Athletics

Sports and Athletics Mission Statement

Participation in Thomas More School 's interscholastic athletics promotes fair play as well as a sense of commitment and responsibility. It is a great opportunity to develop the capacity to work with others as a team member, and it promotes the achievement of personal and team excellence.

Sports and Athletics Philosophy Statement

Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels the will to endurance. It is not merely a physical development then. Sport, rightly understood, is an occupation of the whole man, and while perfecting the body as an instrument of the mind, it also makes the mind itself a more refined instrument for the search and communication of truth and helps man to achieve that end to which all others must be subservient, the service and praise of his Creator.” — Pope Pius XII, Sport at the Service of the Spirit. July 29, 1945.

High school students must be academically eligible and must complete the following necessary paperwork in order to be cleared for each sport. California Laws require the parent/guardian and athlete to return the following numbered forms signed and initialed where required:

Student Athletes will not be allowed to practice or play unless all these forms are properly filled out, signed and returned to the school office. This is required by California State Law.