Helping Children in Poverty Through Sports

Teaching Dance With Deborah

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We got the opportunity to teach a dance class with Deborah Damast. We taught a kindergarten class. The kids had a lot of energy and it looked like they needed to move around. When Aidhan, Lily and I were teaching, they were very enthusiastic about us being there. Deborah told us that in the lower school,…

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LREI, Deborah Damast- Dance Class on 3-7-17

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Today my group and I met with Deborah Damast. She teaches lower and middle school students dance and movement class. We started off by warming up with a class of kindergarteners. Deborah had us stretch, run, and play with the kids. They played a skipping game where they run in and tap someone to stand…

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Meeting with Seth Eastman, LREI

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Blog Post #6: Developing Curriculum Activities in-line with our Social Justice Mission Meeting with Seth Eastman, LREI February, 2017   Elizabeth and Sarah recommended that we talk to Seth about our project. It was a great idea because Seth shares the same passion for sports and getting kids involved in sports and physical education. He…

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Jacob August Riis School

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We visited the Jacob August Riis school. It is a school involved with Asphalt Green’s program to get kids active. A few years ago, Asphalt Green sent out information to schools in New York City about their program. What the program does is it sends coaches to schools to teach kindergarten through sixth grade. The…

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Visiting PS1 in Chinatown: Assisting Coach Eric Suarez

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Blog Post #5: CITC, PS1, Alfred E. Smith School, in Chinatown 8 Henry Street Assisting Coach Eric Suarez Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 On Wednesday February 8th, 2017, Lily and I went to PS1 in Chinatown. We met Eric Suarez, a professional soccer coach, who works for City In The Community (CITC) and Downtown United Soccer…

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Visiting PS126 Jacob Riis School

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  Blog Post #4: Asphalt Green PS 126, Jacob August Riis School 80 Catherine Street Thursday, January 26th, 2017 On Thursday January 26th, 2017, Jack and I went to the Jacob August Riis school. We went there to meet Thomas Bickerton (also known as TG) from Asphalt Green and help supervise the kids’ recess. Our…

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Watching Hoop Dreams

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  Blog Post #3: Watching Hoop Dreams, 1994 American Documentary Film Directed By: Steve James Written By: Steve James and Frederick Marx Produced By: Kartemquin Films Winter Break   Some say that “Hoop Dreams” is the most powerful movie about sports ever made, (The Washington Post). It is one of the most critically acclaimed documentaries,…

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City In The Community Meet On 2-8-17

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Recently, my group mates and I met with Eric, a coach that works for DUSC, and at City in The Community (CITC). CITC partners with NYCFC, and sends coaches to public schools to keep young kids active during P.E. Eric is one of those coaches. We had the awesome opportunity to join Eric, and play…

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Hoop Dreams

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For our third social justice project we watched a movie called hoop dreams. We decided to each watch the movie on our own over winter break. It was very cool to see how two black families in poverty had a lot of things in common. They both didn’t have a lot of money, and they…

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Paul Jeffries

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We met with Paul Jeffries last week. Paul Jeffries came in and talked about what he does to help people in need through sports. He spoke in front of the whole eighth grade. He works for the soccer club NYCFC, and his job is to help communities and people in need through soccer. He grew…

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Asphalt Green Interview

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On Monday, November 21, we met with David Ludwig. He is the director of Community Programs at Asphalt Green at the uptown location. Asphalt Green is a sports facility where they have sports classes. In addition to teaching classes, they also help children and senior citizens in need. We interviewed him about his role at…

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