Click on the link below to check out what happened during the spring season! The music was written and performed by SCORES students from other cities through the ASCAP Foundation.
July 7, 2009
July 2, 2009
The last of the service-learning projects!
Cowell ElementaryThe boys team at Cowell Elementary used the Heifer International Read to Feed curriculum to learn about the organization and how and who they were going to be support through their fundraising efforts. They learned the difference between buying a man a fish and teaching a man to fish. Through the money they raised they bought an animal for a family in a developing country.
The Cowell girls team learnt about pet and animal awareness. They had a guest speaker from the Denver Dumb Friends League who spoke to them about pet-care, spaying & neutering and the adpotion process. The girls held a school-wide campaign to raise awareness about taking care of pets.
My community is a safe place. It is Denver SCORES. They are nice some can be mean. The team kids are cool. They help me with a problem and they are good sports. The teachers are helpful too. We work together as a team.
~ Cesar M.
My community is already special but it could be more special if all of us were helpful and helped the community out. We could help by cleaning parks, streets, and outside. My community has a lot of cool places to live and to go. Some places are nice. We have to work as a family, together to make it a better place.
~ Maricela C.
Munroe ElementaryThe team at Munroe Elementary worked on keeping their school beautiful. They implemented a grounds keeping campaign to keep their new playground, garden area and trees clean. Each day during SCORES the students went out and cleaned up the grounds area to contribute to their new community the "Butterfly Garden."
A community is something that unites. A community is full of people that help each other. Sometimes my community is trouble or happiness. When my community is trouble is when my neighbors are fighting or using other people’s stuff. But when my community is happy is when somebody helps one another when they share stuff. This is my community.
~ Pedro S.
A community is a place were you live. A community is a place that has a lot of different people. A community has parks, playgrounds, and families. I live in a community where people care about other people and people sometimes help poor people that live on the streets. I wish more people would try to keep the earth cleaner and better.
~ Yulises E.
June 30, 2009
Check out this informational and fun website!
The Department for Health and Human Services has created this website that gives information on living a healthy lifestyle. There are many interactive games that quiz you on healthy decisions (my favorite is the Bully Roundup under the "Your Life" heading), so sit down with your kids and have some informative family fun!
Click the link below for the BAM! website
http://www.bam.gov/index.html
Click the link below for the BAM! website
http://www.bam.gov/index.html
June 26, 2009
Respecting the Opponenets Honors the Game
Sportsmanship is one of the key components to the philosophy of Americas SCORES. Due to recent actions of professional players not shaking hands after losing in the NBA conference finals and winning the Stanley Cup (NHL Finals), Responsible Sports wrote an article on sportsmanship and why it is important to introduce it to young athletes.
For the full article please click here.
Here is an excerpt from the article.
The experts at Positive Coaching Alliance help remind us: how an athlete handles a loss is just as important as how he or she handles a victory. Sports psychologist Jim Fannin has been quoted as saying, "You can still be looked at as tenacious, unwavering, a closer and a winner, but when you lose you need to be gracious. How you handle a loss dictates how you are going to go forward."
Introducing your athletes to the tradition of good sportsmanship is an important element of practicing Responsible Sports. And it does take practice!
•Seek moments during practice when you can encourage your players to congratulate their opponents. Sometimes it’s easier to learn about honoring opponents during a practice because your “opponents” are your teammates.
•Consider staying after your game is over to watch another two teams compete and congratulate the winning team’s fans who appreciated their skills.
•Parents can walk across the aisle in the stands to congratulate the opposing team's parents and set a powerful example for youth athletes. Or how about parents actually hitting the field after a game to say congratulations to the opposing soccer forward who scored the winning goal? Talk about a powerful example!
•At home, look for examples of good sportsmanship and talk about them with your kids. And at the same time, bring up examples of poor sportsmanship and get your kids’ perspective. You might be surprised to hear that kids, sometimes even more than adults, value good sportsmanship and see the issue as very black-and-white, right-and-wrong.
