St. Joan of Arc School
22415 Overlake Street | Saint Clair Shores, MI 48080
Phone 586.775.8370 | Fax 586.447.3574
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Friday November 13, 2020
We have been instructed by the CYO to postpone the start date of the Winter Athletic Season until further notice. When more information is presented to us we will be sure to share.
God bless, stay safe and Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Tuesday November 3, 2020
As many of you already know, there was a couple Covid-19 cases at SJA school. With guidance of the health department, SJA has moved to virtual learning for grades 6-8 until Tuesday November 17, 2020. The confirmed cases did not have any contact tracing that affected Fall SJA Athletics, but this news does affect the athletic department in several ways:
- There will be no uniform turn ins from Fall Athletics until atleast Tuesday November 17. As we get closer to that date your coaches will contact you about a date and time for uniform collections.
- Winter Athletics which were scheduled to begin on Monday November 16, have been delayed atleast until Tuesday November 17. Expect an announcement with more details (potential further delay, practice times, protocols, etc) to come by Friday November 13, 2020. We understand this may be difficult to get this information on short notice, but in this ever evolving climate it is important that we give as much time as possible for new facts to come in before making certain decisions.
Please continue to have patience and adaptability as things will be sure to change throughout the season. When making any athletic decisions our thought process will prioritize our primary goal of maintaining in person school, while finding creative ways to keep our athletes physically, mentally and emotionally active.
We would also like to thank our coaches, parents, athletes and SJA community for all of their hard work on making SJA fall athletics a sucess. All of your efforts gave our children a sense of normalcy and memories that they wil never forget. It was inspiring to see what the SJA family can accomplish when we all work towards one goal. Thank you!
If you have any questions feel free to contact Athletic Director Charlie Kaiser (email) ckaiser@stjoan.net or (cell) 313-727-7714.
As always, God Bless, stay safe and Go Chargers!
Charles KaiserSt. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Friday October 23, 2020
The JV Boys Soccer game scheduled for this evening has been cancelled. This game will not be rescheduled.
Go Chargers!
Charles KaiserSt. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Monday October 19, 2020
The JV Girls Soccer game scheduled for today has been postponed to Thursday October 22 at SJA @ 5pm. Schedules are up to date @ https://www.stjoan.net/schedules.Go Chargers!Charles KaiserSt. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Wednesday October 14, 2020
Athletic Registration for the Winter 2020-21 Season is now open with a deadline of October 22 at midnight. The plan for Winter Athletics is to follow all MHSAA and AOD guidelines. The MHSAA is in constant collaboration with state and health department officials adapting a plan that will be the safest way possible to return to Athletics. Safety for all athletes, coaches, and families are our number one priority. With that, we will also impose extra precautions beyond the recommendations to ensure we are doing this the safest way possible.
The current plan is for our teams to participate in league games only. Varsity Sports will participate in the CYO post season playoffs. As of now, we do not plan on having fans in person at games inside SJA. We are in the process of streaming games online for spectators. Players and coaches will wear masks at all times. Finalizing the coaching staff can not be completed until we see our numbers from registration but we do anticipate it being very similar to our staff last season.
In anticipation of not being allowed volunteers we have waived the past $150 volunteer fee, but we have added a $100 late fee for anyone who registers after the October 22 (midnight) deadline.
Please understand that these rules could change throughout the season. When making any athletic decisions our thought process will prioritize our primary goal of maintaining in person school, while finding creative ways to keep our athletes physically, mentally and emotionally active.
If you have any questions feel free to contact Athletic Director Charlie Kaiser (email) ckaiser@stjoan.net or (cell)313-727-7714. For sport specific information and to register please visit:
https://www.stjoan.net/winter-sports
We look forward to a safe and sucessful season. Go Chargers!
Charles KaiserSt. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Monday September 28, 2020
This evenings varsity girls soccer game has been rescheduled to Monday October 26 at 5:15pm at SJA. Schedules are up to date @ https://www.stjoan.net/schedules.
Go Chargers!
Charles KaiserSt. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Tuesday September 22, 2020
Preliminary game schedules have been posted on our website at https://www.stjoan.net/schedules. Please understand these are prelimnary and ever changing. Whenever there is a change we will post the most current schedule on the site. We are still waiting on several schools to respond with times and addresses for the games they are hosting.
All volleyball games will be played with no fans. We are currently working on an online streaming option for games played at SJA. Please stay tuned- more to come.
For outdoor games at SJA only athletes will be allowed inside our athletic field fence. Parking in the athletic parking lot will be coaching parking only. Both teams benches will be on the north sideline. This will provide viewing areas outside our fence along the parking lot endzone as well as the South side of the field on Overlake. Please keep any chairs you bring off the sidewalk. Because of limited space we are suggesting 2 spectators per athlete and encourage all fans to wear masks and follow social distancing protocals.
Please understand various opponents will have different measures in place at their home facility. Thank you for representing SJA as a school of Christian faith and our parish so well.
