Athletic Director Bob Marcus has quite the challenge in allocating the athletic department funds appropriately throughout all the programs within Oakbend Senior High School. After critically analyzing the case study it was quite clear some sports such as football and girls basketball received much more funding compared to other sports such as cross country and track and field. Throughout this case brief an effective solution that is both fair and in line with the districts mission will be expanded on to assist Bob Marcus is making the necessary budget cuts to provide a successful athletic program in the future. Marcus needs to cut about $80,000 from the previous budget plan to accommodate the funding cuts made by the school.
This organization has two locations/leagues and 14 teams which allow an increase in participation. Families are able to pick which location is more convenient for them to travel to and the numerous teams allow players to make special connections and lifelong friendships. From speaking with parents of players, the special needs community has a strong bond and spreads the word on organizations like Lone Star Play Ball. The fact that Lone Star has been able to grow so quickly and retain players year-over-year, proves that this organization is doing an excellent job of providing a special experience. This can be witnessed first-hand by attending one of the games.
The present of Arizona Gymnastics has organization saga that only fits their needs for the gymnasts, but the coaches have tight communication that goes along with both the athletes and the roles that happens behind the sport itself. The gymnasts have a structure that is beneficial for their special needs to be the best as a team. Being responsible of not only being on time to go to practices and classes, but there are other areas such as volunteering for the community that they do that helps them get to know the community and for the community know the
BACKGROUND NCAA Team Works represents the ongoing community outreach efforts of the NCAA National Office staff, partners and local organizations. The Team Works brand was developed in 2012 with the goal of providing an umbrella brand to encompass all NCAA community outreach efforts. The NCAA has a corporate and social responsibility throughout the communities in which we host championships. Through initiatives such as service learning projects, school engagement, legacy restorations, and disaster relief, NCAA Team Works engages youth and communities that might not have the opportunity to attend the championship, but participate in activities tied to those events. Specific NCAA Team Works projects include youth clinics, backpack and school
Over the course of last year’s summer, specifically the month of July I worked as a volunteer camp counselor for the Brooklyn Jesuit Prep(B.J.P) summer camp. This camp was held at Fairfield Prep on the second floor of Berchmans as well as in and around the circle at Loyola Drive on the Fairfield University campus and Loyola Hall. I volunteered for the afternoon sessions of the summer camp, so my experience was vastly different from those who volunteered for the morning sessions and helped tutor and educate the children. Instead, I helped and lead the middle school children in games and other activities which they didn’t have enough counselors or volunteers to do. I played games with them ranging from dodgeball to kickball and rugby, and even
This was a children's program that was based out of the Bishops Museum’s, Amy B.H. Greenwell Botanical Gardens in Captain Cook. This program allowed me to volunteer three hours every week, planting endangered species of hawaiian plants. We constantly cleaned up hawaii's dry land forests and planted many plants such as the Hala Pepe and Ohia Lehua. I continued this program until my freshmen year of highschool… when I started to devote my team to west Hawaii Special Olympics. Special Olympics allowed me to get involved with many events such as Cop On Top and the Torch Run.
As the founder, I was involved in recruiting prospective members, serving as a liaison between the players, coaches, and parents, and most
It is not just in the United States though, Special Olympics reaches out to people around the world providing people with intellectual disabilities in more than 170 countries with the experience. The main goal of Special Olympics is to push for inclusion and acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities everywhere. Special Olympics hosts events such as the summer games, where they can participate in track and field events, along with unified sports teams, such as soccer. The unified teams bring people together and break down the barrier between stereotypes. However, Special Olympics goes way beyond just the sports.
High School Sports Should be Funded Every year 300,000 students are participating in sports (Gould 1). The School District has been funding the athletics program, which has been benefiting many of the students’ lives for several years. The discontinuation of high school sports will cause many students to loose the health, social and educational benefits provided by participating in athletics. The School District should continue to fund sports because they benefit students.
This program also brings families together and allows the whole family to be involved in all activates. Many of the athletes have been involved in the special Olympics since elementary school and other who have not it’s very easy to join. The special Olympics allow these young people with disabilities the opportunity to show they too are champions and can compete in numerous sports in a county, state and worldwide games. With every strength, there must be some form of weakness. when it comes to weakness there are few.
I was quivering--though not from the chilling winter breeze that enveloped me as I approached entrance door of the gymnasium, but rather from the prospect of interacting with an unfamiliar group of people. During the winter of last year, headed to my first Special Olympics Basketball practice of many, I did little to conceal my anxiety; an obvious display of concern patterned my face as I confronted a bombardment of second-thoughts. At the time, my perception of the special-needs community had been laced with the unfortunate stereotypes common of many people today. I had presumed that they would be hard to teach, that they would be unpredictable, and that they would be overwhelmingly awkward.
The putrid smell of Escherichia coli is one that is immediately identifiable to the few lucky individuals who recognize its scent. It is also an aroma with which I became intimately sensitive to as I shuttled petri dishes of the bacterium in and out of an incubator. While my classmates shied away from the task of handling the pungent bacteria used in our recombinant DNA experiments, I took to the task eagerly, anything that would take me one step closer to my goal of researching. I had the opportunity to learn about lab techniques and cutting edge biology concepts the summer before my junior year, in an extracurricular biotechnology class at Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development. The class, a three week crash course in the
Working with the Special Olympics will be immensely rewarding. As a volunteer for the Special Olympics all you need is a great heart and patience. You do not have to be a great athlete or even have any prior coaching experience. The Special Olmpics offers a general course on the principles of coaching, in addition to a mentoring program in which the new coaches receive guidance from the experienced coaches. We need volunteers to help with the behind the scenes as well, which may include fund-raising or organizing events or any other countless details to keep a huge organization such as Special Olympics up and running.
Throughout the semester, I have gained a better understanding of adapted physical education and sport programs. These programs provide children and adults with an opportunity to participate in sports they may not have thought were possible. The modifications to sport and exercise allows individuals with a range of disabilities to engage in activity. The disabilities can range from a mild learning disability to a permanent condition caused from a serious accident. While observing numerous individuals with disabilities, I was able to obtain a better understanding of the challenges that came with physical activity.
I came in contact with the proper officials at the department of athletics and we began discussing all the details. I began by introducing myself and the organization. I explained all of the great accomplishments we have had in the past because of the support from all of our contributors. I then proceeded to share how our involvement has positively impacted all events we have been a part of in recent history, including engineering day and engineering week in the Riverfront Museum last year, as they had one of their highest attendances. I then proceeded to talk about how because of this, it could potentially also increase attendance at the sporting events such as women’s basketball, or the upcoming indoor tennis tourney.
