Eligibility Requirements

• A minimum of a 2.00 GPA is required:
  • Upon making the team (grading period immediately preceding the start of the season is verified),
  • At the twelve-week report card, and
  • On the final semester report card.
• In order to be eligible, any student entering from eighth grade must have achieved an unweighted 2.00 grade-point average on a 4.00 scale in enrolled courses at the conclusion of the previous grading period. 
  • For example: Incoming freshmen must have a 2.00 GPA at the conclusion of their eighth-grade final semester.

• Students may not practice or compete in any contest at any high school until they have graduated from the eighth grade.
• A student whose nineteenth birthday is attained prior to June 15 shall not participate or practice on any team in the following school year. A student whose nineteenth birthday is on or before June 14 is ineligible.

• AthleticClearance.com Home Campus Login page.
• AthleticClearance.com registration and submission instructions.   
  • A copy of the student's medical insurance card must be included in the submission of the athletic clearance forms via Home Campus. 
  • A completely filled out Birmingham approved physical form that is stamped by the doctor must be included in the submission of the athletic clearance forms via Home Campus. 

To be eligible to participate in any athletic event, a student must be in attendance for at least two (2) class periods on the day of the contest. 

• Students must be enrolled full-time at Birmingham Community Charter in order to be eligible to participate in athletics.
• Students cannot have dual enrollment in two different schools at the same time. Students may not participate in any athletic meeting, practice, or competition at a new school until they have been officially withdrawn from their former school. 
• Eighth graders who have not graduated from middle/junior high school may not participate in any athletic communication(s) conducted by any high school coach that is not part of a school-wide high school presentation until May 1 and only if the student has registered for classes at Birmingham.

All students must have valid medical insurance to participate in athletics. 

• A copy of the student's medical insurance card must be included in the submission of the athletic clearance forms via Home Campus. 
• If you do not have insurance, please visit K & K Insurance for low cost policy options. 

• All students (enrolled at BCCHS and Daniel Pearl) must have a valid physical exam completed by authorized medical personnel in order to participate in athletics.
• Only the Birmingham approved physical form can be used for clearance. 
• All questions on the form must be answered and doctors must stamp, date and sign the forms. 
• Tryout eligibility requires the completion of a physical exam before the first tryout date. Please see the tryouts webpage for more information. 
• Cleared physicals are valid for one year from the date of the examination. 

• Completed physical forms must be submitted via the Athletic Clearance website at the time you are registering your athlete.  

Exer Urgent Care is offering free sports physicals for our student athletes! Click on this link for more details on how to schedule an appointment. 

If you have transferred from another high school, you will need to fill out a Transfer Form in order for your eligibility to participate in athletics at BCCHS to be determined. Additionally, if you have moved from a previous residence to your current one you, will also need to fill out a Move Form and provide any necessary proof as stated in the form. Please speak with your head coach to find out if you need to fill this form out. Once you do, turn the form in to Rick Prizant (athletic director) in order for your transfer to be processed and for any necessary follow up steps that need to be completed during the process.

Transfer Form

Move Form