Important details for our upcoming Athletic Seasons.
Fall Tryouts
- Fall sports begin on either 8/5/2026 or 8/10/2026. For a full list of fall tryouts please go here. Winter and Spring tryouts will be listed close to the beginning of their seasons.
- Coaches have been asked to finalize rosters within a week of tryouts ending. Once you have committed to being on a team, you will be listed on that team's roster and be responsible for athletic fees and eligibility etc.
Athletic Fees
- Athletic fees will be $225. These will be charged via ASPEN. Anyone making a final roster will be assessed a fee. Fees cannot be waived; JCP Athletics is responsible for funding all of our programming through these fees or fundraising. These fees cover buses, school-owned equipment, referees, and capital improvements.
- Some teams will charge an additional fee via Jones Athletic Boosters (JABA). These fees cover items not owned by the school such as, student owned uniforms, snacks, non-CPS vendor tournaments, etc.
Parent Info Meeting
- On Jul 28, 2026, we will have a Parent Information Meeting via YouTube. The link for this video can be found here. This meeting will cover expectations, procedures, and program goals, and there will be a Q/A at the end. If you have an athlete trying out this year for any sport, please make it a priority to attend the meeting - if you cannot attend it will be recorded.
Athletic Forms
- All Players need to submit a pre-participation form, found here. These forms need to be submitted once per year and include: concussion acknowledgment, player and parent contracts, media consent forms, IHSA Pre-Participation packet, and more.
- Note: The IHSA pre-participation form is different than a traditional physical; it includes much less information and is necessary for players to participate in athletics. These forms are good for 13 months, and can be filled out by a doctor or at CVS, Walgreens etc. If you submit the full participation form and you know your Pre-Participation form will expire, that is ok, you can email me the new form close to the expiration date of the prior one.
- No paper copies will be accepted
Communications
- Coaches should be emailed for sports specific information. At the bottom of the email is a list of all of our coaches.
- For School Wide communications, please email me, [email protected], I will work to respond within 48 hours.
- G-Chat is currently unavailable for CPS students due to a phishing attack, we are working on a new platform for day-to-day communications. Players should only communicate via their CPS email addresses to Coaches - the new platform will be SOPPA approved, most likely Remind.
Transfer Students
- If you are a transfer student, welcome, please email me ASAP so we can get your paperwork started.
Season Schedules
- Our Athletic calendar can be viewed here
These are the very brief overviews for our upcoming seasons. We hope many of you have been enjoying summer camps and are excited for the new athletic season. We also want to invite all of our JCP families to come see our newest team, Tackle Football, as they have an open intersquad game on 7/22 at Jones Turf Field - the game will begin at 5:45 PM and there will be food while supplies last. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
AD Gilmer
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