May 19
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I had the honor tonight of attending the sports awards ceremony for the 2014-15 Argenta-Oreana Middle School teams.
This included our 8th-grader for cheerleading and our 7th-grader for volleyball.
Both of them did a great job this year.
I am one proud dad.
It was fun to attend their games and fun to see them contributing to the collective successes of their respective team.
I am not a fan of the manner in which some schools place way too much of an emphasis on sports. But, A-O does a great job to strike a very nice balance between the importance of athletics and the importance of academics.
Note I said "importance of athletics".
Yes, being a part of a team sport is important.
There are so many things learned from coaches..... learned from competition..... learned from the "no I in TEAM" concept...... things that can't be taught in a classroom.
I call it "gym-learning".
And it's part of the well-rounded educational experience that students need.
Out for now......
Matt