government and community leaders, the faith community, and others to help enroll the nearly five million kids who are eligible for CHIP or Medicaid but remain uninsured.

CMS has developed the materials below to provide information to families and to train coaches about CHIP and Medicaid, so they can help promote the programs throughout the entire school community.

Click here to access Wisconsin coverage for you and your family.

 

>PARENT/ATHLETE MEETING INFORMATION CLICK HERE! <

The 2010-2011 School Year is right around the corner and that means Fall sports and activities are as well.  We encourage each and every student to participate in some form of extracurricular offering during the school year.  It is proven that involved students are better students!

Below under athletic forms you will find the paperwork and information that you will need to begin practicing on the first day of your activity.  Most coaches will be sending out additional information in the mail shortly, if you have not already received a mailing. 

The MANDATORY PARENT/ATHLETE meeting for high school students, grades 9-12, will be held on Tuesday, August 10th at 6:00 pm in the High School Gym.  Please print-off the forms that you will need, fill them out, and bring them with you to the meeting with your coaches.  Activity fees are also payable on this date and checks for $25 can be made payable to SCF Schools. 

The number of athletes doing summer preparation has been totally impressive and I am very proud of our young Saints as they are preparing every day for the upcoming 2010-2011 seasons.  With preparation comes success and I am really looking forward to this year of exciting events and many successes by our student/athletes.  If you have not been participating in summer weightlifting and conditioning opportunities, please - it is not to late to start!  Weightroom hours are daily until August 6th:

Morning Session         6:30 – 7:30 am           Mon-Fri

                                    7:30 – 8:30 am           Mon-Fri

                                    8:30 – 9:30 am           Mon-Fri

Evening Session          6:30 – 7:30 pm           Mon-Thurs

Adults and out-of-district residents are welcome to participate.

Open weight room is free for district students.  Adults and out-of-district residents must pay a $1 per time usage fee.

The fall schedules are conveniently located on the home page of the website as they become confirmed and also on each individual sport page.  These are also printable for your convenience. 

Please check back frequently as I will continue to add additional information as it becomes available. 

If you have any questions, please call me at 715-483-2507 ext. 1406 and I will do what I can to help you.

Have a great rest of the summer and I look forward to seeing you soon!

Kelly

A friendly reminder:

Summertime is defined as the last day of school to the first day of school.  

There are some leagues around the state getting ready to start summer practice and play.  I would advise organizers, especially in pre-season and summer leagues to see that teams are as diverse as they can possibly be during the school year which has not ended for some of our member schools.  No  team should be made up exclusively of students from the same school. Merely grade level diversification is not acceptable.

The rule applies outside the sport season during the school year and not during the summer. If you look at the team, does it look like a school team?

Parents and athletes should be reminded that participation in a non-school competition or run in the same sport during the season is not allowed by member school WIAA rules.  
 
Summer Contact rules apply from the last day of school until the first day of school.  Coaches and schools may have five unrestricted days of contact with their athletes before July 31. Unlimited "non-school" contact is allowed in the sports of  baseball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling.

For more information, go to the WIAA web site at http://www.wiaawi.org

As schedules are confirmed, they are posted under their sport. Click on the sport, then scroll down until you see the schedule news item - you can view/print from there.

A BIG

         SAINT’S

THANK      YOU!

To our Fall Season Sponsors:

Anchor Bank

Anytime Fitness

Bont Chiropractic

Casterton Title and Closing Company, Inc.

Copy Shop

Dalles Auto Sales

Dalles House

Dresser Traprock, Inc.

Eagle Valley Bank

Falls Orthodontics

Johnson Motors

Movie Store

Polk Burnett Electric

The River Bank

River Valley Coaching

St. Croix Falls Eye Associates

St. Croix Valley Landscaping

Veneman Dental Care

Wal*Mart

Thanks also to Reflective Images for creating the sport posters and continually providing the school district with beautiful photos.

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Last Minute!

PHYSICAL EXAM CARD * (green): Anyone who desires to participate in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Program (WIAA) must have their physical exam information card on file in the Activities Office prior to the first day of practice. A licensed physician must sign the appropriate form.

ALTERNATE YEAR CARD * (buff): Must be completed on the alternate year. Alternate year is the second year of a physical taken after April 1st.

Cards are available in the Activities Office or at your clinic. 

If your child needs a physical and your family cannot afford it, please contact the office so we can help you fund a physical 715-483-2507 ext. 1406.

We would like all of our students involved in extracurricular activities.

Activity Fees 2010-2011

High School                                 $25 per activity

Middle School                              $20 per activity

MS Drama and Forensics                        $15 per activity

Activity Fee Family Cap                         $100

Again, if this is a hardship for any family, please contact me and I will help you.

What you must have for the

beginning of your season:

• Your athletic physical or parent permit card.
• Your Student Information Card that was mailed to you prior to this meeting, with corrections.
• Your activity fee ($15) made payable to SCF Schools. (Per activity)
• Your High School Athletic Eligibility Information Bulletin; filled out and signed by parent and athlete.
• Your signed Sportsmanship Pledge Form, signed by parents and athlete.
• Your signed Activity Code, signed by parents and athlete.

