If you haven't had a completed background check through UCPS - please follow instructions below to submit an application for your background check.  if you did this last year, we will just verify you are in the system.  If you aren't sure whether you are an approved volunteer - please contact Joe Leach at   and he can check your status. 

To register as a new volunteer, please go to this website and follow the instructions:  https://www.ucps.k12.nc.us/Page/5863

Everyone in a leadership role for a WMS Booster Club sponsored sport must consult the treasurer via email at wmsabctreasurer@gmail.com prior to accruing any charges intended for WMSABC athletic programs or general booster operations.  

Upon treasurer approval, receipts must be submitted as soon as possible for reimbursement and proper allocation of program expenses.  

This includes booster club board members, coaches, team parents, etc...  If you have any questions, please contact the WMSABC treasurer.

Decision will be made by Nelson Garner lead Athletic Director in Union County.  A decision will have to be made before 11 AM but in most cases is done before that.

Coaches should check you emails in morning.  Coaches will need to communicate any changes / cancellations of practices / games because of heat.

Joe Leach, WMS Athletic Director will try to post on home page of www.wmsabc.com when gets update from Nelson Garner.

How Temperature is Determined
If the temperatures are predicted to be at or over 95 degrees by the Weather Channel at www.weather.com, these rules must be followed: 

• Practices must be held before 11 am or after 8pm. 
• Outdoor activities may resume at 8:00 p.m. if the conditions fall within the NCHSAA guidelines. 

Policy Reference

• No practices on Sundays
• Practices on Teacher Workdays must occur after regular school dismissal time
• Practices on School Holidays - Check with Joe Leach for specifics - it varies based on the holiday
• Assistant Coaches or Team Parents that have kids trying out for a sport cannot be named until team selection is complete
• Do not purchase items for sport and expect reimbursement unless approval is received from Booster Club Treasurer.
• All coaches, Team Parents, commissioners are expected to communicate to student athletes and their families via website email functionality - do not use personal email account.
• First tryout date or mandatory practice must be after the date designated by Joe Leach, WMS Athletic Director.  Contact him if you are not sure of this date for your season.
• All athletes must attend WMS to participate in a booster club sport
• If Heat Index is projected to be 95 degrees or above, outdoor practice must occur before 11am or after 8pm.
• Coaches must adhere to booster club policy in not allowing kids to participate who have not turned in paperwork, have expired physicals, not paid registration fees (or made alternate arrangements) by deadline.

If you are interested in becoming a coach please register during the coaches registration online period.  Please email Joe Leach, WMS Athletic Director at  of your interest as well.

Thanks!

WMSABC

 

After you have been named coach and a coaches meeting has been held with Booster Club Board -

Please click on the link below to view a copy of the sport information form.  Please complete this form and return to Joe Leach by the deadline specified in the coaches meeting (one held each season).  

https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.leagueathletics.com/Images/Club/4623/Coaches/To%20be%20filled%20out%20by%20Coaches.docx

Click the Link Below to open the Coaches Instructions for the Website - this will show you how to email your team,  check registrations for your program, and update your website pages.

If you don't have or forget your coaches password, please contact Valerie Peters @ boosterclubwms@gmail.com.

http://files.leagueathletics.com/Images/Club/4623/Coaches/Website%20Instructions%20for%20Coaches.pdf