Available Athletic Activities

Jackson Junior High provides a number of extracurricular sports activities including:

• Girl’s Basketball in the Fall
• Boy’s Basketball in the Winter
• Girl’s Volleyball in the Spring

All Athletic activities are coached by volunteers pre-approved by the school district. Interested in volunteering to coach? Please contact our office for more information.

Jackson Jr. High Athletics Participation Policies

In order to participate in athletics at Jackson Junior High, students will:

• Conduct myself at all times in a sportsmanlike manner.
• Contact my coach as soon as possible by telephone or in person if I must miss practice.
• Not participate in any outside team while competing for a school team in adherence of CIF Section 600 & 601 (same sport during the season).
• Not smoke or be in possession of tobacco at any school activity (home or away), including snuff and chew.
• Not unlawfully possess, use, or be under the influence of any controlled substance or paraphernalia as defined in the Health and Safety Codes, Sections 11007 and 11014.5, alcoholic beverage, or intoxicant of any kind (see Education Code 48000C.)
• Not unlawfully offer or arrange or negotiate to sell any controlled substance as defined above, alcoholic beverage or intoxicant of any kind, and then sell, deliver or otherwise furnish to any person another liquid substance or material and represent same as a controlled substance, alcoholic beverage or intoxicant (see Education Code 48900D.)
• Not conduct myself in a manner that reflects discredit on my school as determined by my school administration.
• Not exceed district truancy standards.
• After having quit a sport, I will not participate in practices, games, or another sport until the season of the sport I quit is over.
• Maintain a 2.00 GPA with only one F allowed during the sports season.
• Be a student in good standing and of good citizenship at the school.

Registration to participate in a Jackson Junior High athletic program is completed online by the student’s parent or guardian through HOME CAMPUS. Each student-athlete will have a single account that is used to register him/her for all athletics up until highschool graduation. Registration needs to be completed every school year.

In order to complete the registration process, the following information is required:

• PHYSICAL FORM – a physical must be completed each year by a doctor to participate in athletics, including tryouts and practice. This will need to be uploaded on Home Campus by you.

The school can access everything through the system. You will receive an email confirmation and summary after completing the registration process.

Home Campus Instruction Sheet

(Step-by-step instructions for parents/students when using the online athletic clearance process).

1. Visit HOME CAMPUS and choose your state.
2. Watch quick tutorial video
3. Register: PARENTS register with valid email username & password. You will be asked to type in a code to verify you are human. If this step is skipped your account will not activate. (If this step is skipped, please contact us to activate your account)
4. Login using the email address that you registered with.
5. Select “New Clearance” to start the process.
6. Choose the School Year in which the student plans to participate.
   Example: Football in Sept 2021 would be the 2021-2022 School Year.
   Choose the School at which the student attends and will compete.
   Choose the Sport  (Cross Country, Football, Volleyball…)
7. Complete all required fields:
   Student Information, Educational History, Medical History, and Signature Forms.
   (If you have gone through the AthleticClearance.com process before, you will select the Student and Parent/Guardian from the dropdown menu on those pages)
8. Optional Donation to your athletic program.
9. Once you reach the Confirmation Message you have completed the process.
10. If you would like to register for additional sports/activities you may check off those sports below the Confirmation Message. Electronic signatures will be applied to the additional sports/activities.
    *** PLEASE ONLY CHOOSE SPORTS THAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY PLAY.
11. All of this data will be electronically filed with your school’s athletic department for review. When the student has been cleared for participation, an email notification will be sent.

Eligibility – Grade Status

Question: Are student grades checked to determine student eligibility?
Answer: Yes. Grades are checked at progress report time. A student who is failing a class is ineligible and will not be able to participate for a minimum of one athletic event.

Question: How does a student regain eligibility?
Answer: The student may regain eligibility by providing the coach and athletic director with proof that he has raised the failing grade to a passing grade with a signed progress report from the teacher. The student must still sit out a minimum of one athletic competition.