STUDENT SERVICES BUDGET & OTHER PROGRAMS BUDGET
ATHLETICS – GRADES 6-12 MAJOR GOALS • Provide students with the opportunity to grow emotionally, mentally and physically. • Develop in students, respect for self and others; and build self esteem and confidence. • Promote in coaches, volunteers, athletes and spectators the same high standards <strong>of</strong> behavior, ethics and values that our students and staff must meet in the classroom. SCOPE OF SERVICES Middle School: The TEMS athletic program philosophy is one that encourages and allows for participation by all students at many levels <strong>of</strong> competition. The program supports developing a healthy lifestyle and lifelong commitment to physical activity while students are engaged in the rigors <strong>of</strong> sport participation in a balanced, caring and supportive team environment. Athletics at the middle school level fosters the health and fitness <strong>of</strong> young adolescents in order to improve academic performance as well as links school activities to families and the local community. In addition, the middle school athletics program improves motor skills and physical fitness, enhances normal physical and social growth, maturation and improves socialization, self-esteem, self-perception and psychological well being. TEMS <strong>of</strong>fers eleven interscholastic sports as well as ten intramural <strong>of</strong>ferings and with that approximately 60% <strong>of</strong> the middle school population participates in athletic programs. High School: Athletic programs are <strong>of</strong>fered to all students at the high school level. Currently, there are 45 teams for 27 sports at the high school level. The current program consists <strong>of</strong>: cheerleading, dance, boys cross country, girls swimming and diving, girls cross country, field hockey (2), football (3), boys soccer (3), girls soccer (3), girls volleyball (3), boys basketball (3), girls basketball (3), boys swimming and diving, golf, boys indoor track, girls indoor track, gymnastics, ice hockey, wrestling, baseball (3), boys lacrosse (3), girls lacrosse (3), girls s<strong>of</strong>tball (2), boys tennis, girls tennis, boys outdoor track, girls outdoor track and boys volleyball. Approximately 50% <strong>of</strong> the student body participates on at least one athletic team each year. BUDGET NOTES The middle school program budget increase is due to uniform replacements for the cross country program and an increase in costs for supplies and <strong>of</strong>ficial fees. The high school program budget includes the addition <strong>of</strong> the girls and boys swimming programs and boys junior varsity volleyball, but also includes the elimination <strong>of</strong> gymnastics due to the lack <strong>of</strong> student participation. In addition, further reductions were made to the high school budget to more closely align with actual expenditures. The high school personnel budget shows an increase due to the new stipends for girls and boys swimming as well as the boys junior varsity program. Page 63