Outside of wins and losses, athletes can also honor their opponents by how they behave during the game: helping a running back up off the field after a tough tackle, kicking the ball out of play when an opposing player goes down with an injury, checking to see if the catcher is okay after a fastball hits his helmet. Or consider Milwaukee Brewers first baseman, Prince Fielder, who nearly hit a grand slam home run but instead found himself tipping his batting helmet to Cubs outfielder Reed Johnson who made an amazing catch.
Whether it’s a handshake, a hug, or a high five, respect for opponents is an important element of Responsible Sports and one we hope you’re celebrating in your community.
For the full article please click here.
Here is an excerpt from the article.
The experts at Positive Coaching Alliance help remind us: how an athlete handles a loss is just as important as how he or she handles a victory. Sports psychologist Jim Fannin has been quoted as saying, "You can still be looked at as tenacious, unwavering, a closer and a winner, but when you lose you need to be gracious. How you handle a loss dictates how you are going to go forward."
Introducing your athletes to the tradition of good sportsmanship is an important element of practicing Responsible Sports. And it does take practice!
•Seek moments during practice when you can encourage your players to congratulate their opponents. Sometimes it’s easier to learn about honoring opponents during a practice because your “opponents” are your teammates.
•Consider staying after your game is over to watch another two teams compete and congratulate the winning team’s fans who appreciated their skills.
•Parents can walk across the aisle in the stands to congratulate the opposing team's parents and set a powerful example for youth athletes. Or how about parents actually hitting the field after a game to say congratulations to the opposing soccer forward who scored the winning goal? Talk about a powerful example!
•At home, look for examples of good sportsmanship and talk about them with your kids. And at the same time, bring up examples of poor sportsmanship and get your kids’ perspective. You might be surprised to hear that kids, sometimes even more than adults, value good sportsmanship and see the issue as very black-and-white, right-and-wrong.
Outside of wins and losses, athletes can also honor their opponents by how they behave during the game: helping a running back up off the field after a tough tackle, kicking the ball out of play when an opposing player goes down with an injury, checking to see if the catcher is okay after a fastball hits his helmet. Or consider Milwaukee Brewers first baseman, Prince Fielder, who nearly hit a grand slam home run but instead found himself tipping his batting helmet to Cubs outfielder Reed Johnson who made an amazing catch.
Whether it’s a handshake, a hug, or a high five, respect for opponents is an important element of Responsible Sports and one we hope you’re celebrating in your community.
June 23, 2009
Learn about America SCORES
Check out the video that the Bay Area office made that gives an overview on America SCORES and what we do to accomplish our goals. (I had to use the lower quality video because the high quality file was too big, sorry)
June 18, 2009
Come play soccer and support America SCORES Denver!
WHEN: July 11, 2009
TIME: 1PM start time with semi-finals and finals played on the Rapids' field prior to the Rapids game.
WHERE: Dicks Sporting Good Park
America SCORES Denver, along with the Colorado Rapids, will be hosting its 6th Annual SCORES Cup. This is a 7-v-7 co-ed corporate fundraising soccer tournament with all proceeds benefiting programming at America SCORES Denver.
For more information about the event and how to register a team please visit our website or contact Brandon at 303-832-5879 or bblew@americascores.org.
June 16, 2009
Valdez Team Reflection
The team at Valdez Elementary learned about pollution and had a presentation from Environmental Learning for Kids on "Who Polluted the South Platte River." The SCORES students learned how various types of trash can pollute the waterways. The students then walked around the South Platte River and picked up trash. They also started a pen pal relationship with one of the SCORES teams in LA.
