Author: TONY PROKOP

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

Students who would like to be a part of our Athletic program must comply with all the regulations put forward by the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA), our school district and our school.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
Students must have a signed physical on file with the school nurse. Only the school nurse can clear a student for participation.
AGE ELIGIBILITY
Any student who turns 16 before the end of the school year may not participate in the Athletic program during the school year.
ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY
A student must pass at least 4 classes, 2 of which must be core classes. Students enrolled in a special education programs may have slightly different regulations.
CONDUCT
Our school has conduct expectations which students must meet in order to represent our school. These expectations will be reviewed by coaches with players prior to each season. Parents will receive and must agree to support these expectations.
INTRAMURALS
On Fridays, intramural programs will be held. These program requires our students to act appropriately in school to participate. Check the website for more details on Intramural offerings

COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ATLETIC PROGRAM
How do students “sign up?”
Students should listen for daily announcements about when and where they can sign up for a sport. These announcements will give specific dates for the start of the season. This information will also be posted on the P.S. athletic website.
Is there a cost?
Generally, there are no costs associated with participation. Students are expected to take care of and return equipment/uniforms at the season’s end. A student who loses or severely damages a uniform through neglect will have to pay for the replacement cost.
Some sports require students to have their own equipment. Inquire with the coaches to find out what a student needs to bring to the team.
Golf and Bowling require a small fee for the use of the facilities (golf course and bowling lanes).
Are there “cuts?”
P.S. duPont is a huge middle school. Some of our teams are very popular but limited in roster spaces, therefore for some sports, tryouts/cuts are required
We have created additional sports to increase our student involvement and developed an intramural program as well as some no-cut clubs
How does playing time work?
This decision belongs exclusively to coaches. Unlike outside camps, clubs and programs, there are no requirements on our coaches to apportion playing time. Coaches communicate playing time policies to their team as they balance instruction time with the nature of interscholastic competition

P.S. DUPONT
MIDDLE SCHOOL
ATHLETICS

CROSS COUNTRY
BOYS SOCCER
FIELD HOCKEY
VOLLEYBALL
INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL
FLAG FOOTBALL
TENNIS LESSONS
WRESTLING
CHEERLEADING
BOYS BASKETBALL
GIRLS BASKETBALL
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
BOWLING
GIRLS SOCCER
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
CO-ED TENNIS
TRACK & FIELD
GIRLS ON THE RUN
GIRLS ON THE RUN
GIRLS TRACK
GOLF

Check out our school website:
PSDUPONTMIDDLESPORTS.COM

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Martez Stevens
Martez.stevens@bsd.k12.de.us
(302)762-7146 ext. 344

FALL

WINTER

SPRING

CROSS COUNTRY
Open to all, this club meets 2 –3 times per week to teach distance running on our campus course.
The season ends with a 5K run for charity

GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY
Our Field hockey teams play against local public schools and
provide an opportunity for girls
who may have never played
to learn the sport

BOYS SOCCER
Soccer plays an interscholastic
schedule. This sport is very popular in middle schools and high school in our region

VOLLEYBALL
Our teams play a schedule of private and public schools, then travel to a tourney to play teams across the state.
There is an skill-building intramural
program on Fridays open to all.

FLAG FOOTBALL
On Fridays, students are offered the opportunity to learn the basics and participate in interschool scrimmages.

FALL CHEERLEADING
We have a Fall cheerleading
program that support our Fall teams.

FALL TENNIS CLUB
This club meets once or twice a week and teaches basic skills to beginners

WRESTLING
Beginning in mid-October, the wrestling team will practicing 4 days per week. The season ends in December

BASKETBALL
This is the most popular sport at PS. Boys and girls will have varsity and junior varsity teams with tryouts. Teams play a competitive schedule to a packed gym full of fans
There is an intramural program that meets on Fridays that is open to everyone.

WINTER CHEERLEADING
This program holds tryouts in
November. Our cheerleaders
perform routines at all of our
home basketball games and will
from time to time travel to other
schools to represent PS.

BOWLING LEAGUE
PS has an 11-week bowling league that
meets on Fridays beginning in mid-
November and lasting until March.
Students participate on teams. There
are also a few staff teams. $$

$$ indicates there is a small fee that is associated
with the program. This fee can be waived if the
fee prohibits a students from participating

BASEBALL & SOFTBALL
Baseball and Softball practice 4 times per week and play a schedule against local public
and private schools
.

CO-ED TENNIS
PS fields a competitive team that contends against private and public schools.

GIRLS SOCCER
This team practices Monday
through Thursday and play
against private and charter
schools.

TRACK & FIELD
Our boys and girls teams compete against schools across the county.

GIRLS ON THE RUN
This program inspire girls to
be joyful, healthy and confident
using a fun, experience-
based curriculum which
creatively integrates running.

GOLF
Club participants go to a local golf club to learn about the game and sharpen their skills
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