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An interscholastic athletic program as a co-curricular activity is an integral
part of the total education and growth experience at a Jesuit high school. Athletics
is designed to affirm and promote the Ignatian values as stated in the Profile
of the Graduate at Graduation and engage student-athletes fully in mind, body
and spirit. Student-athletes, coaches and parents are called upon to work together
in a true spirit of sportsmanship to assist in creating an environment in which
those Ignatian values can be revealed, tested, and proven relevant both to participants
and the entire school community.
Through participation in athletics at a Jesuit high school, students will
mature physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually. They will learn to
take responsibility for personal growth by developing loyalty, pride, integrity
and commitment. Athletics provides the opportunity for the student-athlete to
exhibit a progression of physical skills and knowledge of a particular sport,
enabling him/her to apply these skills and knowledge to new situations an a
variety of learning formats. Through participation in athletics, the student-athlete
learns that God is active in all things and that individual and liturgical prayer
will bring him/her closer to God. The student-athlete comes to trust that he/she
is known and loved by God: that love invites a personal response, which is an
expression of movement within the human heart beyond self-interest or self-centeredness.
The student-athlete is called to be conscious of the call to be a leader in
service and to acknowledge his/her active commitment toward fostering a just
society. Every member of a Jesuit high school community must seek to encourage,
instill and foster such growth and development in all student-athletes.
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