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THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!
Or Is It Simply The Way Of The Future????? |
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"SCHOOLS WITH A
HOCKEY CURRICULUM" |
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| One of the sure ways of improving the attitude of young
boys and girls towards both hockey and their education is to combine them.
Imagine the potential of a school system which takes children from Grade 3
to Grade 12 and incorporates hockey into the curriculum.
Besides daily on-ice skills sessions, off-ice training programs, and
classroom instruction on the philosophy and rules of the game, the
students can be placed on teams and participate in an intra-mural league.
This can go on all year long with the school entering an enriched club in
the local high school league.
The goal upon graduation would be to secure a full hockey or academic
scholarship to a Canadian or American university. With the emphasis on
both academics and sports, graduates will come out of the school with a
well-rounded education and be physically fit as well.
The ultimate school would be a "boarding campus" where
students would remain on site all week long, following an evening and
weekend program which would complement the school program. |
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I think hockey schools are a great way to go.
We recently watched Cushing
Academy (Midgets - most were high school seniors) play in our
area. Their
kids were great skaters, very skilled, and absolutely comfortable
on the
ice. The games we watched at Thanksgiving were their first
games of the
year - to that point they had only practiced. They spend we
heard an
average of 18 hours per week on the ice, and they absolutely
dominated the
tournament they were here to play in.
We recently went to a presentation by a group of 10 north eastern
prep
schools to see what their hockey programs were. They each
had great
academic programs and the combination with onsite ice rinks is a
real
winner. We are starting now reviewing schools in search of a
school with a
good hockey/academic combination. Most of the schools we
look at are from
8th on up, but I don't see why it wouldn't be the same for younger
teams.
Our current school for our son doesn't offer hockey because there
are no
teams to play here. They have flag football, volleyball, and
track, none of
which are near the play level of clubs in the area.
You add the advantage of the tight friendships due to time spent
together as
well as the additional time in the sport because the rink is so
close and so
accessible.
A friend of ours out here had planned to buy an ice rink and
combine it with
home schooling. I think that would be a winner, especially
for the figure
skaters.
Sharon Kilborn-Keeney of California |
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