athletic requirements

athletic forms and policies

Required courses for all athletes

all athletes must complete the sportsmanship and hazing courses prior to the start of the season.

*These courses must be completed only once per school year.

Scholastic Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at Mount Carmel Area, grades 7-12, all student-athletes will be required to meet certain standards established by the PIAA. These standards are as follows: 

1. Age - To be eligible to participate in grades 10 through 12, you must not have reached your 19th birthday by June 30 immediately preceding the school year. Where you will participate only in grades 7 and 8, you may not have reached your 15th birthday by June 30 immediately preceding the school year; where you will participate only in grades 7 through 9, you may not have reached your 16th birthday by June 30 immediately preceding the school year.

2. Attendance - You must be enrolled in and in full-time attendance at Mount Carmel Area or be home-schooled. You are eligible only at the school at which you are enrolled or, if a home-schooled student, at a public school in the public school district in which you reside. If you are a student enrolled in either a Charter School or Cyber Charter School, you should consult with your Principal to determine the school at which you are eligible. If you are absent from school during a semester for a total of 20 or more school days, you will lose your eligibility until you attend school for a total of 45 school days following your 20th day of absence.

3. Academic and Curricular Requirements - All student-athletes must be passing at least four full-credit subjects, or the equivalent. The Athletic Department will run grading reports every Wednesday of each week. From Wednesday to Sunday, student-athletes will be given a warning period in regards to their grades. If the student fails to meet this requirement by the beginning of the following week on Monday morning at 8AM, student-athletes will then lose their eligibility immediately for the next entire week.