THE LATEST NEWS
June 18, 2010
ATHLETE & PARENT HANDBOOK FOR 2010-2011
Click here to download a copy of the 2010-11 Athlete & Parent Handbook in PDF form. If you would like us to mail a hard copy to you, click here to request a copy.
CLEARANCE FORMS: NEW FORMS AS OF JUNE 4, 2010
By state law, anyone who plays high school sports must have an annual physical examination. If your son or daughter plans to try out for a sport at St. Ignatius this coming school year, you need to turn in two forms: "Parental Permission to Play Sports" and "Medical Clearance to Play Sports." Beginning June 4, 2010, we are requiring these two forms rather than the one form we required previously. We have made the medical form more detailed to further insure the safety of our student-athletes. If you have already turned in a completed old form for the 2010-11 school year, you need not do anything else. That one form is sufficient. But if you have not yet turned in an old form, then please use the two new forms. Click here to download the two forms.
JOHN E. BROPHY AWARD AWARD WINNERS: WILL BELLO AND EILISE O'CONNOR
Congratulations to Will Bello and Eilise O'Connor, winners of the John E. Brophy Award as the outstanding athletes of the Class of 2010. Click here for more about Will, Eilise, and the Brophy Award.
SPRING SPORT AWARD WINNERS
Every season, a great many of our students do a fine job representing St. Ignatius on our athletic teams. They are excellent ambassadors of our school. Some of those student-athletes receive special recognition from their teammates and coaches at the conclusion of their season. Click here for the list of those who received such recognition for our spring sports. Congratulations to these awards recipients, and to all our student-athletes who wore the Red and Blue this past season.
SPORT LOCKERS
Spring athletes please clean out your lockers by Thursday, June 3. After that date, lockers will be emptied and their contents discarded.
SPORTSMANSHIP
Sportsmanship encompasses the practice of playing fair, taking defeat without complaint and victory without gloating, and treating teammates and opponents with respect and dignity. In accordance with the school’s philosophy and goals, the promotion of sportsmanship is of utmost importance. Sportsmanship demonstrated by all involved in athletics is perhaps the clearest sign of the Christian mission of our school. Everyone associated with an athletic event — coaches, athletes, students, parents, spectators — has a responsibility to uphold the highest standards of sportsmanship before, during, and after a contest. Sportsmanship includes, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Showing respect for teammates, opponents, and officials;
2. Maintaining self-control;
3. Showing respect for the facility in which the contest is taking place;
4. Refraining from heckling, jeering, or using profane language;
5. In general, being positive in words and actions.
Certain behaviors are considered inappropriate and unacceptable by St. Ignatius. The school and Athletic Department reserve the right to remove or refuse admission to persons who exhibit such behaviors:
1. Repeated berating, humiliating, or taunting of our coaches or players.
2. Repeated berating, humiliating, or taunting of our opponents’ coaches, players, or spectators.
3. Repeated berating or harassment of game officials.
4. Racist, sexist, or profane remarks directed at any coach, player, spectator, or official.
As parents are the primary role models for their children, it is critical that parents set the best possible example of sportsmanship, particularly when they are spectators at an athletic contest.