St. Thecla Church & School
The
Catholic experience at St. Thecla Catholic Church and school is centered in
Jesus Christ. Our sports program must be an extension of the educational and
spiritual experience of the church and school respectively. Coaches, Parents
and Administrators have a unique and significant influence on our Catholic
student athletes. The interaction of coaches, parents and student athletes in
the Catholic sports experience should have a
positive
effect on the way our children feel about themselves and those around them. Improving self-esteem is an everlasting gift.
Exceptions to the norm necessitate
such things as codes of conduct for student athletes, coaches and parents.
However, we prefer to focus on the positive aspects of our programs including
the combination of Catholicism and sportsmanship. Our immediate goals are to
teach our student athletes to have fun in conjunction with their participation in
athletics. We endeavor to teach them to play hard and fair, respect coaches,
officials, parents, and opposing players and to win with humility and lose with
grace. Our long-term
goal
is to guide our student athletes to achieve success individually and, more importantly,
as a member of a team.
We
embrace the following for our Sports Program:
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The top priority of our sports programs will always be the health, safety and welfare
of our student athletes.
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We will demand that all administrators, coaches, parents, and student athletes exhibit
respect and common courtesy towards each other, officials and our opponents.
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We will demand that our student athletes exhibit respect towards uniforms, athletic
equipment, and athletic venues and use them exclusively for the purposes
intended.
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We will strive to create a competitive atmosphere in which winning is valued but
does not become the only priority.
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We will encourage our student athletes to be positive, promote the happiness of
others around them, encourage others to do their best and be considerate of the
weaknesses of others.
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We will endeavor to create an athletic culture that fosters appropriate competitiveness
and teaches teamwork, discipline and perseverance.
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We will demand that our administrators, coaches, parents and student athletes control
their emotions and tempers.
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We will strive to create an environment in which our student athletes feel a sense
of pride in themselves and their team, treat others as they would wish to be treated.
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We will recognize that participation in our sports program is a privilege and not
a right and teach our student athletes to be appreciative towards administrators,
coaches, and parents whose hard work and dedication make it possible for them
to engage in athletic competition.
As
sports men and women of Catholic faith we want to operate our
sports program
with the highest integrity.