Dear Middle School Students and Parents,
It is hard to believe that school has ended. The start of the fall sports seems so far away. However, knowing that so many plans need to be made in advance, we are publishing the information about our 2012-2013 athletic programs much earlier than the August communications of past years. Included is a significant change. In response to parent requests, we have set aside a day when no after school athletics (games or practices) will be scheduled for our middle school, making it easier to schedule lessons, appointments, and other obligations. That day will be Wednesday.
There are several pieces to this letter. For purposes of information, you will find descriptions of the various interscholastic programs that we hope to offer during the coming school year. We are also providing a tentative schedule of games for the fall and winter seasons. Please be aware that these will, no doubt, change. There is also an interest sheet. Please have your son/daughter complete the form and return it to the athletic department. By gaining an earlier idea of participation levels, we can review schedules, uniforms and coaching needs well in advance of the season.
In addition to that information, you will also find a number of important forms. These are required. We cannot permit participation without these forms:
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Parent Consent Form (to be signed by a parent/guardian);
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Sports Physical Examination Form (to be completed by the student’s
Doctor)
As we move a little deeper into the summer, plans are in motion to add detail to our website. By the end of July, we hope to make available a new Student/Parent Athletic Handbook. This will provide information relating to commonly asked questions (playing time, uniforms, etc). Another project that has begun relates to our opponents’ locations. We hope to include (at the very least) the addresses of each facility. This will be particularly useful for the indoor sports played on campus. We will also look to obtain directions to the sites commonly used for the field sports (Red Hook; Con Edison Field; Met Oval; Randalls’ Island) and publish these on the website as well. Please bear with us. This may take considerably more time.
Carmine Giovino or I will be available throughout the summer. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. The most reliable means is email (dmcgrath@berkeleycarroll.org; cgiovino@berkeleycarroll.org). Have a restful, enjoyable, and happy summer.
Sincerely,
Dick McGrath
Director of Athletics
Berkeley Carroll Interscholastic Athletics
2012-2013
Fall Season
7/8 Boys---- 7/8 Girls Soccer
Open to all 7th and 8th grade students, each team will play opponents from schools located throughout New York City. Practices will take place in Prospect Park and will generally end by 5:30 PM.
7/8 Girls Volleyball
Open to all 7th and 8th grade girls. No prior experience is necessary. Practices will be held in the Lincoln Place gymnasium and focus on skill development. A number of games have also been scheduled.
5/6 Coed Soccer
Open to both boys and girls, the program seeks to develop soccer skills and interest. There will be approximately 2 scheduled practices (or games) each week. By NYSAIS rules, no more that four interscholastic contests can be scheduled for a team at this level.
Swim Club
This is a noncompetitive program that will meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:30/3:45 to 4:30/4:45 (times subject to the new dismissal points). It is open to both boys and girls in the fifth through eighth grades. Students in fifth and sixth grades are required to travel from Lincoln Place to the Athletic Center as a group under adult supervision. Seventh and eighth grade students can receive permission from parents to walk to the Athletic Center on their own. That exception will not be allowed for fifth and sixth graders.
Winter Season
7/8 Boys Basketball----7/8 Girls Basketball
The completion of the construction projects will permit practices and games in the Lincoln Place gymnasium. Both teams will play a competitive game schedule; in addition to the games, practices will be scheduled two to three days a week, lasting approximately 1 hour.
5/6/7/ 8 Swimming
The program is open to both boys and girls. The schedules are more league dependent and incomplete at this time. Participants can expect to practice 2 or 3 days each week, for approximately one hour. These will almost always be the hour immediately after school. Fifth and sixth grade participants will leave Berkeley Carroll with an adult as a group; seventh and eighth graders may receive parental permission to walk to the Athletic Center on their own. Because of the time demands on the pool, there will not be a “Swim Club” during the winter season.
Spring Season
Boys Baseball
The program is open to 7th and 8th grade boys. Practices will start in March (weather permitting), taking place in Prospect Park 2 or 3 days a week. A tentative game schedule is attached.
Girls Softball
The program is open to 7th and 8th grade girls. Like the boys, practices/meetings will start in March. A preliminary schedule of games accompanies this letter.
Co-Ed Track
We are very interested in establishing a track program for our middle school boys and girls. The ACIS hosts several meets at this level at the Red Hook track. Having attended a meet to observe, this would be a worthwhile option to offer our middle school students. Should we find the requisite interest (6-8 students), this will become a part of our athletic offerings next spring.
Swim Club
The program resumes after the winter season. (See fall description)
Note
Information about other, non-interscholastic offerings, similar to the basketball and volleyball programs offered this spring, will be available in February/March.
