This pamphlet suggests guidelines, briefly describes programs, and recommends standards for participants, leaders, and administrators of athletic programs for junior high school girls. The following guidelines are recommended: (a) a separate program of competitive sports opportunities should be planned; (b) sports competition should be planned for the values offered to the participant; (c) extramural programs may be a valuable supplement to broad instructional and intramural programs; (d) the responsibility for leadership of the local girls' interscholastic program should be delegated to the women physical education teachers; (e) the program should include individual and team activities; (f) the entire financing of the girls' sports program should be included in the total school budget; (g) guidelines recommended by the Division for Girls and Women's Sports should be used in all sports; and (h) the administration should provide a healthful, safe, and sanitary environment for all participants. Sports days and interscholastic programs that equate competitors with reference to skill level, age and/or size are recommended. Standards for participants, leaders, and administrators of programs, which may be modified by the state regulatory body, are listed. (PD)