Extra-Curricular Activities

St Joan of Arc provides a wide range of extra-curricular activities for our students of all ages. These include:

• Clubs
• Choir
• US FIRST Robotics Lego League
• Boy Scouts / Girl Scouts
• Athletics
• Chess Club
• Newspaper
• Mad Science
• Talent Show 

A student must meet the following criteria in order to be allowed to practice
or participate in any athletic program or extra-curricular activity:

• Completes assignments on a regular basis
• Displays an attitude of cooperation
• Demonstrates effort to achieve
• Maintains an overall “C” average (a 2.0 GPA) at each marking period, unless an exception has been made by the principal on a case-by-case basis.

N.B. If a student is ineligible to participate because of not meeting the standards, he/she has a period of ten (10) days to improve.  The principal will notify in writing the parents and the pertinent activity director(s) of student ineligibility.  If, after talking with the relevant teachers, it is apparent that the above-mentioned standards are being met, the student will then be allowed to participate.  Only the school principal may make the final decision which he/she will communicate to the parents, athletic director, and advisor of the extra-curricular activity.

If sufficient progress has not been made, the principal will re-evaluate the student’s situation every ten (10) school days.

If a student is absent from school because of illness, the student is not allowed to participate in a practice, game, or any other extra-curricular activity that same day.

Adults interested in promoting an extra-curricular activity for the student body must complete and present a St. Joan of Arc Parish School Extracurricular Activity Application to the School Advisory Board and School Principal for review and approval four (4) weeks prior to commencement. Adults participating in any extra-curricular activity must complete Safeguarding All God’s Family training prior to the commencement of the activity.

Archdiocesan Policy #6145

The principal has the ultimate responsibility for all extra-curricular school activities.  The immediate supervision of an activity may be delegated to qualified staff members or competent adults.  Parents and other adults who serve as coaches, moderators, and chaperones are accountable to the principal or his/her delegate in all activities that are school based. 

The pastor has the ultimate responsibility for all extra-curricular activities in parish-based programs.  The immediate supervision of an activity may be delegated by the pastor to a qualified staff member or other competent adult.  Parents and other adults who serve as coaches, moderators and chaperones are accountable to the pastor or his delegate in all activities that are parish-based.