Preliminary Game Schedules
Girls 7/8 Soccer
Thurs 9/20 Away @ SIA 3:45
Fri 9/28 Home v Avenues 4:00
Fri 10/5 Home v Packer 4:15
Tues 10/16 Home v UNIS Queens 4:15
Thurs 10/18 Away @ Poly Prep 4:30
Mon 10/22 Away @ Friends Sem. 4:00
Thurs 10/25 Away @ UNIS 4:15
Boys 7/8 Soccer
Tues 9/18 Away @ UNIS Q 4:15
Thur 9/20 Away @ SIA 5:15
Fri 9/28 Away @ Friends 4:00
Thur 10/4 Away @ Dwight 4:15
Fri 10/5 Away @ Packer 4:15
Tues 10/16 Home v St Anns 4:15
Fri 10/19 Away @ Leman 4:15
Mon 10/22 Away @ BFS 4:15
Thurs 10/25 Away @ UNIS 4:15
Tues 10/30 Home v Avenues 4:00
Girls 7/8 Volleyball
Fri 9/21 Home v SIA 4:00
Thurs 9/27 Away @ UNIS 4:00
Fri 9/28 Away @ Friends 4:15
Tues 10/2 Away @ Packer 4:15
Fri 10/5 Home v Leman 4:15
Tues 10/16 Home v St Anns 4:00
Mon 10/22 Away @ BFS 4:00
Thurs 10/25 Home v Dwight 4:00
5th & 6th Coed Soccer
Tues 10/2 Home v Packer 4:15
Tues 10/16 Away @ St Anns 4:15
Thurs 10/18 Away @ Leman 4:15
Mon 10/22 Home v Friends 4:15
Fall Swim Club
Tuesday, 9/11 Thursday, 10/11
Thursday, 9/13 Tuesday, 10/16
Tuesday, 9/18 Thursday, 10/18
Thursday, 9/20 Tuesday, 10/23
Thursday, 9/27 Thursday, 10/25
Tuesday, 10/2 Tuesday, 10/30
Thursday, 10/4 Thursday, 11/1
Tuesday, 10/9
Boys 7/8 Basketball
Thurs 12/6 Home v Bay Ridge 4:00
Fri 12/7 Away @ Avenues 5:00
Mon 12/10 Away @ BFS 5:15
Tues 12/11 Home v Friends 4:30
Tues 12/18 Home v UNIS 5:15
Fri 01/11 Home v St Anns 5:15
Mon 01/14 Home v Leman 5:00
Thurs 01/17 Away @ UNIS 4:30
Tues 01/22 Home v Packer 5:15
Mon 01/28 Away @ Calhoun 5:15
Thurs 01/31 Home v SIA 5:15
Tues 02/05 Home v UNIS Q 5:15
Mon 02/11 Home v St Lukes 4:00
Girls 7/8 Basketball
Fri 12/7 Away @ Avenues 4:00
Mon 12/10 Away @ BFS 4:00
Tues 12/11 Home v Friends 5:30
Tues 12/18 Home v UNIS 4:15
Fri 01/11 Home v St Anns 4:00
Mon 01/14 Home v Leman 4:00
Fri 01/25 Home v Packer 5:15
Mon 01/28 Away @ Calhoun 4:00
Thurs 01/31 Home v SIA 4:00
Tues 02/05 Home v UNIS Q 4:15
Thurs 02/14 Home v St Lukes 4:00
Boys 5/6 Basketball
Fri 01/25 Home v St Lukes 4:00
Tues 01/29 Away @ Leman 4:00
Thurs 01/31 Away @ SIA 5:00
Mon 02/04 Home v Friends Sem. 5:30
Girls 5/6 Basketball
Mon 01/28 Home v St Lukes 4:00
Thurs 01/31 Away @ SIA 4:00
Mon 02/04 Home v Friends Sem. 4:30
5/6/7/8 Swimming
Thurs 01/10 Home v Sacred Heart 4:30
Thurs 01/17 Away @ Leman 4:00
7/8 Girls Softball
Thurs 04/04 Home v Avenues 4:00
Thurs 04/11 Home v SIA 4:15
Thurs 04/18 Away @ BFS 4:00
Mon 04/22 Away @ Packer 4:15
Mon 04/29 Home v Friends 4:15
Thurs 05/02 Away @ SIA 4:15
Thurs 05/09 Away @ St Anns 4:15
Mon 05/13 Home v BFS 4:15
7/8 Boys Baseball
Thurs 04/04 Home v Avenues 4:00
Thurs 04/11 Away @ SIA 4:15
Thurs 04/18 Away @ BFS 4:00
Mon 04/22 Home v Packer 4:15
Mon 04/29 Away @ Friends 4:15
Thurs 05/02 Home v SIA 4:15
Thurs 05/09 Away @ St Anns 4:15
Mon 05/13 Home v BFS 4:15
Middle School Track (tentative)
Wednesday, 4/3: Developmental Meet 4:00
Thursday, 4/11: ACIS Meet 4:00
Friday, 4/26: ACIS Meet 4:00
Friday, 5/3: ACIS Meet 4:00
Friday, 5/10: ACIS Meet 4:00
Spring Swim Club
Tuesday, 3/5 Thursday, 4/18
Thursday, 3/7 Tuesday, 4/23
Tuesday, 3/12 Thursday, 4/25
Thursday, 3/14 Tuesday, 4/30
Tuesday, 4/2 Thursday, 5/2
Thursday, 4/4 Tuesday, 5/7
Tuesday, 4/9 Thursday, 5/9
Thursday, 4/11 Tuesday, 5/14
Tuesday, 4/16 Thursday, 5/16
Interest Form
(Please return to Athletic Department)
Name:______________________________________________/Grade____________________
Fall
__________ Boys 7/8 Soccer
__________ Girls 7/8 Soccer
__________ Girls 7/8 Volleyball
__________ 5/6 Co-Ed Soccer
__________ Fall Swim Club
Winter
__________ Boys 5/6 Basketball
__________ Girls 5/6 Basketball
__________ Boys 7/8 Basketball
__________ Girls 7/8 Basketball
__________ 5/6/7/8 Swimming (Boys and Girls)
Spring
__________ Boys 7/8 Baseball
__________ Girls 7/8 Softball
__________ Track (Boys and Girls)
__________ Co-Ed Track
__________ Spring Swim Club