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Dear GADA member,
I hope everyone's New Year is off to a great start! I am excited to announce the launch of our new GADA website. Our goal was to make it more user friendly and easy to navigate. Some of the new features include online membership registration, online conference registration, and a new job posting board (coming soon). We will need your feedback so feel free to contact us at info@gadaonline.net with feedback, questions or issues.
Also mark your calendars for the GADA Spring Conference in Savannah starting Saturday, March 12-15. The Conference is earlier than is years past because of St. Patrick's Day, Easter and spring break filling the calendar at the end of the month. The Conference Schedule will be on the website the last week in January. We will offer 7 LTI courses, 3 workshops and 4 dynamic speakers. We will also present the 2016 GADA Hall of Fame class at our Sunday Luncheon class along with an Awards Breakfast Monday morning to honor our Region and State AD's of the Year. Golf this year with be at the Savannah Harbor- Westin. There will be a low country boil as well as a conference social. I hope you will make plans to join us for a great conference.
Kind Regards,
Tommy Marshall
GADA President
Athletic Director - Marist
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2016 GADA/NIAAA Scholarship Application
FEBRUARY 10th SUBMISSION DEADLINE
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The High School Female/Male Scholarship Award will be presented to a senior who has represented his/her sport(s) in both performance and leadership. Each winner will receive a $1000.00 scholarship award.
Please complete and mail the following nomination form with one letter of recommendation attached to the form. Additional information and incomplete entries will not be considered.
The scholarship application must be returned no later than February 10, 2016. All applications after that date will not be considered. Nominees include one senior female athlete and one senior male athlete.
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| NIAAA Online Courses & Webinars
Webinar Classes
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In an effort to meet the needs of individual who desire to enhance their knowledge of interscholastic athletic administration and cannot attend the national conference or state conference, the NIAAA offers selected courses utilizing the internet through webinars. This offers the opportunity to take Leadership Training courses from the comforts of the office or home and receive the same quality instruction, ability to ask questions and interact with peers as is provided in the classroom setting. The cost for a webinar class is $125 for member and $155 for non-members which includes the course manual and a certificate of completion. It would be suggested to use a computer that is connected to the greatest bandwidth (DSL, Cable or T-1 line) which could be at your school if you do not have high-speed at home. Slower speeds take longer to load pictures/power points. Students should also have a sound card, speakers and a microphone (for purposes of asking questions). A chat room is also available so students can ask questions by keystroking questions to the instructor.
The schedule for Spring 2016:
501 - Wednesdays - March 23 & 30
502 - Tuesdays - April 5 & 12
504 - Mondays - March 21 & 28
506 - Thursdays - March 24 & 31
508 - Thursdays - April 7 & 14
625 - Tuesdays - March 15 & 29
701 - Wednesdays - April 6 & 13
799 - Mondays - April 4 & 11
Registration deadline for 501, 504, 506 and 625 will be March 7,2016
Registration deadline for 502, 508, 701 and 799 will be March 21, 2016
TO REGISTER FOR Spring WEBINARS PLEASE Select HERE!Log-in to your profile under calendar select event in top left corner select the pencil and paper icon follow the step-by-step directions.
On-Line Classes
501, 502, 504, 506 and 508 are available on-line through the University of Maine.
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| Oconee County hazing lawsuit expanded
By Ray Chandler - Independentmail.com
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Oconee County hazing lawsuit expanded
WALHALLA - A lawsuit against the School District of Oconee County over an alleged hazing incident involving the Walhalla High School boys' soccer team now includes allegations against specific team members.
In an amended complaint filed in recent days, attorneys for an unnamed minor child name soccer team members Frank Nix, Derek Keels and Hector Luna as defendants on specific grounds that allege assault and battery.
The original lawsuit, filed in September, named only the school district as a defendant for causes of action including alleged negligence, gross negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The lawsuit sought at least $100,000 from the school district. No specific damages are sought from the new defendants.
The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff, a student manager of the Walhalla High School varsity soccer team, was subjected to what was an "initiation" ritual well-known among the student athletes, "coaches and certain other employees" of the school district while on a team bus returning from a match at Pickens High School on March 15.
The amended complaint alleges that Nix, along with upperclassmen team members, forced the plaintiff to the back of the bus, where his arms were pinned and he was forced to lie facedown on a seat. Read more...
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Lee County makes Corky Kell Classic official
By Nolan Imsande - Albany Herald
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Lee County High School made their participation in the Corky Kell Classic official Wednesday morning. In a ceremony held at the Mercer University football complex, Lee County coach Dean Fabrizio along with the head coaches of the three other participating schools signed contracts announcing their teams will play in the season-opening event.
"This is one of the most prestigious events in Georgia," Fabrizio said. "To be invited to this is a big honor for our teams, our school and our community. It is exciting to be a part of."
The Corky Kell Classic, a nine-game, three-day, three-site event that kicks off the GHSA football season will begin Thursday, Aug. 18 at Five Star Stadium with a doubleheader featuring the four Middle Georgia teams.
The 25th anniversary of the event expanded the format into three days. The event will move to a venue outside of metro Atlanta for the first time.
The Trojans will face Jones County in the event while Houston County takes on Mary Persons. Read more...
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| 6-AAA playoffs among final GHSA reclassification decisions
By Lindsey Young - Chattanooga Times
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The Georgia High School Association concluded its reclassification process for the upcoming four-year cycle with few changes from its previous meeting. However, the reclassification committee finally put some clarity to the football playoff procedure in Region 6-AAA.
