General Information

Responsibilities of Member Schools

Each SGIS member school is responsible for sending a representative to the Fall, Calendar and Spring meetings.
Each SGIS Athletic Director is responsible for confirming their competition hostings for the next school year by the Online Calendar meeting in January.
Only SGIS-affiliated schools may participate in SGIS competition.
Each SGIS member school is encouraged to host at least one SGIS Sports competition each year.

SGIS Competitions

The recommendation is to host:

One (1) SGIS competition if participating in 1-10 SGIS competitions
Two (2) SGIS competitions if participating in 11-20 SGIS competitions
Three (3) SGIS competitions if participating in 21-30 SGIS competitions

If there is a special circumstance that stops a school from offering to host, then the AD must speak to the SGIS Sports Chair at the Calendar Meeting. It is possible that schools without facilities can use another school's facility in order to host their tournament.

By accepting to host an SGIS sports tournament, the responsibility is on the school and the Athletic Director of that school. Hosting schools must be fully committed and prepared to assist visiting schools in the following ways:

Recommend adequate accommodation for all traveling schools.
Supplying suitable refreshments at the sporting facility when possible or notify the school in advance.
Providing hospital location and contact.
Transportation advice to and from the venue

Seasonal Sports

SGIS Sports has a seasonal sporting approach, allowing for stronger competitions. The sports generally fall into the following seasons:

Autumn: Football (indoor & outdoor CAT A – CAT D), Volleyball, Cross Country, and Unihockey (Floorball).

Winter: Basketball, Skiing, Badminton, Swimming, primary indoor Football.

Spring: Tennis, Golf, Track & Field (Athletics), Primary Outdoor Football and Volleyball Cat C + D (Dance and Gymnastics to be reviewed).

The SGIS tournament will happen within the seasons allocated above. There is one SGIS championship competition for every sport. Due to the seasonal and historical nature of category A Basketball, there are two SGIS championships: one in Autumn and one in Winter.

SGIS Notice of Motion

60% adoption rate is required to pass from those voting, meaning that if 20 schools vote and 9 schools say no, then it doesn’t pass.

Voting for Red or White school-specific changes should only be done by that group

General handbook changes are open for all to vote

Should a school wish to abstain from voting, their vote will not count against the total number of votes.

If a motion is submitted late or at the meeting, a 95% acceptance vote is required and changes to the handbook require 100% acceptance

Any Notice of Motion to change, amend or remove a published rule or section of the handbook or to add additional clarification to the handbook must be submitted via this form to the Chairperson before the published date.