DAMASCUS HIGH SCHOOL

ATHLETICS

The New Damascus High School Athletic Web Page is Here!

Coach Contact List for all sports is here

The Damascus High School Athletic Hall of Fame!

New this year is the Damascus High School Hall of Fame. Please follow this link to get all the information, including nomination forms!

Online Registration for Sports!

The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Athletics program is excited to announce the launch of the online registration program for the upcoming winter sports season through the myMCPS Parent Portal. The portal will officially open on Monday, October 16, 2017 (at 6:00 a.m.) and will feature registration for all high school interscholastic athletic teams. The myMCPS Parent Portal (here) is a secure, user-friendly online registration platform designed to provide a convenient registration process for our students and parents/guardians. Additionally, the portal will help MCPS Athletics become more administratively efficient and environmentally responsible.

Information for Registration

To begin, in order to register and access online registration, parents/guardians must confirm their login information to the myMCPS Parent Portal. myMCPS login information was mailed home for all students. Parents/guardians who need login information for the portal should contact the school. Parents/guardians can find support materials for using the myMCPS Parent Portal at https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/mymcps-classroom/. During registration, parents/guardians will need to verify information about the student-athlete’s medical providers, health insurance, health history, immunizations, physical exams and medications. MCPS Form SR-8 (here), Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation for Athletics must be completed prior to student participation in tryouts and practices. Other languages available here. Parent/guardians can provide a hard copy to the athletic director. Registration for winter sports should be completed by November 13, 2017. The first day of tryouts/practices for winter sports is November 15, 2017.

Step 1: Open the Athletic Registration Application from the myMCPS Parent Portal

Chrome is the recommended internet browser The athletics registration platform is not yet fully user friendly with a cell phone

Step 2: Review the instructions for completing Athletic Registration forms

Step-by-step directions with screen shots for completing the forms are here.
Condensed version without screen shots here

Step 3: Complete the Athletic Registration Forms

Contact the student’s school to update demographic information in student-athletes record if incorrect information is displayed. Wrestling has an additional form for parent/guardians to complete during registration

Step 4: Review and Submit Athletic Registration Forms

Parent/guardians should print or save a Submission Confirmation page for their records
Student-athletes should submit a hard copy of the Physical Clearance Form to their respective coach or athletic director, if the form was not uploaded electronically during the online registration process.

Thank you in advance for your support as we transition the registration process for MCPS Athletics to the myMCPS Portal. We look forward to another exciting season of MCPS Athletics!

Athletic Director: Clifford Elgin 240-207-2388 or email: Clifford_A_Elgin@mcpsmd.org

FALL SPORTS

All students who wish to participate in a sport are required to have an annual physical exam. The extracurricular activity fee has been eliminated for the 2017-2018 school year. Physical exam forms are available here on the MCPS website, the athletic director’s office, or in the main office. In addition, students who have financial obligations will not be permitted to participate in extracurricular activities until these obligations are paid.

Click here to obtain Schedules for all MCPS games/contests for all Sports

Baseline Concussion Testing for Athletes:

Montgomery County Public Schools implemented Baseline Concussion testing for all athletes during the 2013-14 School Year. Athletes need to have this test done every two years while they are attending a MCPS high school. The test is a pre-season exam conducted in the computer labs in the school that takes approximately 30 - 40 minutes to complete. Areas such as learning and memory skills, ability to concentrate and problem solving skills are tested. In the event that the athlete suffers a concussion, the results from these tests can be used in comparison with similar post-injury tests.

To schedule your baseline test, email the athletic director, Clifford Elgin 240-207-2388 or email: Clifford_A_Elgin@mcpsmd.org

See informational flyers here:

Athletics Forms you must have completed in order to tryout/practice:

***Suggested (but not required) for parents to keep 3 copies of this if your student is going to play multiple sports

NCAA Division 1 Eligibility Standards- NCAA Division 1 Standards

If you are interested in playing sports in college, find more information at http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/academics/index.html

Boosters

Would you like to get involved in supporting our Athletic program, the visit our Booster's Club website for more information. Please consider joining the Booster's Club, the Athletic Department depends upon you for support.

Letterman/Letterwomen's jackets

Students will receive their "letters" from their coach/sponsor. Students may order a letterman/letterwoman's jacket from any vendor they choose. Some local options for ordering your jacket are:

Athletic House
18952 Bonanza Way
Gaithersburg, MD 20878

301-355-4740

www.athletichouseonline.com

Middletown Sportsland Inc
108 West Main St.
Middletown, MD 21769

www.middletownsportsland.net

Click here to obtain Schedules for all MCPS games/contests for all Sports

Check out the DHS Athletic Booster Club web page for schedules, pictures and other important information.