That region, which unexpectedly grew to 10 teams, was subdivided due to GHSA rules, but the procedure on selecting its four football playoff teams could not be agreed upon by league coaches. The GHSA intervened and decided that subregion champions will each face the No. 4 seed in the other subregion, while the second and third seeds will also play each other, with the four winners advancing to the playoffs.
North subregion teams - Coahulla Creek, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, Murray County, North Murray and Ringgold - generally had preferred that the No. 1 seeds get automatic playoff spots and play each other for the region championship with the two and three seeds determining the other two spots.
As is, all four playoff teams can now come from one subregion.
"With our region makeup this is the best way to get our four best teams to the state playoffs," said Calhoun coach Hal Lamb. "I'm all about getting the four best teams."
Teams in the south subregion- Calhoun, Sonoraville, Adairsville, Bremen and Haralson County - produced three of the four playoff teams this past season.
The decision was not well received on the north side. Read more...
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| Access policies shouldn't discriminate against faith
Casey Cagle - Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
|  In most communities in Georgia, public school facilities and programs form a big part of the glue that holds our citizens together. Of course most kids in Georgia spend large portions of their days learning in public schools, but our schools fill numerous other purposes as well. School auditoriums regularly host community meetings, playgrounds provide fitness opportunities for neighborhood kids, and many of us even vote at schools.
There's a good reason for schools opening their facilities and programs as broadly as possible: almost every Georgian helps pay for them and enabling access helps leverage the value of our hard-earned tax dollars. When we buy gas, shop for clothes and pay property taxes, we all contribute significant funds to public education. And, we all pay these costs regardless of whether or not we have children enrolled in our public school system, which brings me to the purpose of this article.
It is particularly hard for me to understand why education related organizations would even consider adopting discriminatory policies that hinder broad community access to public school facilities and programs. To help explain this issue, I'll offer three specific examples of issues that citizens have raised with my office and other elected officials.
First, we have the well-publicized case of a high school athlete being disqualified from an event because the Georgia High School Athletic Association (GHSA) felt that it was wrong for him to have a Bible verse written in small letters on a headband. Given there are no safety issues or unfair competition issues associated with this display, it's hard to see GHSA's action as being anything other than an attack on the free exercise of faith. Read more... |
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President
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| NIAAA's Guide to Interscholastic Athletic Administration
Featuring Decatur AD and past GADA President Carter Wilson
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 "It is an honor to have served as a contributor to Human Kinetics' NIAAA Guide to Interscholastic Athletic Administration. The goal of this publication is to serve as a comprehensive guide for athletic administrators in Georgia and throughout the country. I am proud to be a member of the GADA and the NIAAA and I hope that this publication will assist others in their service to young people." - Carter Wilson Click HERE to purchase the guide.
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| Dougherty High School fined by GHSA
By Tim Morse - Albany Herald
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 ALBANY - Dougherty High School has been fined $750 by the Georgia High School Association and will have to forfeit 16 boys basketball games due to the enrollment of a migrant student who did not meet residency requirements, the Albany Herald learned Monday. According to Dougherty Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Jack Willis, the player's family allegedly used a false address to gain admission to Dougherty High School.
"The kid was out of zone and was not eligible," Willis said. "The reason we were there to begin with is because the kid's mother didn't tell the truth. When she filled out the transfer application, her response to a question that asked if the student participated in athletics, she marked no."
All games the player participated in prior to Jan. 13, the date the allegation was discovered by Dougherty County School System administrators, had to be forfeited. The player in question did not play in games after Jan. 13.
"It's a big blow for our program," Dougherty High School athletic director Harley Calhoun said. "But we have to pick ourselves up and keep moving forward."
Willis said he wasn't surprised that the GHSA made Dougherty forfeit 16 games, however, he was surprised that the fine was so steep. Read more...
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High school booster club in N. Georgia raffling off handgun
By Kimberly James - AJC.com
|  A high school booster club in Pickens County has triggered a controversy by trying to raffle off a handgun to raise money for the school's wrestling team.
The Pickens County School District is distancing itself from the raffle involving Pickens High School in Jasper. The booster club is raffling a Glock 43 9mm gun. Efforts were being made to reach the school and members of the booster club for comment.
"I don't think it's a good idea for a high school to be selling chances for a gun," Sharon Mualkey of Jasper told Channel 2 Action News.
'I think they should raffle off something different because it does send a bad message to our students," Diane Roper of Jasper said.
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| Student-Athlete Given Five-Game Suspension for Tweet
by Takara Scott-Johnston
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Hilbert (Wis.) High School basketball player April Gehl has been suspended for five basketball games for a tweet, according to the Appleton Post-Crescent. Her tweet expressed displeasure with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Activities Association's recent missive sent to schools regarding sportsmanship. The tweet is contains profanity.
In an email sent out in late December, the WIAA listed several chants directed at opposing participants and fans that would be considered unsportsmanlike behavior. "As we reviewed the fall tournaments and the sportsmanship evaluations and observations, we want to address concerns with a noticeable increase in the amount of chants by student sections directed at opponents and/or opponents' supporters that are clearly intended to taunt or disrespect," wrote WIAA director of communications Todd Clark, calling out examples of chants such as "You can't do that," "Air ball," "There's a net there," and "We can't hear you." Read more... |
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