Fees and Registration for the 2019-20 Season
MINNEAPOLIS ALPINE SKI TEAM
REGISTRATION AND FEE INSTRUCTIONS
2019-2020 WINTER SPORTS SEASON
Registration Opens September 15, 2019.
REGISTRATION AND FEE INSTRUCTIONS
2019-2020 WINTER SPORTS SEASON
Registration Opens September 15, 2019.
Please carefully read the background instructions AND the step-by-step registration instructions for completing all forms required by the Mpls Alpine Ski Team, MPLS Public Schools (MPS) and the MN State High School League (MSHSL) and for understanding the fees requested at the time of registration.
BACKGROUND INSTRUCTIONS
I. FORMS
PARENTS need to complete and sign TWO sets of forms. There are forms that are specific to the Mpls Alpine Ski Team (MAST) and there are forms that are specific to Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and the MN State High School League (MSHSL).
At the end of the MAST online registration process you will be directed to pay three fees to MAST. These are: a requested MAST Membership fee of $175; a MPS Activity Fee of $75; and a Hyland Hills Season Pass fee for the 2019-20 season of $424. You will be asked to pay the Membership Fee and the Activity Fee by credit card or check. If paying by check, please send payment to the address listed below. Hyland Pass purchases must be paid by check. The Hyland Season Pass Fee must be paid by October 15 in order to secure the $424 rate, which increases to $449 shortly thereafter. Fee and Pass payments can be combined into one check. If you have unused Account Credits, you will have the option of applying your account credits at check out. Please make check payments payable to Mpls Alpine Ski Team and mail to:
Mpls Alpine Ski Team
C/O Mark Conway
4800 Harriet Ave. S.
Mpls, MN 55419
Here is more information about each of these fees.
STEP-BY-STEP REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
MAST Registration is a TWO-STEP REGISTRATION PROCESS.
STEP 1: REGISTER with MAST. This is done online through a service called Sports Sign Up (formally Sports Illustrated Play).
Before you log-on, it will be helpful to have the following information handy:
A. Log-In or Create An Account With Sports Sign Up HERE
If you are registering a RETURNING MAST athlete, login using the email address you used last fall to create the account. If you forgot your password, you will be able to request that it be sent to you. All the contact information you entered last year is saved to your account. You can then register your returning athlete first and then add a new athlete if you have a second (or third) joining this year. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK THE ACCURACY OF ALL INFORMATION (i.e., phone numbers, address, email, school, etc.). You can do this once you check out. Just click on the EDIT button on the right side of the page. Be sure that every adult who has anything to do with managing your athlete has been added to the account as an adult.
If you are new to MAST, you will need to create an account. You will FIRST register the parent who is registering the athlete. You will then be able to add additional adults who have an interest in the athlete (another parent, stepparent, guardian, etc). You can add up to four adults to your MAST Sports Sign Up Account. Add all the parents, stepparents, and guardians BEFORE adding the athlete.
B. Adding Adults and Children To The Account
Once the account owner is established, you can add other adults to the account as well as any children who will be participating. Be sure to give us accurate phone numbers and email addresses for each person who will be associated with the account.
A couple of clarifications regarding some of the questions you will be asked.
Check Out: Please note that you will be charged a handling fee of $10 per athlete to cover the expense to MAST of using an online registration service. This service saves our volunteers many dozens of hours of time over the course of a season.
STEP TWO: REGISTER with Mpls Public Schools and the MN State High School League
In addition to registering with MAST, you need to sign up for Alpine Skiing with your HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. Some Athletic Directors will not accept Winter Sports Registrations until sometime in October. Nonetheless, it is well worth the effort to get organized early so there are no surprises (i.e., discovering that your Sports Qualifying Physical Examination Form has expired).
Here are the forms you need to complete and submit to your high school athletic director. Note that the Media Release and Emergency Registration Form are for Fall Sports only. I will post the Winter Sports form when it is ready to go.
1. 2019-20 MSHSL Eligibility Form
2. 2019-20 Sports Qualifying Physical Exam Form
3. 2019-20 Media Release and Emergency Registration Form
All three forms will need to be turned into your high school athletic director.
Please note the following:
A word about the Sports Qualifying Physical Exam form: This form needs to be completed by your physician or by a qualified clinician. If you have a primary care doctor, know that most physician groups will fill out this form and get it back to you in a week as long as the student is not due for a physical exam. Check with your clinic for their requirements. If you do not have a physician or insurance, you can call 612-668-4333 to make an appointment for a free sports clearance physical exam.