Go Chargers!
Charles KaiserSt. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Tuesday September 8, 2020
This evenings practices have all been cancelled due to field conditions from the weather. Varsity Football is still planning on passing out helmets at the times communicated with each group yesterday.
Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Tuesday September 8, 2020
Per the latest Executive Order all athletes are now required to wear a facial covering in practice and in competition. This is for all of our fall teams.
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Friday September 4, 2020
CYO has informed us that fall sports with competition is planned. We expect schedules sometime next week. Soccer and volleyball will begin games the week of September 14, football and sideline cheerleading are set to begin competition September 26.
We have an updated fall practice schedule that has been posted on our website @ https://www.stjoan.net/schedules and click “Fall Practice”. This begins on Tuesday September 8.
Enjoy your Labor Day weekend. Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Thursday September 3, 2020
We are aware of the news from the Governor and the MHSAA today in regards to fall sports (football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading) being able to resume competition this fall. We are expecting more details soon on how this will directly affect us and the CYO fall season. We anticipate that this news will affect our practice schedule (more football practices will need to be added and volleyball will be able to practice inside begining on September 9th).
Being a holiday weekend there will be no practices on Labor Day (Monday Septeber 7). We hope to send you a final practice schedule for next week sometime tomorrow. Until then everything is on as scheduled.
Stay tuned, Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Wednesday September 2, 2020
Introducing the St. Joan of Arc fall 2020 online apparel store. The store is active and closes on Friday September 11, 2020 (no exceptions). This is a fundraiser for SJA athletics. To access the store visit stjoan.net -> athletics -> athletic gear or go to the direct llnk:
https://sja20.itemorder.com
Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Tuesday September 1, 2020
Under current Covid-19 guidelines we are unable to bring athletes into the building unless it is an absolute emergency. This makes our protocal for inclement weather (thunder and lightning) complicated. Instead of cancelling due to potential storms, we are now going to implement "Weather Watch" practices for the fall season.
When we send out a flocknote notifying tonight is a "Weather Watch Practice" this means that practice is still on, but we ask parents to be on call in order to get to the field as quick as possible in case the weather changes. It is encouraged if parents do not live nearby to stay on campus (in their cars- following social distancing measures) in case the weather quickly turns. If our coach does need to cancel practice from the field they will send out a flocknote text notifying parents to come pick up their athlete immediately.
Thank you for your understanding. Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Friday August 28, 2020
Due to the inclement weather practices this evening have been cancelled. We hope to hear from the MHSAA next week in regards to competition for soccer and volleyball. The schedule for next week is posted on our website @ https://www.stjoan.net/schedules and click “Fall Practice”. We plan to follow this schedule for Fall season.
Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Thursday August 27, 2020
Due to potential storms this evening combined with a heat index approaching dangerous levels we have decided to cancel this evenings practices. Tomorrow evening we will post the schedule for next week- it will be very similar to this weeks schedule with minor changes to cheer and flag football moving to Monday and Wednesday at the same times.
Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Thursday August 20, 2020
The MHSAA announced today that fall sports can begin to practice on Monday August 24th for this fall athletic season. We will begin cheerleading, soccer, and volleyball next week. Currently, in our region these sports are only allowed to practice and a date to begin competition has yet to be determined.
The MHSAA is also allowing football to hold a 16 day camp through the fall and plans on having football competition in the spring. The fall football camp will begin next week as well and players who are registered for the season are all set to participate next week.
Click here to view the MHSAA’s full announcement:
https://www.mhsaa.com/News/Press-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9191/MHSAA-Council-Authorizes-Competition-in-Volleyball-Soccer-Swimming-Diving-Where-Allowed-Also-Adds-Offseason-Contact-Days-for-Football-and-all-Spring-Sports
In order for everything to go as smooth as possible please review important procedures for next week:- Please go on to Flocknote and sign up for the team you are on so you can receive future notifications. Flocknote sign up is here: https://sja.flocknote.com/dashboard
- On the first day of practice athletes are asked to arrive 15 minutes early to turn in their physicals and concussion forms. If you played SJA sports last year you only need to run in the “returning physical form”. All forms are posted on our website at https://www.stjoan.net/fall-sports
- The athletic parking lot will be closed off to the public and only coaches will be allowed to park in the side of the lot near the gym stairs. Athletes are asked to be dropped off outside of the lot and proceed towards the tent near the entrance of the athletic field. If parents/ guardians want to walk their athlete to the tent they are asked to park in the parking lot between the school and the church. After drop off, parents are required to leave the premise and come back to pick up their athlete at the designated time practice is over.
- Before athletes enter the athletic field each player will have their temperature checked as well as be asked several Covid-19 screening questions.
- Athletes do not need to wear a mask. All coaches will wear masks at all times and equipment will be frequently sanitized after use.
- On top of bringing their sport specific equipment, athletes are asked to bring their own water bottle and place their name on it.
