• Impact baseline testing will be offered individually as of this school year.  Contact Audrey or Chris if you'd like your child to have a baseline test for future use.  See link on left for permission slips that your child MUST turn in to sit for the test.  No cell phones will be allowed to be on during testing.
• Parents - please help us to help your children to take care of their bodies as though they are finely tuned machines.  All athletes should be focusing on drinking water all day long, getting plenty of sleep (8 hours or more!), eating good foods regularly, stretching and icing while at home, and making good decisions about their bodies.
• Cups are no longer available from the athletic training department - please make sure your son/daughter brings their own bottle to practice.  Bottles are available from the athletic department, all the athlete must do is request one.
• Most injuries require strengthening to get better and to avoid future re-injury.  Stretching is NOT strengthening and is not enough to avoid re-injury in most cases.  Please discuss this difference with your children - it's a common misconception.  We at ESMP believe strongly that most conditions and injuries can be resolved completely with a little dedication and effort on the part of the athlete - there is no such thing as a 9th grader with "bad knees" (in most cases!!), just an athlete with a muscular imbalance that can be corrected!!!  See your athletic trainer for details on how to avoid the same body part hurting every season - preseason is a great time to start rehabilitation to come at the season strong!!  We are here to help you!!
• Preseason Parents' Concussion Education Nights will be held in the SHS LGI room:

Thursday August 29th 7:00 - 8:00 pm for Fall sports