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Abstract Recent research is indicating predictive validity for emotional intelligence (EI) in a range of important scholastic variables including bullying, well-being and mental health. There have been some suggestions that emotional intelligence and resiliency in school children are also related, however, there is little research on these variables. Therefore, the present study attempted to bridge this gap by examining the relationship between EI, resiliency and scholastic performance. Specifically, the study examined whether resiliency mediated the relationship between EI and scholastic performance. One hundred and fifty-three year-10 males completed the Adolescent Swinburne Emotional Intelligence Test (SUEIT-A) and the Resiliency Scale for Children and Adolescents (RSCA). In addition, current academic achievement was collected for all school subjects. Regression Analyses revealed that several dimensions of the SUEIT-A and the RSCA predicted individual subject grades. Reactivity, a subscale of Resiliency, mediated the relationship between the EI subscales, Understand Emotions of Others and Emotions Direct Cognition, and two measures of scholastic performance (i.e., GPA and Science grades). Given these results, future research should examine whether improving emotional intelligence and resiliency leads to improvements in scholastic performance.