A guy named Mr. Valdez came and told us how bad our community can become by just throwing trash everywhere. Then Mr. Valdez used a jar of water and we dumped different types of trash into the water to show how the South Platte River had become dirty. Another day we went down to the South Platte River to see what we could clean up. While we were down there we saw a guy on a huge bicycle! We found an open field at the bottom of a hill that had a bunch of trash strewn about. Some things that we found while cleaning up was shoes, a backpack, trash, bottles, and glass. When we were finished we were so proud to help clean up part of our community.
~ Griselda, Jessica, and Sheyla
South Platte River
Sweet smelling
Outstanding place
Under a bridge
Time to spend there
Has plants and people
Prepare to have fun
Little but cool
Awesome to be there
The best place
Takes time away from boredom
Every river is good but the South Platte River is great!
Reminder, go there!
Interesting place
Visiting is always available
Everyday is a good day at the South Platte River
Rolling, it doesn't matter, just go!
~Brayan P.
I Wish, I Promise
I promise, I promise to pick up the trash.
I promise, I promise to pick up everything.
I promise, I promise that you won't see anything, no piece of trash.
I wish, I wish that people could help.
I wish, I wish that people will think.
I need to help pick up the trash.
I wish, I wish that you could help me community, please!
~ Maria S.
South Platte River
Swimming there is cool
Out from the cold mountains comes the water
Under the bridge the kayakers go
Tourist go there
Has flowers planted there
People like to ride their bikes there
Lots of people walk by there
Alligators don't live there
Teachers took some students there
The people like to go swimming
Every time that I go
Rain makes the river grow
In the river there are fish
Very few people in Denver haven't heard about the river
Everyday people go there
Really cool things are there
~ Leonel L.
I Wish, I Promise
I only want one clean community.
We can all help.
It is so easy.
So please help.
Help our community.
I'm going to help our community.
People give me some help.
Respect we will give to our community.
Our place is going to be wonderful.
Meanwhile we are going to have fun.
I promise all these things.
See for yourself.
Everyone come.
~Ana A.
A guy named Mr. Valdez came and told us how bad our community can become by just throwing trash everywhere. Then Mr. Valdez used a jar of water and we dumped different types of trash into the water to show how the South Platte River had become dirty. Another day we went down to the South Platte River to see what we could clean up. While we were down there we saw a guy on a huge bicycle! We found an open field at the bottom of a hill that had a bunch of trash strewn about. Some things that we found while cleaning up was shoes, a backpack, trash, bottles, and glass. When we were finished we were so proud to help clean up part of our community.
~ Griselda, Jessica, and Sheyla
South Platte River
Sweet smelling
Outstanding place
Under a bridge
Time to spend there
Has plants and people
Prepare to have fun
Little but cool
Awesome to be there
The best place
Takes time away from boredom
Every river is good but the South Platte River is great!
Reminder, go there!
Interesting place
Visiting is always available
Everyday is a good day at the South Platte River
Rolling, it doesn't matter, just go!
~Brayan P.
I Wish, I Promise
I promise, I promise to pick up the trash.
I promise, I promise to pick up everything.
I promise, I promise that you won't see anything, no piece of trash.
I wish, I wish that people could help.
I wish, I wish that people will think.
I need to help pick up the trash.
I wish, I wish that you could help me community, please!
~ Maria S.
South Platte River
Swimming there is cool
Out from the cold mountains comes the water
Under the bridge the kayakers go
Tourist go there
Has flowers planted there
People like to ride their bikes there
Lots of people walk by there
Alligators don't live there
Teachers took some students there
The people like to go swimming
Every time that I go
Rain makes the river grow
In the river there are fish
Very few people in Denver haven't heard about the river
Everyday people go there
Really cool things are there
~ Leonel L.
I Wish, I Promise
I only want one clean community.
We can all help.
It is so easy.
So please help.
Help our community.
I'm going to help our community.
People give me some help.
Respect we will give to our community.
Our place is going to be wonderful.
Meanwhile we are going to have fun.
I promise all these things.
See for yourself.
Everyone come.
~Ana A.
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