Other than Ultimate Frisbee, H-B does not have any school sports, meaning that if you want to play a sport you have to go to your home school. Yorktown, Washington-Liberty, and Wakefield all offer a variety of sports in the fall, winter, and spring.
However, 8th graders at one of the six neighborhood middle schools or at H-B can play sports at their home high school. However, since neighborhood schools get out at 2:35 and H-B gets out at 3:50, there is a provided sports bus which leaves at 3:05 and takes students to their home high school for practice.
As for the practice times, that can range depending on the school and sport. However, there are two main ways to attend: finishing school at 3:50 and taking the normal bus, or dropping your H-block (as long as it is an elective and not a language or PE).
As an eighth grader who plays softball for W-L season, one of the main key differences that I saw from the other four 8th graders on my JV team (8th graders can only play Freshman or JV), was the scheduling.
All of the other girls had relatively normal and constant ways of getting to the games and practices. For me however, it varied quite a bit and often required communication with not only my coach and my H block teacher, but to the front office based off of the days and times that I had to arrive at the field.
As for making the team, I would recommend having a plan in place whether or not you make the team. In addition, going to the green days (open practices before the season starts, regardless of if you were on the team before), and using the weight rooms if available should help, as well as openly communicating with coaches about your position as a student at H-B.
Another key point to make sure of is that you are able to handle the practices every day of the week for at least an hour and half after school, and games which can require you to be at the school until nearly 8 pm on home games or after 9 for away games. This can mean working on math homework at 10 pm after an away game.
Though it can be challenging to manage at some points, and is complicated and overwhelming, I think if you are serious about doing sports then I would do it.
Other than Ultimate Frisbee, H-B does not have any school sports, meaning that if you want to play a sport you have to go to your home school. Yorktown, Washington-Liberty, and Wakefield all offer a variety of sports in the fall, winter, and spring.
However, 8th graders at one of the six neighborhood middle schools or at H-B can play sports at their home high school. However, since neighborhood schools get out at 2:35 and H-B gets out at 3:50, there is a provided sports bus which leaves at 3:05 and takes students to their home high school for practice.
As for the practice times, that can range depending on the school and sport. However, there are two main ways to attend: finishing school at 3:50 and taking the normal bus, or dropping your H-block (as long as it is an elective and not a language or PE).
As an eighth grader who plays softball for W-L season, one of the main key differences that I saw from the other four 8th graders on my JV team (8th graders can only play Freshman or JV), was the scheduling.
All of the other girls had relatively normal and constant ways of getting to the games and practices. For me however, it varied quite a bit and often required communication with not only my coach and my H block teacher, but to the front office based off of the days and times that I had to arrive at the field.
As for making the team, I would recommend having a plan in place whether or not you make the team. In addition, going to the green days (open practices before the season starts, regardless of if you were on the team before), and using the weight rooms if available should help, as well as openly communicating with coaches about your position as a student at H-B.
Another key point to make sure of is that you are able to handle the practices every day of the week for at least an hour and half after school, and games which can require you to be at the school until nearly 8 pm on home games or after 9 for away games. This can mean working on math homework at 10 pm after an away game.
Though it can be challenging to manage at some points, and is complicated and overwhelming, I think if you are serious about doing sports then I would do it.