Athletics

St. Paul Catholic Secondary School is pleased to offer its students a full range of athletic opportunities through intramurals and official team sports that represent our school in the public spotlight. Sports at St. Paul must be seen as a privilege not a “right” and thus a proper code of behaviour is expected from all St. Paul athletes.

 

Each athlete enters their sport with unique gifts and talents given to us from God. Individual athletes begin competition with dignity and this dignity must be present throughout the duration of the sporting event. As a Catholic school we celebrate this dignity in sport by showing respect in our interactions with other athletes and coaches both within our own school and while in other schools.

 

Everyone has a role to play in responsibility: athletes, families of athletes and coaches. While athletes must respect and conform to the authority of their coaches, so too, must coaches respect the needs of each athlete, ensuring that talents, skills and feelings of self-worth are unitized at all times.

 

Coaches are to include athletes, their families and teachers in decisions surrounding the individual sport. Any concerns regarding academic performance must include collaboration with subject teachers. Families will be informed of dates and times of practices, games and tournaments in advance, and are encouraged to become involved in their child(ren)'s successes.