PacificSport Okanagan Introduces New Academy

Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 09:26

With a new school year right around the corner, PacificSport Okanagan announces their new PacificSport Athlete Academy for secondary school student-athletes. The new Academy based in Kelowna, allows high school student-athletes an opportunity to enhance their overall learning environment by having access to a flexible educational timetable and the supportive structure to work in cooperation with their high performance training and competitive schedule.

This new lifestyle program will integrate the existing British Columbia Graduation Program Curriculum, altering the way students pursue their athletic careers without compromising their academic goals. The programs are designed to assist student-athletes by modifying training and educational workloads allowing them to obtain graduation credits for their training and competition activities.

Some of the additional services the student-athletes will benefit from include transportation to and from training sites, time-table assistance / course administration, and a certified teacher on staff to offer extra assistance with homework when travelling, training and competition takes them away from the classroom. Core courses will be included on site such as Language Arts, Math, Fine Arts and/or Applied Skills, Social Studies and Science, while the remainder their Graduation Required and Elective Courses will be offered through a number of flexible choices, which may include online courses.

Based out of the Capital News Centre in Kelowna’s Mission Recreation Complex, the Athlete Academy Centre training facilities including: an aquatic centre, personal training facility, soccer and baseball fields, indoor track and turf fields, ice rinks, classrooms and more.

Student-athletes are now being accepted for the September 2011 academic year with the deadline this Friday, August 19, 2011.

For more information on sport and education, please visit SIRC.