Dallas
America SCORES Dallas
America SCORES Dallas is the only youth development program that addresses high obesity and illiteracy rates in Dallas while cultivating the next generation of leaders in urban elementary schools through the combination of soccer, poetry, and service learning.
2011-12 school year:
- America SCORES Dallas will be serving 9 schools in the Dallas Independent School District.
- Big Thought/Thriving Minds, DISD’s after-school contractor, is funding 6 out of the 9 schools, enabling us to serve 288 students.
- We will have 2 Open Mic Nights at the Starbucks on La Vista in Dallas on 11/9 & 11/29.
- We will host our annual SLAM!, the fall poetry event, in December.
Teaching kids to write is equivalent to teaching kids to think; giving kids the tools to write is giving them the resources to be successful in life. Combining all of this with soccer is like putting peanut butter with chocolate. I am surprised every public school hasn’t adopted an America SCORES program.
-Stephen King, Author
Every boy and girl who has kicked a soccer ball, created a poem, and helped out with a community project through America SCORES has had a chance to learn lessons that reach far beyond these activities. Lessons like how to express themselves, how to recognize their innate worth, and how to develop the faith that they can make a positive difference in this world.
-James Earl Jones, Actor
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