GUILDERLAND — Guilderland High School students who are interested in playing a winter sport must sign up now. Winter sports include: boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys swimming, bowling, ice hockey, cross-country skiing, gymnastics, wrestling, cheerleading, and indoor track.

Students interested in playing a winter sport should pick up a sport sign-up packet from the nurses’ office and return the completed packet to the nurses’ office as soon as possible. The sport packet includes three forms: the School and Sport Physical Form, the Athletic Form, and the Health History Form — all of which are also available online at guilderlandschools.org. Students will not be able to try out or participate in practices without a sports packet cleared by the nurses’ office.

Physicals will be held in the high school nurses’ office on Tuesday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 5:45 p.m.

Students are encouraged to sign-up for their physicals in advance. Appointments may take up to one hour. Physicals are also open to all students for working papers, tenth-grade physicals, and new student physicals. If applicable, please bring glasses or wear contacts for the eye exam. Students may have physicals done by their own doctor, but the physical must be completed on the GHS physical form and reviewed by the school nurse before a student can sign-up for a sport or attend practice.

The Department of Athletics form and the Health History form should be handed in as soon as possible; the Physical Examination form must be handed in before try-outs/practice starts.

If a student is seen by a doctor for any injury, accident, or serious illness, the parent or guardian must notify the school nurse. This is required whether or not the injury or illness occurred on school grounds. Upon the student’s return to school, after seeing a doctor, the student must present to the school nurse either a written release or a physical education Program Modification Form, filled out by the doctor. The school nurse will review all medical notes and copy the appropriate staff. The original note is kept on file in the nurses’ office.

For more information, go online at guilderlandschools.org or call the Guilderland High School nurses’ office at 861-8591, ext. 3030.