The SFUSD Academic Athletic Association/California Interscholastic Federation San Francisco City Section shall foster and preserve the role of athletics as an integral component of its secondary education program. The Section shall make every effort to instill core values of sportsmanship and respect for others in students, and strive to use athletics as a vehicle to help students develop the tools needed to succeed in their future endeavors. Finally, the Section shall provide a system of sports competition that is diverse, wholesome and equitable; the athletics program in an institution of secondary education belongs to everyone.
PHILOSOPHY:
Athletics is an integral part of an education program. Athletics provides a vehicle for a student to learn to set goals, work with others in pursuit of those goals, pursue those goals with character in the face of opposition and adversity, display grace in the attainment of those goals and be resolute and dignified when those goals are not attained. In short, athletics provides us a vehicle to mold tomorrow’s successful adults, and sculpt the future of our community.
We, the administrators, educators and coaches of the SFUSD AAA/CIF San Francisco City Section, shall create a climate that stresses educational excellence. Athletics, and the teaching of athletic skills, is a vital component of an educational program and a forum to instill paradigms of excellence.
Our athletics program is founded on our core values of sportsmanship, fair play, honesty, self respect, perseverance, courage, respect for others, responsibility, leadership, initiative, cooperation and teamwork. We shall teach athletic skills in a manner that stresses these core values. We shall teach our student athletes how athletic goals can be pursued in a manner that is consistent with these core values, and we shall exemplify these core values through our own conduct.
Finally, we shall exemplify equity in our athletics program. No person shall be denied access to our athletic programs on the basis of gender, race, nationality or sexual orientation.
By adhering to our philosophy, we will make better student athletes. Through applying our philosophy, our student athletes will develop the tools needed to succeed in their future endeavors. We shall use our philosophy to make our athletics program a paradigm for success and a model for excellence.