The Sports Qualifying Physical Examination form is kept on file in the athletic office of your high school and is valid for three years. So, if you submitted this form in seventh grade and you are now in tenth grade, the form is expired and you will need to complete and submit a new form.
I WANT ALL RETURNING ATHLETES TO GO TO YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND ASK HIM/HER ABOUT THE STATUS OF YOUR SPORTS QUALIFYING EXAM FORM SO THAT YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED WHEN THEY TELL YOU IT IS EXPIRED.
If you are a new MAST athlete, get this form TO your physician as soon as possible so that you can submit it to your A.D. LONG before the start of the season.
Please turn these forms no later than October 22. The season begins November 11 so this will give each athletic director plenty of time to process your forms and clear you for participation.
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions about either Step One or Step Two of the Registration Process.
Thank you for joining our team,
Mark Conway
Head Coach
612-275-8392
markrobertconway58@gmail.com
Sports Sign Up Link
BACKGROUND INSTRUCTIONS
I. FORMS
PARENTS need to complete and sign TWO sets of forms. There are forms that are specific to the Mpls Alpine Ski Team (MAST) and there are forms that are specific to Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and the MN State High School League (MSHSL).
- All MAST forms are digital and can be accessed at the link provided below in Step One of the registration process.
- MPS forms need to be completed in print form. You can access, download and print these at home through the links provided at the end of the Step-By-Step Registration Instructions below or you can obtain these forms from your High School Athletic Director. All MPS/MSHSL forms are returned to your HIGH SCHOOL Athletic Director.
At the end of the MAST online registration process you will be directed to pay three fees to MAST. These are: a requested MAST Membership fee of $175; a MPS Activity Fee of $75; and a Hyland Hills Season Pass fee for the 2019-20 season of $424. You will be asked to pay the Membership Fee and the Activity Fee by credit card or check. If paying by check, please send payment to the address listed below. Hyland Pass purchases must be paid by check. The Hyland Season Pass Fee must be paid by October 15 in order to secure the $424 rate, which increases to $449 shortly thereafter. Fee and Pass payments can be combined into one check. If you have unused Account Credits, you will have the option of applying your account credits at check out. Please make check payments payable to Mpls Alpine Ski Team and mail to:
Mpls Alpine Ski Team
C/O Mark Conway
4800 Harriet Ave. S.
Mpls, MN 55419
Here is more information about each of these fees.
- MAST Membership Fee of $175: The MAST Board of Directors works hard to keep the cost of ski racing low for our membership. Nonetheless, ski racing costs money. For this reason, we ask families to make a contribution of $175 per athlete to MAST. This is not a mandatory fee but it is requested at the time of registration.
- MPS Activity Fee of $75: Mpls Public Schools also collects an activity fee for each sport. DO NOT GIVE THIS FEE TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR EVEN THOUGH THE MPS FORMS SUGGEST YOU NEED TO DO SO. MAST is collecting the MPS Activity Fee from all our athletes as part of the online registration process and turning the money collected over to MPS Athletics with a check from MAST. In addition to partial funding from MPS, the MPS Activity Fee and the MAST Membership Fee help MAST fund coaches’ salaries, race entry fees and lift tickets for invitational and away races, training equipment such as flex gates, drills, two way radios, video cameras, web based video storage and sharing service, and much more.
- Hyland Hills Season Pass of $424 (through October 15): All MAST athletes are required to possess a 2019-20 Season Pass to Hyland Hills Ski Area.. Some of you already purchased your pass back in March. If you have not done this or have another means of securing a season pass, the on-line MAST registration process will allow you to opt out of purchasing a season pass. Please note that the season pass fee increases to $449 on October 20, 2019, so be sure to pay for your pass NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 15, 2019. If you do not remember whether you purchased a Season Pass in the Spring, please contact Mark Conway by phone (612-275-8392) or email (markrobertconway58@gmail.com).
STEP-BY-STEP REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
MAST Registration is a TWO-STEP REGISTRATION PROCESS.
STEP 1: REGISTER with MAST. This is done online through a service called Sports Sign Up (formally Sports Illustrated Play).
Before you log-on, it will be helpful to have the following information handy:
- Cell phone numbers for all athletes, parents, stepparents, guardians, emergency contacts, and your athlete’s primary care clinic.
- Email address for all athletes, parents, step-parents, and guardians.
- Medical Insurance Company Name, Insurance Owner (as in mom or dad), Group Policy Number, and Member Policy ID Number.
- Physician Clinic, Physician Name, Physician Phone Number.
