10/28/2024
Winter Sports Season
Winter Sports Season Starts Tuesday November 12, 2024
Dear Highlander Families,
The Winter Sports season is right around the corner and is scheduled to start
Tuesday November 12, 2024. All Athletes playing a winter sports must have the following in order to participate in Winter Athletics:
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DIAA physical DIAA Physical Form
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Academically Eligible: All Incoming 9th, 10th and 11th grade students need to have 5 passing classes with 2 being majors (Math, Science, Social Studies, English or a Foreign Language) based on their first marking period report card.
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Register on Family ID Family ID Link
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Students must sign McKean Sportsmanship contract (Students will complete at the start of the regular school year)
This Winter McKean will be offering the following Sports:
Boys Basketball- Head Coach Stephon Johnson
Girls Basketball- Head Coach Ricky Brown
Wrestling-Head Coach Nicholas Dorda
Winter Cheerleading- Head Coach Sienna Nelson
Winter Track- Girls Head Coach Shakur Ali and Boys Head Coach Lakayla Williams
Swimming- Girls Head Coach Aleecia King and Boys Head Coach Jaxon Brown
Unified Basketball- TBD
McKean Student Athlete Expectations and Conduct:
Work Ethic: A strong work ethic shows perseverance, self-motivation, and the determination to work hard and continually improve. The last thing a coach wants is an athlete who gives up or breaks down when things get tough. Having a strong work ethic shows a coach you are capable of playing to your strengths AND through your weaknesses.
Be Coachable: How do you react to criticism? Your “coach-ability” tells a coach everything they need to know about you as a player. It’s simple; either you ARE or ARE NOT coachable. This has nothing to do with knowledge and everything to do your willingness to learn. You can either take constructive feedback and reach your potential or you can argue, get defensive, and take yourself out of the recruiting game. This is a LIFE lesson that will benefit you personally, and professionally, for years to come.
Character and Integrity: Character is determined by moral and ethical traits that uniquely define who you are as a person. Examples of good character traits are attitude, truthfulness, reliability, consistency, respectfulness, and self-awareness. Coaches can easily find out what kind a person you are and what you value by searching your
social media. Keep them clean! This is the fastest way to lose your scholarship.
Sense of Responsibility: This is easy to explain – take responsibility for your actions. It’s that simple. Stop making excuses as to why, when or how things happened, or justifying why you felt it was okay. You are the only one responsible for the way you respond and react in situations. Own it.
Leadership and Teamwork: Be a team player on-and-off the field. Strong leaders motivate by example and encourage others to be great. Success is making everyone around you better, not just yourself.