Hey Everyone,
We have expanded a lot recently with our projects in Bridgeport! These are very exciting times so I wanted to share with you what we are doing. Everything that you read below is free for the kids who participate.
1. We have around 25 Bridgeport girls set to start practicing soccer with us twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 6pm to 7:30pm at Roosevelt School with two of our professional soccer coaches. It's the same girls that we have been working with for a year. They beat Ridgefield in a match at the end of Fall when we were only practicing once a week so now that we will be practicing twice a week the girls should improve even more.
2. We are averaging around 12 students in each of our online chess classes for Bridgeport kids ages 10 and under. We host the classes Monday through Friday from 5pm to 6pm through Zoom. We also have an all girls chess class that meets on Mondays from 6pm to 7pm online that averages around 8 girls.
3. We are working with LITT (Library Initiative for Teens and Tweens) and the Bridgeport Library, providing weekly chess classes and scrimmages for Bridgeport kids ages 11-18. Recently, this group faced off with the Ridgefield Library and South Norwalk Library chess programs and beat them. They also tied Joel Barlow High School.
4. We are tutoring Math and English during school hours at Roosevelt School, Curial School and St Ann School. Our coaches go in and work with kids in a small group format.
5. We are teaching chess three times a week during school hours at St Ann School. This will surely create a chess culture there.
6. We are hosting a weekly after school, financial literacy class at Kolbe Cathedral High School in Bridgeport.
7. We are hosting an after school chess class at Roosevelt School and Curiale school taught by one of our students in our LITT/Bridgeport Library chess program. This is cool because we trained the player and now we are paying the player to go coach other Bridgeport kids.
8. We are paying for the tuition of a high schooler at Kolbe Cathedral.
9. We are hosting homework help after school classes at Roosevelt School and Curiale School multiple days a week.
