08/14/2026
Greetings Ellis Tech families!
I'm reaching out to share some vital fall sport information for anyone planning to participate this fall.
FOOTBALL:
Official start date of practice is Monday August 17th.
All practices are at Plainfield High School
Mon/Wed/Fri next week practice is 8:00-10:00am
Tuesday/Thursday next week practice is 5:00-7:00pm
Next Saturday practice is 9:00am-12:30pm
ALL ELLIS FOOTBALL PLAYERS NEED TO BE REGISTERED ON BOTH Plainfield's FINAL FORMS registration (with physical uploaded) AND Ellis Tech's Powerschool (with a valid physical in the nurses office).
Once the school year begins there will be a bus provided to Plainfield High School daily after school. Please complete this form if you NEED your child to ride the bus over there. (Just for a headcount purpose).
Uses the REMIND app to communicate
CHEERLEADING:
Practices will be held at Plainfield High School- as soon as we hear something we will let you know!
This is sideline cheer program, NOT competition based. They cheer at football games.
A bus is provided after school on school days to get athletes over there, but pick up must be done at Plainfield HS: Please complete this form if you NEED your child to ride the bus over there.
Uses TeamReach or Band app.
OTHER FALL SPORTS:
All practices begin on Monday August 24th.
Cross country will practice 2:30-4:00pm all week
Boys Soccer will hold tryouts and first practices 3:30-5:00pm all week
Girls soccer will hold tryouts and first practices 2:45-4:30pm all week
Girls Volleyball will hold tryouts Aug 24-25, new players 2:00-4:00pm, Returning players 4:00-6:00pm
Registration forms for fall sports is completed on Powerschool, and many athletes have already been cleared by the nurse/AD before school ended. If you have a physical that expired over the summer please make sure it makes its way into the office by next week so the nurse will have time to review it in time for the 24th. If your powerschool registration has been marked REJECTED or still says PENDING it means that the physical is expired or not in the system yet. Unless approved athletes cannot legally participate. Please follow up if necessary.
If your child wishes to choose the sport they selected they can do so up until the first contest (game) of the sport they are moving into. I just need an email from the parent/guardian stating such and to make the switch. Keep in mind some teams have tryouts so you cannot just freely swap into all sports.
SPORTS YOU CODES:
At Ellis we utilize an app called SportsYou for our sport related communications, please make sure you're part of the team you plan to participate in so you don't miss vital information. You can also message the coaching staff on here to ask questions!
Boys Soccer: GGQC-RRJC
Girls Soccer: 8BRM-VHBT
Volleyball: GGQC-RRJC
Cross Country: 4HWT-6LCA
Parents I thank you for all your diligence, we have over 250 athletes currently registered and a large percentage of them are approved and ready to begin!
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out via email-- [email protected]