NCCA offers a wide variety of high school athletics. We are a member of the Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools (GAPPS)
Eligibility
NCCA Athletes must be a student in good standing (academically, behaviorally, and financially) with the school to be eligible to participate in our athletic program. Except for full-time NCCA students, athletes must submit grades and sample course work each semester for all classes to ensure that they are eligible to play.
To be Academically eligible to participate, a student must:
1. To be eligible to participate, practice, and/or try out in interscholastic activities, a student must be academically eligible. This means students must be passing at least 5 or more classes to practice or play in a game.
2. Grades will be checked toward the beginning of each quarter every Monday until the next quarter. If a student is failing any classes, they will be required to sit out of games and practice that week until the grade has brought up.
3. Students must take three full-time classes at NCCA to be considered as a full-time enrolled student under the GAPPS rules.
4. A student must be taking the appropriate number of subjects each year to be on track to graduate in four years from the school or homeschool program.
5. A Student has eight consecutive semesters (4 consecutive years) of eligibility from the date of entry into the 9th grade to be eligible for interscholastic competition. Eligibility in the 7th grade will be for 1 year only for varsity. Eligibility in the 8th grade will be for 1 year only for varsity. Which means, a 7th or 8th grader who participates on the varsity level cannot repeat the 7th or 8th grade and play on the varsity level again in the same grade.
6. Summer school credits are limited to two credits. Cases with extreme circumstances can be appealed to the Dispute Committee and this rule will not have any effect on credits the school count toward graduation.
GAPPS Eligibility
Please read over student eligibility in the GAPPS manual under Scholastic Standing. In the manual, GAPPS explains failing students and course requirements.
Behavioral Eligibility
NCCA athletics must follow the guidelines and rules set forth by the NCCA handbook and the Academic and Discipline Board. If a student athlete has 3 demerits, they will be contacted by the Discipline board but also will have a one game suspension. If an athlete reaches 6 demerits, they will have a two-game suspension and must meet with the Athletic Director (AD) to discuss when and if the player will be able to return to the sport.
If a student is suspended from a sport due to behavior, refunds will not be given.
Demerits for the school year will roll over for sports and must be addressed before returning to a sport.
Financial Eligibility
Families must be current on all school accounts, including but not limited to tuition, incidentals, and athletics
No fifth year senior may participate in sports.
Transfer eligibility
1. A student who transfers from one GAPPS member school to another GAPPS member school without a legitimate move is ineligible for interscholastic participation for one full calendar year.
2. Any move that is not legitimate and is made for the purpose of creating eligibility will be considered illegal. The student will be ineligible at any GAPPS school for a period of one calendar year unless there are extenuating circumstances in which case the Dispute Committee would have to rule.
3. A legitimate move is defined as the following: The family of the student moves closer to the school to which they are transferring than they were to the previously enrolled school. The new residence must be nearer to the school to which they are transferring than the residence was.
4. If a parent is a full-time employee of a GAPPS member school and changes schools as a coach or a full-time employee, then the child of the employee can compete at the new school without losing eligibility. (Full-time employee is considered 20 or more work hours per week.)