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  • Dirksen Junior High School
  • Joliet, IL
  • HBCU Alum
  • 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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New basketballs will allow the students athletes to have a better experience practicing on a daily basis. They will be able to grip ball better and work on form shooting to enhance their craft. The ball rack provides a place for the balls to be housed instead of on floor in our cage. Right now, we are having to borrow our girls programs racks in order to transport balls. It's hard to continue to share a ball rack every day having to switch daily. It's much easier to roll than carry balls each day out of our cage day to day.

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New basketballs will allow the students athletes to have a better experience practicing on a daily basis. They will be able to grip ball better and work on form shooting to enhance their craft. The ball rack provides a place for the balls to be housed instead of on floor in our cage. Right now, we are having to borrow our girls programs racks in order to transport balls. It's hard to continue to share a ball rack every day having to switch daily. It's much easier to roll than carry balls each day out of our cage day to day.

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