The mission of Teleos Preparatory Academy (TPA) is to provide students with a distinguished college-preparatory, liberal arts program to educate students for the lifelong pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty. TPA believes that the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of selected activities is a vital part of this educational experience. Such participation is a privilege that carries with it responsibility to the school, to the activity, to other students, to the community, and to the athletes themselves. Athletics provides a balance of experiences that contribute to the development of learning and emotional skills that enable the student to achieve maximum benefit from his or her education.
ATHLETICS GOALS:
To use athletic participation as an opportunity to help develop trustworthiness, responsibility, respect, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
To compete with sportsmanship and respect for the opposition.
To win and lose with humility and dignity.
To teach the importance of fulfilling commitments.
To teach the values of hard work, competition, cooperation, and perseverance.
To develop a sense of self-worth and self-control.
To develop an attitude which will contibute positively to lifelong health.