EXTRA AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY POLICY
RATIONALE
A student’s involvement in a co-curricular activity is often one of the best remembered times they may have during their high school career. Participation in co-curricular activities should be encouraged as they provide another medium by which learning may take place. Various co-curricular activities provide another venue to further develop what the student is being taught in the classroom.
Co-curricular activities at Léger offer students the opportunity to challenge themselves on social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and physical levels. Through participation and competition they can learn and practice many of the same qualities that are sought in today’s work environment. Skills such as leadership and problem-solving abilities are all part of the development of any student.
Students in co-curricular activities have the opportunity to represent themselves and their school. It is therefore important that each student realize that his/her participation is a supplementary process to their education. Their primary responsibility should be to their education. To this end the following co-curricular participation policy has been implemented:
It is the student participation’s responsibility to:
V Represent Cardinal Léger Secondary School with integrity, honesty and to the best of their ability at all times
V Abide by the rules and regulations of Cardinal Léger as set out in the Catholic Code of Conduct
V Respect themselves, as well as teammates, coaches, referees spectators and their fellow competitors and abide by the Region of Peel Secondary School Athletic Association’s Code of Conduct for athletes and the Cardinal Léger student athlete commitment to excellence
V Be aware that a full school day absence revokes that student’s right to participate in the activity scheduled that day, including suspensions
SECTION 1: POLICY VIOLATIONS
Should any student be unable to fulfill the requirements of the Participation Policy they will be subject to removal from the activity. The period of removal will be commensurate to the violation.
SECTION 2: ACADEMIC PROBLEMS
In the event that the removal is based upon academic difficulty, the following procedures will be used:
1. The student will not be allowed to participate, practice or play until improvement is noted in the course in question after an agreed upon time, for example 2 weeks.
2. If school work becomes adversely affected by the time commitment to the activity or sport, the staff supervisor and the administration have the responsibility and right to withdraw the privilege of participating in the activity or sport.
3. After the stipulated time, the student will ask the subject teacher for a current evaluation, upon which the staff supervisor and the administration will determine the future of the student’s participation in that activity.