Other notes:- To begin, volleyball and cheerleading will start the season outside on the athletic field. Even though there are no football games to for cheerleaders to cheer for this fall, cheerleading can continue to practice, possibly cheer at soccer/ volleyball games and can come back and continue their season in the spring when football resumes in the spring.
- Football players are eligible to play an additional CYO sanctioned sport this fall on top of football camp and does not affect their eligibility for the spring season. This will be determined on a case by case basis and if interested please contact Athletic Director Charlie Kaiser (information listed below). Even though this is allowed per CYO, we have to make the best individual decisions in regards to roster sizes for our athletic programs other existing fall sports.
It is our primary goal in this pandemic to keep our athletes as safe as possible while finding ways to keep them physically, mentally and socially active. We will continue to do our best to find creative ways to accomplish this goal. Please keep an open mind as new information arises throughout the season.
The schedule for next week is posted on our website @ https://www.stjoan.net/schedules and click “Fall Practice”. We look forward to seeing you all next week.
God bless and Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director313-727-7714
Friday August 14, 2020
The MHSAA just released a statement postponing football competition until the spring 2021. Other sports to date remain to go on as scheduled for now. There are still a lot of questions that we are waiting answers for- they include:- Can we still hold fall football camp (as we have for the past week) and if so what guidelines need to be followed?
- If other sports are allowed can players potentially attend fall football camp and still play another sport?
- What are the dates planned for the spring football season and how does that affect eligibility for CYO spring sports like baseball and track?
- Plus obviously many more...
We are postponing fall football training camp next week (the week of 8/17-8/21). We hope to have more answers and a more detailed plan to you by sometime later next week. To view the press release the MHSAA issued today click below:
https://www.mhsaa.com/News/Press-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9189/MHSAA-Announces-Football-to-Move-to-Spring-Season-for-2020-21
Please be assured we are trying diligently to find as many creative ways possible to keep your children safe while remaining physically, mentally and socially active. Thank you for your patience and feel free to contact me anytime at my contact information listed below.
Stay tuned, Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Thursday August 13, 2020
The MHSAA still plans on making a decision in regards to competition on for Fall Sports by Thursday August 20th. The current plan at St. Joan of Arc is to begin Soccer, Volleyball and Cheerleading the week of Monday August 24th. Football has already begun their Fall Camp. Up until the week of the 24th everything will remain the same for Football.
For registered Soccer, Volleyball and Cheerleading athletes please understand we will not have a schedule with all of the details for the week of the 24th until we receive word from the MHSAA on Thursday the 20th. As we wait, there are still some things parents can do to make the transition the week of the 24th as smooth as we can. These things include:- Make sure you have all the paperwork completed (visit https://www.stjoan.net/fall-sports) for the forms. Athletes who played a SJA sport last year need the “Returning Physical Form” completed. New Athletes need the “Physical Form” and “Concussion Form” completed. These will be handed in 15 minutes before the first scheduled practice.
- Sign up and register for your sport specific flocknotes so you can receive texts and email communication throughout the season. Beginning the week of the 24th we will complete all communication via flocknotes. Click here to register https://sja.flocknote.com/dashboard and be sure to pick the correct teams you want to receive information for.
Thank you for your patience through all of this.
Go Chargers!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
Saturday August 1, 2020
I would like to thank Don Pomaville for all of his hard work and dedication to St. Joan of Arc. Don spent 35 years as PE teacher and 20 years as Athletic Director. His countless sacrifices throughout the years on making our program his priority is the reason it is one of the top Athletic Programs in the CYO. Beyond that, I would like to personally thank Don for everything he has done for me through the years as a mentor - teaching me not only to improve at my profession- but teaching me life lessons on how to become a better disciple of Christ. Your friendship will always hold a great value to me and I will continue to carry those lessons on with me forever. I look forward to carry on the many core values that Don has embedded in our Athletic Program.
The plan for Fall Athletics is to follow all MHSAA and AOD guidelines. The MHSAA is in constant collaboration with state and health department officials adapting a plan that will be the safest way possible to return to Athletics. Safety for all athletes, coaches, and families are our number one priority. With that, we will also impose extra precautions beyond the recommendations to ensure we are doing this the safest way possible. Currently, that plan entails for practices (with sport specific safety precautions) to resume in the following weeks. On August 20th, the MHSAA will again meet to give a ruling or plan on competition between schools for the Fall 2020 season.
With this news, we have opened Fall Sports Registration for SJA Athletics from now until August 5th, 2020. With such a short turnover between registration and practice beginning we need to impose a $100 late fee for anyone who registers after August 5th (at midnight). All of this information and more is posted on the St. Joan of Arc School webpage under Athletics/Fall Sports. As information continues to come out, I will be sure to continue to update the athletic page with more information as it comes in. The direct URL is:
https://www.stjoan.net/fall-sports
Thank you for all of your understanding. Go Chargers and God Bless!
Charles Kaiser
St. Joan of Arc
P.E. Teacher/ Athletic Director
313-727-7714
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