- Credit or Debit Card Information
A. Log-In or Create An Account With Sports Sign Up HERE
If you are registering a RETURNING MAST athlete, login using the email address you used last fall to create the account. If you forgot your password, you will be able to request that it be sent to you. All the contact information you entered last year is saved to your account. You can then register your returning athlete first and then add a new athlete if you have a second (or third) joining this year. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK THE ACCURACY OF ALL INFORMATION (i.e., phone numbers, address, email, school, etc.). You can do this once you check out. Just click on the EDIT button on the right side of the page. Be sure that every adult who has anything to do with managing your athlete has been added to the account as an adult.
If you are new to MAST, you will need to create an account. You will FIRST register the parent who is registering the athlete. You will then be able to add additional adults who have an interest in the athlete (another parent, stepparent, guardian, etc). You can add up to four adults to your MAST Sports Sign Up Account. Add all the parents, stepparents, and guardians BEFORE adding the athlete.
B. Adding Adults and Children To The Account
Once the account owner is established, you can add other adults to the account as well as any children who will be participating. Be sure to give us accurate phone numbers and email addresses for each person who will be associated with the account.
- Register To Play
A couple of clarifications regarding some of the questions you will be asked.
- For the Box titled “Insurance Provider ID” please enter your medical insurance ID number.
- Most questions REQUIRE a response so even if it the question doesn’t seem to apply to your situation you may need to provide a YES or NO response before you can move on.
- The question asking whether you want to play a sport in college is also new and has nothing to do with MAST. Feel free to click NO.
- The RegSaver Insurance is new and has nothing to do with MAST. Decline the offer.
Check Out: Please note that you will be charged a handling fee of $10 per athlete to cover the expense to MAST of using an online registration service. This service saves our volunteers many dozens of hours of time over the course of a season.
STEP TWO: REGISTER with Mpls Public Schools and the MN State High School League
In addition to registering with MAST, you need to sign up for Alpine Skiing with your HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. Some Athletic Directors will not accept Winter Sports Registrations until sometime in October. Nonetheless, it is well worth the effort to get organized early so there are no surprises (i.e., discovering that your Sports Qualifying Physical Examination Form has expired).
Here are the forms you need to complete and submit to your high school athletic director. Note that the Media Release and Emergency Registration Form are for Fall Sports only. I will post the Winter Sports form when it is ready to go.
1. 2019-20 MSHSL Eligibility Form
2. 2019-20 Sports Qualifying Physical Exam Form
3. 2019-20 Media Release and Emergency Registration Form
All three forms will need to be turned into your high school athletic director.
Please note the following:
- If you played a Fall sport in 2019 for your high school, you will only need to complete a NEW Emergency Contact Form (unless your Physical Exam form expires between the Fall and Winter season). Complete this form and give it to your Athletic Director.
- If you are a returning MAST athlete but did not play a Fall sport in 2019, you need to submit all forms, except the Sports Qualifying Physical Exam Form as long as it is still valid.
- If you did NOT play a Fall sport in 2019 and you are new to high school sports in MPS, you will need to complete ALL the forms.
- Middle school students need to register with the high school that serves the attendance area in which you live (even if you don’t plan to attend that high school). Complete all forms necessary and TURN THEM INTO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. Do not turn them into someone at your middle school.
A word about the Sports Qualifying Physical Exam form: This form needs to be completed by your physician or by a qualified clinician. If you have a primary care doctor, know that most physician groups will fill out this form and get it back to you in a week as long as the student is not due for a physical exam. Check with your clinic for their requirements. If you do not have a physician or insurance, you can call 612-668-4333 to make an appointment for a free sports clearance physical exam.
The Sports Qualifying Physical Examination form is kept on file in the athletic office of your high school and is valid for three years. So, if you submitted this form in seventh grade and you are now in tenth grade, the form is expired and you will need to complete and submit a new form.
I WANT ALL RETURNING ATHLETES TO GO TO YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND ASK HIM/HER ABOUT THE STATUS OF YOUR SPORTS QUALIFYING EXAM FORM SO THAT YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED WHEN THEY TELL YOU IT IS EXPIRED.
If you are a new MAST athlete, get this form TO your physician as soon as possible so that you can submit it to your A.D. LONG before the start of the season.
Please turn these forms no later than October 22. The season begins November 11 so this will give each athletic director plenty of time to process your forms and clear you for participation.
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions about either Step One or Step Two of the Registration Process.
Thank you for joining our team,
Mark Conway
Head Coach
612-275-8392
markrobertconway58@gmail.com
Sports Sign Up Link
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