It’s GO time for the next few weeks to be BUSY with our athletic events! Please consider signing up to help with these! Without volunteers, things like concessions won’t be available. Admissions Volunteers are a must, and we can’t ask the same people to help every time. Let’s be honest, no one has time for that! We have a number of experienced people to show you what to do!

*Note you must have completed your background check and volunteer training.

All Volleyball: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4eaea928a3fbce9-msbteam

MS Flag Football: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4eaea928a3fbce9-msffbvolunteer

JV Flag Football: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4eaea928a3fbce9-jvffbvolunteer

As we near the end of the first quarter, our children have absorbed many of our practices and habits. There is order and joy around every corner. We are inviting our children to distinguish right from wrong, good and bad, through our literature. We are instilling a love of moral literacy in students instead of social media, which fogs their judgment of reality. Our children are learning how to become adults. During these early years at school, students will stumble, make mistakes, fail, AND persevere. Students will learn from their failures and become resilient. Additionally, this is the time when students will have peer-to-peer conflict, which gives us the perfect opportunity to guide students to work through their disagreements and model a healthy and productive (loving) resolution.

Our goal is to model for students how to actively listen, seek understanding, and forgive. We are all vital in this learning process as we steer them through bumps in the road to teach them how to have positive interactions with one another during times of conflict. We also hope that students will learn from the stories that we read to develop the tools they need to navigate through conflict.

We should also differentiate between bullying and normal childhood conflict. There has been an increase in the usage of the word bullying. Bullying is a serious allegation, and it should not be used lightly. 

Bullying is an act that exploits an imbalance of power and places a student in reasonable fear of harm to their property/self and is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive. The continued action or threat creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for the student. Demonstrating mean and unkind acts are wrong, but this is not bullying.

Thank you for continuing to partner with us in our journey to shepherd and guide our scholars to demonstrate our core virtues. 

In Partnership,

Mrs. Arredondo 

Practice schedule for 5th / 6th Grade Flag Football:

Mondays/Wednesday – Narnia (Reepicheep & Pevensies) – 4:30 – 5:30

Tuesdays/Wednesdays – Middle Earth (Baggins & Oakenshield) – 4:30 – 5:30

Thursday & Fridays – No Practice

Practice Schedule for 5th / 6th Grade Volleyball:

Mondays/Wednesdays – Narnia (Reepicheep & Pevensies) – 4:30 – 5:30

Tuesdays / Thursday – Middle Earth (Baggins & Oakenshield) – 4:30 – 5:30

Upcoming Games:

Volleyball: 10/1/2022 – Oakenshield vs. Pevensies – 10 am

                                          Baggins vs. Reepicheep – 11 am

Final Tournament: October 6th

Game 1 – 5:30 pm

Game 2 – 6:30 pm

Championship Game: October 7th @ 5:00 pm

**Tournament standings will be released on Monday, 10/3.

Flag Football: Final Game October 6th @ 5 pm

Winter Intramurals are quickly approaching!

New Change: Intramurals will be transitioning BACK to Register My Athlete for a smoother registration process. After fall athletics, we found the process not to our standards for creating rosters and being able to get information out quicker. Moving intramurals (NOT MS & HS athletics) back to Register My Athlete will help us with a smoother registration process and better enable us to get you the information you need.

What sport will be happening for 5th & 6th graders?

Co-Ed Soccer will be the next sport!

How do I register my student?

Please see the attached file: RMA Parents Instructions on how to register your child. The attached document: Full-length Parent Training – Register My Athlete Users2 will also give you step-by-step instructions with photos.

When is the registration and what is the cost?

Registration opens October 1 and closes October 19.

The cost to participate is $115 (which includes an intramural shirt) OR $100 if you have already received an intramural shirt. You can pay the fee at this link:

https://greatheartswesternhills.configio.com/pd/622/2022-2023-intramurals?returncom=productlist&source=search

Can I get some more information?

Absolutely! If your child is interested in participating in Winter Intramurals. Please come to the athletics meeting on 10/6/2022 at 6:30 pm.

How does academic eligibility work?

The goal of our intramural program is to allow our students to grow and learn in sport, while simultaneously preparing them for what it means to compete for their school as a Student-Athlete. Students must be passing ALL classes (70% or above) in order to be eligible to compete. Passing classes is determined at Progress Report AND Report Card time. Please keep in mind, when registering your student, that academics will take priority over athletics.

When are practices and games?

The practice schedule for Winter Intramural Soccer is as follows:

M / W – Narnia (Houses Reepicheep & Pevensies)

T / Th – Middle Earth (Houses Baggins & Oakenshield)

Game Schedule:

Co-Ed Soccer

Game 1:  Baggins vs. Oakenshield – 10 am

Nov 12th Pevensies vs. Reepicheep – 11 am

Game 2: Oakenshield vs. Reepicheep – 10 am

Dec 3rd   Baggins vs. Pevensies – 11 am

Game 3: Oakenshield vs. Pevensies – 10 am

Dec 10th Baggins vs. Reepicheep – 11 am

Tournament:

Seed 1 vs. 3 – Dec 13th @ 4:45 pm

Seed 2 vs. Seed 4 – Dec 14th @ 4:45 pm

Championship – Dec 17th @ 11 am