If you are interested In any Bulkeley High School sports, Please visit https://hartford-ct.finalforms.com/ to make your Final Forms account to submit documentation.
All athletes MUST have a current physical on file with the nurse's office. Students can bring a copy of their physical to the nurse or their coach. Students can also upload them to Final Forms.
All athletes MUST register on Final Forms to participate. If you played a sport at Bulkeley last year or participated at your middle school for incoming 9th graders, you can log into your Final Forms account and add sports for this school year. If you are new to Bulkeley Athletics, you must have your parent log into Final Forms and create an account.
(CLICK HERE for Registration Directions)
Students will be provided with transportation from Hartford Public Schools to the location of their practices and games from Great Path Academy. Athletes will be dismissed from class early to get ready and board the bus to their destination at 1:50pm. Student athletes are expected to abide by All Hartford Public Schools bus policies.
In order to participate In athletics at any CIAC school, you are require to meet certain academic criteria.
Maintain a GPA above a 1.7 (2.0 for Boys Basketball)
Be failing no more than 2 classes
Be In good academic standing at the end of each marking period (2 Fs In MP4 will make you Ineligible for the next fall)
The CIAC has strict transfer rules in place that are designed to maintain a fair and competitive landscape.
A high school student in grades 10, 11, or 12 who transfers schools without a simultaneous change in legal residence must sit out for 365 days (one full year) from interscholastic competition in any varsity or JV sport they played in the present or preceding season, if there is no exception (See Below).
General Penalties & Limitations
⏳ 365-Day Sit-Out: Applies to any sport played within the previous year if no exception is met.
⚠️ Approval Required: All transfers need formal review by the CIAC Eligibility Committee before competing.
🗓️ Frequency Limit: Most approved conditional transfers are restricted to once per 12-month period.
Common Exceptions (Eligibility Retained)
🏠 Change of Residence: Moving legal residence simultaneously into the new school district.
🧩 Special Needs: Transferring via IEP/504 plan because the old school cannot support academic needs.
⚾ Discontinued Sport: Changing schools if the sending school drops a specific sport.
🤝 Waiver Rule: Playing after 50% of the varsity schedule if both schools sign a mutual CIAC waiver and no other rule is violated.