Our Core Elementary Program
Grades 3-5
Our Core Elementary Program is designed to meet the physical, social , and academic development needs for grades 3–5. The program runs five days a week— with two days of writing practice, two days of soccer practice, and Friday Game Days.
Fall Season
Power of Poetry
This curriculum is aligned with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts (National Council of Teachers of English) and emphasizes writing components, such as rhyme schemes, meter and alliteration. Our teams create a poem on the topic of their choice to perform at the Community Poetry SLAM.
Spring Season
Writing for the Community
Aligned with the 8 K-12 Service-Learning Standards (National Youth Leadership Council), this curriculum encourages Poet-Athletes to explore the relationship between self and community. Teams then create a service-learning project to present at Jamboree. Topics have included homelessness and immigration rights.
Celebratory Events
Community Poetry SLAM (Fall Season)
Jamboree (Spring Season)
These two joyous, high-energy events end their respective seasons—Community Poetry SLAM in the fall and Jamboree in the spring. They bring school teams together to encourage and applaud each other as Poet-Athletes perform their slam poems and service-learning projects, with awards given for the winning performances.
