Interscholastic Athletics

The Department proudly offers 21 interscholastic sports each school year, giving students the opportunity to represent their public schools and develop valuable life skills through athletic competition. These teams participate as part of the Hawaiʻi High School Athletic Association (HHSAA), competing in leagues specific to each island: the Big Island Interscholastic Federation, Kauaʻi Interscholastic Federation, Maui Interscholastic League, and the Oʻahu Interscholastic Association.

By promoting teamwork, discipline, and school spirit, our interscholastic sports programs play an important role in shaping student success both on and off the field.

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Intermediate Athletics

The REACH program continues to support these sports and physical fitness activities:

Compliance with concussion awareness is required for all middle and intermediate sports. Visit the REACH HCAMP BRAINSPACE website to learn more about the Hawaii Concussion Awareness and Management Program (HCAMP).

Athletic Health Care Trainers

The Department’s Athletic Health Care Trainers (AHCT) program provides injury prevention, recognition, evaluation, injury or illness referral, follow-up evaluation, reconditioning, education and counseling of high school students and student-athletes. The program is charged with administering the Department’s Concussion Management Program (CMP).

Concussion Management Program

The AHCT’s Concussion Management Program ensures student athletes return to athletic participation safely. It is governed by the rules and guidelines set by the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) and Hawaii Law (Act 197 Relating to Concussions).

All 9th and 11th grade student athletes participating in collision and contact sports along with 10th and 12th grade student athletes participating in collision and contact sports for the first time will be administered baseline assessments (described below) which will provide the high school AHCT and the student athlete’s primary care physician with objective information to compare pre-and-post injury.

• Graded Symptom Checklist baseline assessment
• Cognitive status baseline assessment (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Test (ImPACT) or Standard Assessment of Concussion (SAC))
• Postural Stability baseline assessment

After a student athlete takes the cognitive status assessments, the AHCT will collaborate with the student athlete’s physician and/or a neuropsychologist to determine if the student athlete is ready to start a Return to Activity Plan (see below). This team approach ensures the health and safety of each concussed student athlete.

Return to Activity Plan (RAP) or Return to Play (RTP)

• Step 1: Complete cognitive rest. This may include staying home from school or limiting school hours and study for several days which would be determined by a physician or AHCT and supported by school administration. Activities requiring concentration and attention may worsen symptoms and delay recovery.
• Step 2: Return to school full time. Steps 3-7 Will be supervised by the high school AHCT. (Each step is separated by a minimum of at least 24 hours.)
• Step 3: Light exercise. This step cannot begin until student athlete is cleared by the treating physician for further activity. At this point, th e student athlete may begin walking or riding a stationary bike.
• Step 4: Running in the gym or on the field.
• Step 5: Non-contact training drills in full equipment. Weight training can begin.
• Step 6: Full contact practice or training.
• Step 7: Play in game.

Resources

• Student Participation and Parent/Guardian Consent, Release, and Assumption of Risk Forms (PDF)
• Physical Examination for Athletes Form (PDF)
• http://www.sportshigh.com/ 
• http://www.oiasports.com/