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The Extra Point
Monthly News and Notes from Play It Smart
November 2008
Volume II | Issue III
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North Plainfield (North Plainfield, NJ) student-athletes sweep the beach in their recent community service project.
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Mark Your Calendar:
Past Due
October 31st School Academic Data Form
November 5th
December 6th SAT
Registration Deadline
November 7th
December 13th ACT
Registration Deadline
November 14th
Play It Smart
Student-Athlete of the Month Submissions
Remember to submit ACT/SAT scores directly to the NCAA Eligibility Center using code"9999" | |
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Remember if you don't tell us, we don't know. So keep us in the loop of your events and the happenings at your campus. Do this by communicating and submitting information to your Program Officer. |
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Student-Athletes of the Month
Click below view entire list of student-athletes for the month of October.
Nominations for November are due on November 14th. |
Prep 48 Training
By now many of you have heard of the Prep48 program and the benefits that the program can provide to your campus. Prep48, a web-based solution, allows students, parents, coaches and guidance counselors to simply and accurately track a student-athlete's academic progress toward qualifying for NCAA initial-eligibility.
If you have not been trained or have not scheduled training sessions with your program officer please do so.
We encourage you to involve others at your school such as guidance counselors, coaches, and athletic directors to maximize the benefits of the program. If you are unable be trained at the same time, that's ok. There is a user manual for the program so once you are trained on the system you will be able to assist the others within your school. We are working to increase the amount of resources available to member schools and encourage you to take advantage of resources like Prep48.
As we move forward we hope to bring you more benefits that will help your student-athletes realize their dreams. So play it smart and contact your program officer to get set up on the system.
Play It Smart partners with N4A
Play It Smart and the National Assiocation of Athletic Academic
Advisors team up to benefit Academic Coaches across the country.
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To listen is to learn, and to understand is to inspire. |
| National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
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| Parental Involvement 101
Terri Walker, a local parent involvement specialist from Region 10 Education Service Center, is an expert in the field and presented on the topic sharing several strategies academic coaches can use to strengthen their parent and family partnerships. She recent co-authored a article on parental involvement: http://www.playitsmart.org/news.php?id=1709
Study Hall 101
This is the critical time where Play It Smart member schools evaluate their program goals and objectives, and decide to re-adjust or stay the course in an effort to end the school year with strong components in place. We wanted to take this time to bring a bit more focus to a critical component in building a successful Play It Smart program: Study Hall http://www.playitsmart.org/news.php?id=1710
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Bulldogs mentor Gladiators
UGA football players came to speak to the Clarke Central Gladiators (Athens, GA) on Oct 1 at practice. The four players were, Fred Munzenmair sophomore fullback, Shaun Chapas sophomore fullback, Matthew Stafford, junior All American quarterback and Tanner Strickland freshman offensive line. The players came out to practice and spoke on core values of education, work ethic, accountability, and team work.
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| Tennessee Titans host coat drive
Play-It-Smart students-athletes from two Knoxville schools Austin East and West and Nashville schools Pearl Cohn and Stratford, spent their morning collecting coats from the 70,000 fans that attended the Titans, Packers contest on Sunday. The students covered the seven LP Field collection points and spent nearly three hours greeting, thanking and collecting coats from fans wishing to participate in the coat drive.
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Second year Play It Smart school hits the ground running.
The Ben Davis Giants are not slowing down. Last year the team completed over 900 community service hours.
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Local texan recieves scholarship from NFL's Texans
Leroy Seals a senior at Milby High School (Houston, TX) was one of eight Scholar-Athlete of the week named by the Houston Texans. Seals, a October 2008 Play It Smart Student-Athlete of the Month, recieved a $1,000 scholarship. Seals is a three year starter at Milby.
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Play It Smart Schools "Make Strides Against Breast Cancer"
Carteret High (Carteret, NJ) joined Irvington High (Irvington, NJ) to "Make Strides Against Breast Cancer". Each team collected donations during their Friday night games. The Heisman Trust, which sponsors the Play It Smart program at Irvington, assisted in the efforts by donating $5,000 on the behalf on Irvington High.
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A Team Effort...
Aiken Head Football Coach Troy Green, along with senior players Asador Demoz, Marshall Donald, and Levonne Bolton were guests of the Marvin Lewis Foundation at the Cincinnati Bengals game. They were invited to a pre-game tailgate along with tickets to the game. The reward was due in part to showing strong academic success this past football season. | |
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Our mission is to help student-athletes take responsibility for their futures through lessons learned on the playing field, in the classroom and in service to others.
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If you're going to play...Play It Smart
Sincerely,
Play It Smart Staff
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