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Athletic Department

The purpose of the Emmanuel Christian Academy Athletic Department is to glorify the Lord through the training of our students in teamwork, self-control, and physical exercise. Although winning games is not the primary purpose of the Athletic Department, it is important that everything be done heartily for the glory of the Lord (Colossians 3:23, I Corinthians 10:31), and also to enhance the testimony of the Academy before others. It is imperative that nothing be done to diminish the Lord's value before others, either before those of like faith or those of the general public.

Emmanuel Christian Academy offers the following sports: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Volleyball, J.V. Basketball, Varsity Girls Basketball, and Varsity Boys Basketball. Girls may also participate on the J.V. Cheerleading and Varsity Cheerleading squads.

Further expectations and requirements for students once they have made the team are delineated in the Athletic Department Manual.

Eligibility

While the Athletic program is an important part of the educational process at ECA, it is a relatively insignificant part in comparison to the academic and character training facets of the Academy. Therefore, all members of any team at Emmanuel Christian Academy must meet the eligibility requirements of the Academy in regards to grades and demerits.

• In order to be eligible to be a member of a sports team at Emmanuel Christian Academy, a student must maintain a C average with no failing grades. Athletics are not influenced by the semester grades, which are an average of the two quarters. Athletics are influenced only by quarter grades.
• Grades are checked every three weeks of each nine-week grading period. Scholarship warnings are issued after the third and sixth week of each grading period.
• A student who receives a failing scholarship warning is ineligible until the failing grade is passing. All inegibility periods begin the day that scholarship warnings are issued.
• A student who receives three scholarship warnings with D grades is ineligible until at least one of the three grades is brought up to a C average. All ineligibility periods begin the day that scholarship warnings are issued.
• A student who receives a failing grade on a report card is ineligible for a minimum of three weeks. The ineligiblity period begins the day that report cards are issued. At the end of the three week ineligiblity period grades are re-evaluated, and a student may become eligible if his/her grades meet eligibility requirements.
• A student who receives a report card with three D grades is ineligible for a minimum of three weeks. The ineligiblity period begins the day that report cards are issued. At the end of the three week ineligiblity period grades are re-evaluated, and a student may become eligible if his/her grades meet eligibility requirements.
• Any student who receives an accumulation of twenty-five (25) demerits in a single semester is not eligible to be a member of the current sports team at Emmanuel Christian Academy for the remainder of that season. A person who ends the second semester with 25 or more demerits is not eligible to try out for soccer or volleyball the following semester.