To:      Lincoln School Parents in Grades 6-8
From:  Scott Burke, Lincoln School District Athletic Director
Re:     2008 - 2009 Winter Basketball

I am writing to inform you about our after-school Athletic opportunities for your children this winter. The Lincoln Public School Athletic program offers four Basketball teams. We offer two Boys and two Girls Basketball teams. This opportunity is offered to students in Grades 6-8. The Basketball season goes from December 1st to February 12th.  There is no Basketball during Holiday vacation and weekends.  All practices and games are held after school Monday through Friday excluding Wednesday.

Fall	Winter	Spring
Boys Soccer 6-8 Coach: Steve Cullen Schedule   Girls Soccer 6-8 Schedule	Boys Basketball 6-8 A Team Coach: Steve Cullen Schedule Directions to away games Boys Basketball 6-8 B Team Coach: Ryan Cassidy Schedule Directions to away games	Boys Baseball 6-8 Coach: TBA
Girls Field Hockey 6-8 Coach: Ms. Cierzo Schedule	Girls Basketball 6-8 A Team Coach: Scott Burke Schedule Directions to away games Girls Basketball 6-8 B Team Coach: Schedule Directions to away games	Girls Softball 6-8 Coach: TBA
Coed Cross Country 5-8 Coach: David Trant Schedule		Coed Tennis 6-8 Coach: TBA

To enroll your child(ren) into one of our Basketball teams he/she must come to the Brooks School Gymnasium on December 1st.  December 1st is the first day of “Tryouts” for our Basketball program. Practices and tryouts will be held after school on Monday (2:45 - 4:00), Tuesday (2:45 - 4:00), Thursday (2:45 - 4:30) & Friday (2:45 - 4:00).

Kindly note that coming to tryouts and participating does not entitle your child to a spot on the team he/she signs up for. Regrettably, team sizes are limited to the number of students that is safe to coach and supervise for a season. Each Basketball team will have twelve students per team.

For a fee of $ 150.00, your child will be eligible to participate in a Winter interscholastic sport. Please make checks or money orders payable to Lincoln Public Schools.  All sports fees will be turned in to the Athletic Office located in the Brooks School gymnasium. Sports fees must be paid prior to the first game in a season to declare a student eligible for participation in any after-school sports offering.

Under Massachusetts’s regulations for Physical Examinations of school children, No child may participate without the results of a physical exam on file in the school nurse’s office.  All students must have had a physical within 13 months prior to the start of a season to participate in the Lincoln School Athletic program.
                                                           
In order to tryout and participate in after-school sports, each student must have the following on file before tryouts begin.

1. A signed athletic permission form.
2. A signed Medical Authorization/Sports Related Medical History form
3. The results of a physical exam on file in the School nurse’s office.