Parent Information: 

 

 

        By clicking on the PDF, you will see the packet that you and your child must sign in order for your child to participate in the following competition season. Without this packet I am legally unable to take your child to a competition because of the possible things that could happen. (i.e. accident, injury, hospital care) Despite the fact that all of them are quite unlikely it is still legally safer for the school, myself and the student; with the informaiton provided by you, to keep your child safe 100% of the time even when you aren't there. 

 

Parent Involvement

 

       There are many ways to get involve in your child’s life in guard. As a parent volunteer you can either transport and or attend the competitions that we, as a team, travel to and help with setting up of our equipment for the show as we only have enough time to get ready. Your involvement in this department is crucial for the success of the team due to our time limit on the Floor. If travel is not an option there are other ways to help support the team; donating snacks or water for competition dates, or helping with fundraisers in any way possible, whether it be donating things for the fundraisers or just helping out. In the future we would love to host a competition and as a team we cannot do this without parent support. There are to many jobs for only the guard to handle when hosting a competition, so in the future whether it be next year or ten years from now, that is our main goal. 

 

Rules and Regulations

 

       We, Montgomery High School and Middle School Colorguard, are working together to make this a great opportunity for everyone, and the only way that’s possible is with rules. There is a lot of stress put on these individuals throughtout the year and our biggest concern is school. Each guard member must keep a GPA of at least a 2.0 in order to keep their spot on our competition team. If any of the gardes are lower then a C they are immediately put on probation regardless of whether or not they are above a 2.0 GPA. I push each individual to have anything higher then a 2.5 so we don’t have to resort to removle from the team, but over time there are always factors that cause students to slip or get lazy and these rules are only a reminder to kick it into gear and keep up their grades. You can help your child by checking in on them every so often because I’ve found that parents see that their child is getting lazy only during report card distributions and those are far and few between and may be too late for them. Please make sure to keep a close eye on your child’s grades because its is a disheartening day when myself, as a coach and a mentor, have to let them know that they can no longer be a part of our team.

There is a strick rule that all members must follow and that is that there must be no disrespect between the coach and student and the student and student. In other words “No Drama.” If any issues arise I take the time to carefully sort out what is going on in order to keep it from escalating. Luckily all the girls on the team are quite close and have developed a huge respect for each other therefore making this rule unspoken and sometimes un-needed. 

 

        Lastly, any and all equipment must be returned unless purchased by the member. Any major damage is normally covered by the program but there are cases where students must be responsible. *TBD with a parent coach conference*

 

       Please visit the wgasc.org website to see the impact that winterguard has on a lot of people and how it can be a great thing to do outside of school.