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These soccer stars will always have an impact on the kids the work with at summer camp. Such an amazing experience I have had as a coach with DC SCORES for eight years in which I will start my ninth in the fall. Nana is one of success stories. He was in my 4th grade class and started playing soccer that year. He has a great attitude and loves to show his soccer skills. I remember a conversation I had with him and his mother about playing soccer. She wanted him to be active and he wanted to play because I was the coach. This ultimately allowed him to strive in academics as well because he wanted to play but had to maintain his grades. Still to this day seven years later he talks about his first year with DC SCORES. It is amazing to think about how we as teachers can have such an everlasting impact on the lives of our students. With the help of non-profit organizations such as DC SCORES our students have endless opportunities to be who they want to be!!!
I think that sports is a great incentive for kids to keep their grades up. I also think that having a teacher be the coach is also a great way to encourage them to perform well. If a child feels a special connection with a teacher they usually want to make that teacher proud. I think that the teacher/coach can then give that child a sense of pride as well.
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