Fall Start Dates
High School Football - August 24, 2024, All Other High School Sports - August 26, 2024. Middle School Athletics Start Date - First Week of School
NHS Physical confirmed date: Monday, August 26th, 8:00AM-10:00AM
NMS Physical tentative date: Wednesday, September 11th, 2:45PM - 4:45PM
Winter Start Dates
High School - November 18th, 2024, Middle School - December 2, 2024
NHS Physical tentative date: Wednesday, November 13th, 1:30PM-3:30PM
NMS Physical tentative date: Wednesday, November 20th, 2:45PM - 4:45PM
Spring Start Dates
High School - March 17th, 2025 Middle School March 24th, 2025
NHS Physical tentative date: Wednesday, March 12th, 1:30PM-3:30PM
NMS Physical tentative date: Wednesday, March 19th, 2:45PM - 4:45PM
The ceremony is on November 7th, 2023, at Nyack Seaport. Contact the athletic office at 845-353-7136 for ticket information.
Dear Parents and Guardians of Student Athletes,
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has recently adopted the Dominic Murray Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act. This law requires schools, students and parents/guardians to have information on sudden cardiac arrest risks, signs and symptoms.
In order for the Nyack Public School District to comply with this act, we have added NYSED’s Interval Health History for Athletic questionnaire to our online registration process.. This questionnaire is intended to gather required information regarding your child’s heart health and your family health history as to decrease any chance of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in our students. We ask that you please read and fill out this detailed questionnaire very carefully.
The Interval Health History for Athletics must be completed and signed by a parent/guardian before each sports season. School personnel may require a student with health or health history changes to see a healthcare provider before participating in athletics.
As required by law, any student who has signs or symptoms of pending SCA must be removed from athletic activity until seen by a physician. The physician must provide written clearance to the school for the student to be able to return to athletics.
Please note that sudden cardiac arrest in children and young adults is rare. Although it can be triggered in students at risk by athletic activities, the incidence of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) on the playing field is 0.61 in 100,000.
Unfortunately, a number of personal risk factors may lead to a higher risk of occurrence — including the use of performance enhancing supplements, diet pills, energy drinks or recreational stimulant drugs such as cocaine or inhalants; high blood pressure/cholesterol or a personal history of heart issues.
A family history of heart complications, syndromes or disease in any family member — immediate or extended — may also be a major risk factor.
Signs or symptoms of SCA include fainting or seizures, especially while experiencing a heightened heart rate; irregular heartbeat, racing heart or heart palpitations; or chest pain, excessive shortness of breath, dizziness, lightheadedness or extreme fatigue all while during exercise.
Please contact the NYSED Office of Student Support Services for questions at studentsupportservices@nysed.
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Health Education and Physical Education are essential for effective learning. The health education and physical education departments are committed to the vision of providing instruction that promotes and develops a healthy lifestyle. We believe in giving students a realistic chance of successfully managing the challenges of growing, learning and developing:
-- By recognizing and fostering the fundamental value of wellness as an integrated school, parent and community approach for enhancing the health of our students.
-- By enabling students to participate in a variety of lifetime activities to promote personal health, fitness and wellness.
-- By empowering students to become active partners in their own development of health-enhancing skills, personal skills, intrapersonal skills, interpersonal skills and life skills.
The primary goal of the athletics department is to support the academic mission of the District. Our vision is to enrich the mental, physical and emotional well-being of all students by providing competitive opportunities in which the lifelong values of sportsmanship, individual effort, team work, integrity, character, civility, citizenship, and competence are emphasized.
Joe Sigillo
Director of Phys. Ed., Health, Wellness & Athletics
Email: JSigillo@nyackschools.com
Office: 845-353-7135 Fax: 845-353-7137
To be eligible for this honor, a school must have 75% of their varsity teams receive the Scholar-Athlete Team Award. The following teams received this honor (90%):
Baseball
Girls Basketball
Boys Bowling
Girls Bowling
Boys Cross Country
Girls Cross Country
Boys Fencing
Girls Fencing
Field Hockey
Boys Golf
Girls Golf
Girls Ice Hockey
Boys Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse
Boys Skiing
Girls Skiing
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Softball
Boys Swimming
Girls Swimming
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Boys Indoor Track
Girls Indoor Track
Boys Outdoor Track
Girls Outdoor Track
Girls Volleyball
We are pleased to announce that we will continue our relationship with the Positive Coaching Alliance. Below are several resources:
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