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  • Laura Ward Elementary School
  • Chicago, IL
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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If sports are introduced at an early age, it can become part of kids' lives! Teamwork, responsibility, and sportsmanship are important skills to have as an adult. This will be taught using the scoreboard. This scoreboard will teach a sense of responsibility and teamwork. Kids and teens learn how to work together. They will try their best, and be proud of the results. But they also learn that, ultimately, how to be a responsible adults. Sportsmanship will be taught through the use of a scoreboard. Students will be taught how to lose and win gracefully.

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If sports are introduced at an early age, it can become part of kids' lives! Teamwork, responsibility, and sportsmanship are important skills to have as an adult. This will be taught using the scoreboard. This scoreboard will teach a sense of responsibility and teamwork. Kids and teens learn how to work together. They will try their best, and be proud of the results. But they also learn that, ultimately, how to be a responsible adults. Sportsmanship will be taught through the use of a scoreboard. Students will be taught how to lose and win gracefully.

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