The WIAA is against the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and other performance enhancing substances (PES).  Drugs that are illegal or could be harmful if taken in excess amount:

Steroids                           Androstenediol                            Insulin                     DHT                                 

EPO                                Ephedra                                       Ephedrine                Nor Androstenediol

DHEA                            Pheromone                                   Diruetics                  Pro Hormones  

Other more common products that the schools may NOT provide and/or allow in connection with school’s programs are as follows:

Creatine                           Ginseng                           HMB               Vivarin                           

No Doz                            Co Enzyme Q                 Pyruvate          AAKG                                          NO2                                 Protein Powders

L-Carnitine                       CLA                               Pyruvate          Amino Acids                  

Herbal Caffeine                Caffeine-enhanced products                   Chromium Piconlinate

Energy Drinks such as:  Red Bull, Amp, Advance by Powerade, Code Blak

The above items may not be brought to school or any athletic contests. 

A handout listing all products and warning signs is available on the door of the activities office.

We soon will be preparing our fall season athletic posters to be posted throughout the community.  If you would be interested in purchasing an ad on our poster, please contact the activities office at 715-483-2507 ext. 1406.  Not only is your ad included on the poster, it is also printed on game programs.  Reach a few hundred people a week with our ads.  A GREAT DEAL!  All money collected is spent on SCF students. 

Do you have Grandmas and Grandpas that love to watch sports?  We have senior citizen passes for free admission to all home games (excluding tournaments).  Pick one up in the Activities Office. 

HEADS UP - PLAY IT SAFE

Each year, more than seven million high school students participate in interscholastic sports in the United States. For instance, there are 1.2 million high school football athletes, compared to 38,000 college and 1,700 professional football players.  There are approximately 1.4 million sports injuries, according to a 2006 national sports injury survey.

The good news is that injury rates have dropped by half in the last decade as sports medicine techniques have improved, along with a growing awareness of the importance of preventing and treating injuries, said Dawn Comstock, an assistant professor at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She administers the survey, which tracks sports-related injuries at 100 high schools throughout the country.

Coaches are instructed on how to spot a concussion, but having parents know the same information is important, as the kids go home with you. 

The signs of concussion are not always well recognized. And because of that, teens may put themselves at risk for another injury. For example, players may return to a game before they should, thinking nothing's wrong. That's a problem, because if the brain hasn't healed properly from a concussion and someone gets another brain injury (even if it's with less force), it can be serious.

Repeated injury to the brain can lead to swelling, and sometimes people develop long-term disabilities, or even die, as a result of serious head injuries. So it's really important to recognize and understand the signals of a concussion.

Although we may think of a concussion as someone losing consciousness (passing out), a person can have a concussion and never lose consciousness.

Symptoms of a concussion may include:

• "seeing stars" and feeling dazed, dizzy, or lightheaded
• memory loss, such as trouble remembering things that happened right before and after the injury
• nausea or vomiting
• headaches
• blurred vision and sensitivity to light
• slurred speech or saying things that don't make sense
• difficulty concentrating, thinking, or making decisions
• difficulty with coordination or balance (such as being unable to catch a ball or other easy tasks)
• feeling anxious or irritable for no apparent reason
• feeling overly tired

Awesome Links: 

Stack Magazine:  For the Athlete, By the Athlete

Inside Wisconsin Sports

Wisconsin Sports Net

School Song
To St. Croix High we’re loyal
For our honor it is due
And we’ll ever stand defenders
Of our colors white and blue
Let our spirits be unconquered
In the classroom and the gym
Send a challenge to our rivals
Let them know we’re out to win!

St. Croix High Alma Mater
High above the St. Croix waters,
Striving toward the sky;
Stands our dear old Alma Mater;
Hail to St. Croix High
St. Croix High to thee we’re loyal,
And we’ll always be…
Proud we’re gone to this dear high school;
Hail, O hail to thee, to thee;
Hail to St. Croix High.

MISSION/PHILOSOPHY
The School District of St. Croix Falls believes that one of the primary purposes of education is to provide each student with the values and training necessary to lead a rewarding and happy life.  The St. Croix Falls District is pleased to have you participate in its co-curricular program.  As an integral part of the total school experience, the program is designed to help students become successful individuals and better citizens of our school, community, state, and nation.  Additionally, the activities and sports programs allow each participant to make a personal commitment to healthy involvement in activities, which expand and enrich their academic program. These activities provide opportunities for the youth of this community to develop the proper ideals of sportsmanship, ethical conduct, and fair play.  Participation in this school program is a privilege for which every student should be willing to meet the challenges deemed necessary to fulfill these ideals.  It is with this in mind that the School District of St. Croix Falls Activity Code has been established.  The intent of this co-curricular policy is to provide you and your parents or guardian with a reference to your responsibilities and the school's expectations for your participation in the St. Croix Falls co-curricular program.  No code can be all-inclusive.  Whenever conduct or behavior is determined to be inappropriate a consequence will be appraised.

OBJECTIVES
1.      To provide the best possible instruction to learn the skills of competitive and lifetime activities.
2.      To develop within the students the determination and dedication necessary to complete their chosen goals.
3.      To develop the self-discipline, self-confidence, and self-understanding necessary for a successful life.
4.      To develop a willingness to place the good of the group before desires of the individual.
5.      To teach that a consequence follows the violation of a rule.
6.      To provide a "whole school" interest and activity that will develop school pride in all students.
7.      To provide opportunities to exemplify and observe good sportsmanship.
8.      To provide the opportunities for developing lasting friendships, both with teammates and opponents.
9.      To provide a foundation for building good school moral and community involvement.

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