As a youth-development program, 16 boys and 16 girls from each SCORES school participate in the following program model:
Unlike typical sports programs, SCORES focuses on developing well-rounded youth. Our program works to enhance children's writing and public speaking skills, increase youth community engagement, as well as improve physical fitness and overall health through soccer practices and games.
THREE STEP PROCESS TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:
The result is a team of children who experience success on the field, in the classroom, and in the community.
HOLISTIC PROGRAM MODEL:
Soccer is a universal sport accessible to all children regardless of background and physical characteristics. It is an inclusive sport.
Poetry transcends culture and language and it helps children develop creative thinking, literacy and speaking skills.
Service Learning helps children develop empathy, social responsibility and a sense of personal worth.
- Participants receive 90 minutes of after-school programming 5 days per week for 20 weeks throughout the school year.
- Participants take part in 2 writing workshops and 3 soccer sessions weekly, each led by specially trained teachers who we refer to as soccer and writing "coaches."
- SCORES programming offers challenging and engaging activities and learning experiences, with focus on mastering new skills during their time in the program.
Unlike typical sports programs, SCORES focuses on developing well-rounded youth. Our program works to enhance children's writing and public speaking skills, increase youth community engagement, as well as improve physical fitness and overall health through soccer practices and games.
THREE STEP PROCESS TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:
- We create teams through the sport of soccer.
- We bring these teams into the classroom to discover their voice through poetry.
- As a team, the poet-athletes learn to use their voices to make change in their communities.
The result is a team of children who experience success on the field, in the classroom, and in the community.
HOLISTIC PROGRAM MODEL:
Soccer is a universal sport accessible to all children regardless of background and physical characteristics. It is an inclusive sport.
- Need: Urban schools often lack organized sport and high quality after-school activities. Students in these schools are in need of vigorous physical activity in order to improve their fitness.
- Impact: Aside from increased aerobic capacity and physical fitness, students who play soccer benefit from lessons in sportsmanship, discipline, problem solving, teamwork, and in core academic areas.
Poetry transcends culture and language and it helps children develop creative thinking, literacy and speaking skills.
- Need: Opportunities for self-expression are often lacking in urban schools.
- Impact: Writing poetry teaches students to develop creative writing and speaking skills. It also provides an outlet for students to voice personal issues and develop emotionally.
Service Learning helps children develop empathy, social responsibility and a sense of personal worth.
- Need: Urban children are often not aware of the relationship between their own academic achievement and their ability to improve their lives, their families and their communities.
