Elijah House Academy Athletic Program – Grades Three through TwelfthThe purpose of the athletic program at Elijah House Academy is to foster physical development and athletic skills while teaching the value of personal discipline, character, commitment, and the subordination of self-interest to the higher goal of team achievement.
This growing athletic program includes middle and high school girls volleyball, middle school boys soccer, and high school boys and girls basketball teams. The school partners with the RichmondOutreachCenter, Blue Sky Fund, U-Turn Sports Performance Academy, and Generation X-cel (Medicaid) to make the sports, tutoring, and SummerPreparatoryAcademy programs operate.
Goals
Elijah House Academy has set the following goals for student participation in the athletic program:
- To challenge the student to learn what it means to do one’s best.
- To teach self-discipline and humility, qualities which come from learning to function effectively within the framework of the rules and which benefit the team, the school, and most importantly, the individual.
- To teach the meaning and value of personal commitment, a trait we would like to develop in every student. Success in athletics nearly always involves teamwork and self-sacrifice.
- To develop a good work ethic, school/team spirit and positive self-esteem.
- To focus on cooperation, dedication and good sportsmanship.
Athletics