Middle School Athletics
The Encinal “Junior Jets” participate in the city-wide middle school competitive sports league run by the Alameda Education Foundation. This program includes coed volleyball in the Fall, Girls Basketball and Boys Basketball in the Winter, and Track & Field in the Spring.
We have three amazing middle-school sports seasons each year - Volleyball (coed) in the Fall, Basketball (separate boys’ and girls’) in the Winter, and Track and Field (coed) in Spring.
Not only do student-athletes learn important life skills related to teamwork, goal-setting, and sportsmanship, but our program includes academic tie-ins to help student-athletes learn to be just as successful in the classroom as on the court or field. And it’s fun.
Previous experience isn’t an absolute requirement for any of our sports - although, due to limits on roster size, volleyball and basketball teams are selected competitively.
Our sports are staggered so that a student can participate in all of them. We hope that your student will consider more than one sport in our year - for the great team environment, the conditioning and discipline, and as a way to get further to know their fellow athletes.
All student-athletes must have and maintain a 2.0 or better GPA and have an attendance record in good standing.