*Students may not participate in any practice or game without notification of approved participation status from their Athletic Director. Please see below for information on approval status for tryouts and official practices.

Hello Denver Public Schools Families- We are looking forward to the 2024-2025 school year!  For the school year 2023-2024, the total number of student-athletes who participated in a CHSAA-sanctioned high school athletics program within Denver Public Schools was 8,344 students. At the middle school level, 8,091 Denver Public School students participated in a middle school sport. Both middle school programming and high school programming have experienced an increase in participation over the last two years.

High School Athletics Calendar and Registration

• Tryouts and Official Practices for the CHSAA High School Fall 2024 Sports Season will begin:

  • August 5th for Boys Golf.  

  • August 12 for Cross Country, Field Hockey, Girls Flag Football, Football, Boys Golf, Gymnastics, Boys Soccer, Softball, Spirit, Boys Tennis, Unified Bowling, Girls Volleyball. 

  • The full 2024-2025 CHSAA Calendar can be found here.

  In order for your student to participate in tryouts and official practices for the 2024-2025 school year, your student must have:

  • A completed and submitted arbitersports/familyid registration.

  • A current physical exam must be on file with the High School Athletic Director. Please note that the School Based Health Center will open after tryouts and practice have begun, during the week of August 12.

  • A transcript review for eligibility 

  • An approval from the High School Athletic Director

In order for your student to be fully registered and approved for tryouts and official practices, the parent/guardian will need to submit/complete each of the steps below:

PARENTAL ADVISEMENT—WARNING OF RISK

By its very nature, competitive athletics may put students in situations in which SERIOUS, CATASTROPHIC and perhaps, FATAL ACCIDENTS may occur.

Registration for DPS High School Athletics can be found at arbitersports/familyid . (Please search for the high school.)

A parent or guardian must provide consent to participate through the electronic registration system (ArbiterSports).  

Denver Public School Middle Schools registration will be provided by your Middle School Athletic Director.   

A completed Physical Exam and Consent must be current and on file with the Director of Athletics for your students school.  The form above is highly recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Denver Health’s School-based Health Centers (SBHC) form a large network of 19 health centers located inside Denver Public School (DPS) campuses that provide medical, mental health, dental and behavioral health care to any DPS student and sibling(s), including children enrolled in DPS-affiliated Early Childhood Education programs at no charge to families. We also offer health education and family planning, as well as insurance enrollment and advising services.  

• INSTRUCTIONS Sports Physical /Preparticipation Physical Examination (PPE)

• PPE Form - Medical History Form (PAGES 1-2) *Must be filled out by legal guardian/parent prior to physical examination appointment

• PPE Form - Physical Examination Form (PAGE 3) *To be completed by provider

  
  

• PPE Form - Student Medical Eligibility Form (Page 4) *To be completed by provider - ONLY FORM TURNED INTO SCHOOL

• PPE Form - Student Medical Eligibility From (Page 4) - Spanish *To be completed by provider - ONLY FORM TURNED INTO SCHOOL

The following represents the guidelines to be followed for the Athletics Pay to Play Fee.

In order to complete the registration for the student, the pay to play/participation fee must be submitted through the online registration system.

Please contact your High Schools Director of Athletics for any interpretation of these guidelines. 

The full price participation fee for High School Athletics will be: $90.00 per sport 

The full price participation fee for Middle School Athletics will be $35.00 per sport.

A Middle School student and High School student that receives free and reduced lunch will be :  $25.00 per sport.

Participants who are cut or who quit an activity may contact their Athletic Director for a refund.  Students who participate in an official contest, game, and/or meet, will not be reimbursed for the pay to play fee.  

If your school of attendance does not offer a program, your student may access the Student Without a Program (SWOP) process and guidelines:

• A student is defined as SWOP “If a student’s school of attendance or nonpublic home-based educational program does not offer an activity in which the student wishes to participate, the student may participate in the activity at another public school in the student’s school district of attendance or in the student’s school district of residence. 

• The student and family should select a school of participation where they will compete in the majority of their interested sports.

We look forward to seeing your student at official practices and tryouts!  Please reach out to the specific High School Athletic Director for more information on programming, tryouts, and official practices.  

High School Ticket Prices/Admission

$7 for adults and general admission

$5 for ages 13+

$3 for ages 5-12

$3 for ages 65+

$0 for children under 5 y/o

$0 student athlete with athletic sticker on school ID

$0 staff only with school ID

Admission to State Contests is determined by CHSAA