The Monte Vista Invitational - Home of the Eliminator!

NOTE: FALL SPORTS FORMS WERE DUE 7/22/16 TO THE MONTE VISTA OFFICE!  Miss the deadline? You could try mailing them to the school office attn: Melissa French. No guarantee that they will be accepted late. The office is closed until Aug. 11.

Fill out and turn in the forms from your sports registration paperwork packet in the Monte Vista main office ON TIME. They are due on or before July 22. The main administration office will be open for sports packet drop off as follows: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. during the following dates:  June 14-June 23 and July 6-July 22.

All About Sports Physicals

Monte Vista requires each athlete to turn in a "Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation Clearance Form". The state of California requires this form from all high school athletes. The form must be signed and stamped by a doctor. In my experience as Team Mom, there are three common mistakes that doctors, parents and athletes make with the physical forms:
a) The doctor's office fails to put the date on the form. Yep. Seriously.
b) The doctor's office fails to STAMP the form.
c) The athlete and parent fail to turn the form in on time and the athlete gets banned from participation.

You can get a physical from your usual doctor. If your last physical was completed less than one year ago and you competed in an MV sport last year, your existing clearance form is still valid. When you turn in your 2016 sports form paperwork, include a note on the physical clearance form "On File -- will turn in new 2016-2017 physical form as soon as athlete's 2016-2017 exam is due." Please note, however, that on the day last year's physical expires, the athlete will be barred from practice and meets until a new physical exam is completed and a new clearance form is turned in to the MV office. The administration is VERY strict about this.

If your health insurance requires you to wait a full year + one day between physicals, you might want to consider getting the Muir Orthopedics Pass to Play Sports Physical on July 30. With the sports physical done in the summer, an athlete will be able to compete all year in MVHS sports without interruption or needing to get another clearance form done.

Some doctors offices will fill out the physical clearance form WITHOUT doing a new physical. They will refer to the athlete's most recent physical exam and recent medical history and complete the form, sometimes without even an appointment. Call your pediatrician to find out. Usually, the office will charge a fee for the form to be completed.

If your athlete has a physical scheduled this summer and it will occur on or before Aug. 12, then, when you turn in your sports packet, include a note: "Sports physical is scheduled for (enter date). Will turn in clearance form immediately after."

Again, consider signing up for Muir Orthopedics "Pass to Play" Sports Physicals for just $30 on July 30. No health insurance needed! The exam's $30 total price is less than most people's co-pays to see their regular doctor. After you have received the signed and stamped copy of the Clearance Form back from Muir Ortho, submit it to Melissa French in the Monte Vista bookkeeper's office (you will have already turned in the rest of your forms with a note indicating the sports physical appointment on July 30). Muir Orthopedics supports Monte Vista athletics year round and, in particular, with a donation back to Monte Vista of $30 for each Pass to Play physical performed (yes, they donate back the full $30 exam fee).