Hundreds
of Spring Branch ISD elementary students were exposed to two versions of
“football” – the popular, Friday night contest over a leather ball held under
stadium lights and the exciting, fast-moving competition over a soccer ball – through
the district’s Advanced Movers program recently.
Students
from four elementary schools attended a recent Friday evening football game
between Stratford and Spring Woods high schools held at SBISD’s Tully Stadium.
For
many students, the recent Oct. 17 game was their very first experience inside a
Texas high school football stadium on a Friday night.
Walking
onto the Tully Stadium artificial turf before the game were students from four
campuses – Sherwood, Thornwood, Westwood and Woodview elementary schools.
The
youngsters were exposed to high school bands, cheerleaders, dance and football
teams in an up close, in-person game experience that literally earned them High
Fives from high school student athletes.
This
game experience was arranged by SBISD’s Health Fitness Dept. with special
assistance from Samuel Karns, who is SBISD’s Advanced Movers coordinator.
Greeting
the elementary students were SBISD’s Executive Athletic Director Paige Hershey
and several assistant athletic directors.
One
Woodview Elementary student joined the cheerleaders on the field when the
student bumped into a cheerleader she had met several years ago in a dance
camp.
On
Friday, Oct. 24, meanwhile about 225 Advanced Movers students from Landrum
Middle School and the KIPP Courage College Prep program also at Landrum Middle,
as well as Pine Shadows, Ridgecrest and Cedar Brook elementary schools attended
a soccer game at Houston Baptist University.
“The
excitement was in the air, and could be felt even before the kids even got off
the buses. Even though the [Houston Baptist] Huskies didn’t pull off a win, our
students won in so many capacities on this night through T-2-4,” Karns said. A
boy and girl student from each campus was selected at half time to take part on
field in a soccer dribbling and shooting contest.
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