Sports collaboration highlighted during Safety Week

Allen Road Elementary decided to add a new topic during Safety Week this March. Following some building-wide brainstorming, the school decided to highlight Sports Safety this year.  “We thought a sports safety day would be informative, interactive and fun for all kids at each level” said Allen Road Elementary School Teacher Patricia Burns. C-NS athletes, OCM BOCES, and North Syracuse CSD’s Head Trainer Katie Clark gave special presentations for the different grade levels. Athletes talked about taking part in different sports, nutrition, and the necessity of wearing appropriate safety equipment. Younger students even got the opportunity to try on equipment and took part in a contest to see who could dress in the gear the fastest.

“A lot of the lessons you learn as an athlete can be carried over into life lessons - hard work, determination, perseverance, teamwork, goal setting, decisiveness, and our students got a glimpse into this. We hope our athletes learned the importance of showing those traits and will continue to strive for greatness on and off their field/court/ice, etc.  With our emphasis on spring sports, for this year, we also hope our athletes gained a few fans that will now come out and cheer them on!” said Mrs. Burns.  Participating CNS student-athletes were Hannah Boyle, Joe Main, Wyatt Dupell, Ian Leahey and Nicole Mirra.  Athletic Director Timothy Bednarski played a large role in organizing this great collaboration experience for students. Many thanks to everyone who made the collaboration possible.