Month: June 2019

Good Afternoon,

This is notification that registration for all Fall Sports is open for Gloucester High School and O’Maley Middle School student-athletes.  All student-athletes need to pre-register for their sports.  Fall Cheerleading tryouts are conducted on June 5, 6, & 7, while all other sports begin in August.

All Student-athletes must have the following completed prior to tryouts, or they will not be allowed to participate until finalized. 

1. Register on FamilyID

https://www.familyid.com/gloucester-public-schools-ma-athletics 

2. Complete the Online Concussion Course, and save the completed certificate to your FamilyID registration.

Link to concussion course:

https://nfhslearn.com/courses/61059/concussion-for-students

*All student-athletes must complete the course for the 2019-20 school year.  Certificates from 2018-19 are expired.

3. All athletes must have documentation of an up to date physical within the past 13 months.  Best to download the physical exam paperwork on to your FamilyID registration.

*If you are a returning athlete, and registering on FamilyID, your past physical should automatically upload as long as you are using your same login values.  If you create a different login, then any old information will not carry over.

4. Check payable to Gloucester High School Athletics for your user fee.  Can be mailed to “GHS Athletics, 32 Leslie O. Johnson Rd, Gloucester, MA 01930”

REMINDER: STUDENT-ATHLETES WILL BE WITHHELD FROM PARTICIPATION OF ACTIVITIES UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED.

All student-athletes must have past uniforms and user fees turned in to the Athletic Department, or student-athletes will be held out of their respective sport.

Important Fall Sports Dates:

There will be a mandatory parent/student-athlete meeting in early to mid August (time/date TBA).  All student-athletes, and at least 1 parent/guardian, must attend this meeting.  This meeting will be run by your sports Varsity Coach, so all must be in attendance.

Parents/Student-Athlete Meeting: TBA in early/mid August

Registration for Fall Sports Closes: Tuesday August 20th

All GHS Sports Tryouts/Practices Begin: Thursday August 22nd (O’Maley sports may be on 8/22 or closer to start of school year)

*Football begins officially on 8/16/19, per MIAA protocol

Middle Schoolers on GHS Teams

At this time, all GHS sports are open for 9th-12th graders to register.  Decisions and waiver requests are on a sport by sport basis once there is a good idea of registration status.  If a GHS sport is opened up to 8th graders or 7th & 8th graders we will post that.

If you have any questions please contact me.

Thank you,

Bryan Lafata

I always look forward to reading about all of the places that GMG’s Pat and Jim visit during their busy weeks….and seeing what wonderful photos they take along the way.  I was happy to bump into them on the deck of Captain Carlos the other day.  Our plans suddenly changed, my brother was in town from California, my mother, dad, and sister were all available….so we decided to grab a bite and a drink in the deck on the sun.  Pat and Jim were doing the very same thing.

Cheers to you two!

To update you on the backyard red tailed hawk nest that we have been watching, we now believe there are at least 3 chicks in there.

It’s difficult to get clear shots of the nest through the trees, but Jim did a great job recently:

Flexing wings:

I think there’s 3 here. That nest must be pretty large.

Parent in nest perhaps bringing breakfast to the brood:

Watchful parent nearby:

Sandy Bay Yacht Club 

FRIDAY JUNE 7^TH

6-7:30 pm

ADULT SAILING?? INFORMATIONAL SOCIAL

and OPEN HOUSE

Interested in learning how to sail or need to refresh your skills?

Would you like to use a club boat or learn more about racing? Just want to get out on the crystal clear water of Sandy Bay?

Join us for an informal evening of appetizers and drinks at Sandy Bays historic clubhouse – located at the end of T-WHARF in ROCKPORT. Meet the fleet captains, race committee, sailing instructors and everyone involved in SBYCs Adult Sailing Programs.

Can’t make it on Friday? Not a member yet? It’s easy to join. Stop by the Club for Sunday Morning Coffee, 9:30-11am every Sunday until Labor Day, and speak to someone from the Membership Committee.

For more information, see our website at http://www.sandybay.org

I am volunteering at the Visitor Center again this year and recently worked my first 2019 shift. It’s such an amazing resource! Water is even available now with a new “Bubbla” fountain to fill water bottles. I took home a couple of brochures myself so I encourage residents and visitors to stop in and say “Hello”.

And with a view like this from the desk, why wouldn’t I volunteer? Wow.