Activities+Clubs+Sponsor's+Responsibility

The following is a partial list of sports and clubs offered by Turner Middle School: // Athletics: // Girls Volleyball – Fall Boys Basketball-Late Fall Boys & Girls Swimming Girls Basketball – Winter Boys Wrestling – Winter Boys & Girls Track-Spring
 * ACTIVITIES - CLUBS/SPONSORS’ RESPONSIBILITY **

__All Seventh and Eighth graders who tryout for a sport will make a traveling team for the above sports. Sixth graders will have the opportunity to participate in an after-school intramurals program. All students participating in any school sports must pass a physical, have insurance, pay sport fees, and sign appropriate paperwork prior to trying out for teams.__

// Other Extracurricular activities that all sixth through eighth graders can participate in at TMS: // Student Council Yearbook IFFCO Art Club Drama Club Orchestra Geography Bee WEB Chess Club Forensics Spelling Bee Odyssey of the Mind Lego Logo Trick or Treat Street Photo Workshop

Turner Middle School has a variety of after school clubs and activities that need sponsorship. Any vacancies will be posted in the staff lounge. If you are interested, please contact the assistant principal. All sponsors will follow the following guidelines.

· The sponsor must be present at all meetings and official functions of the group. If this is impossible, then a substitute sponsor or co-sponsor must be designated from the staff. · The sponsor must oversee any financial matters of the group. All monies and records collected **__must__** be turned over to the building secretary for deposit in the activity fund on a **__daily__** basis. Financial transactions will be receipted to the sponsor or group for bookkeeping purposes. · The sponsor is responsible to acquire administrative approval and arrange transportation and enlist extra supervisory help to the ratio of approximately one adult for thirty students (1:30) for any field trips taken by the group. (**NOTE:** For additional responsibilities on field trips see the "Field Trip" section of the Teachers Handbook.) · The sponsor is responsible for the conduct and citizenship of the members of the group, when involved in an official function. In addition, if there are specific scholastic or citizenship requirements for membership in the group, it is the sponsor's responsibility to monitor these requirements and take any disciplinary action necessary under the rules of the group. · The sponsor should keep the administration advised as to the various functions of the group. No fund-raising activity may be held without prior approval of the principal. Board policy prohibits fund-raising projects, which require door-to-door solicitation or selling outside of the school.