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Teachers and administrators can enroll in the Oakland A's Home Run Readers Program to work together in promoting the importance of literacy and encourage reading in the classroom. Help your students set reading goals and work toward exciting rewards.
The California Police Youth Charities (CPYC) is a proud sponsor of the Home Run Readers program in an effort to build relationships between the law enforcement community and California youth.
IF Adam Rosales at Valley View Elementary in Richmond.
Students who achieve their goals receive:
In 2010, over 120 Bay Area schools participated in the A's Home Run Readers program.
Class registration will be open in September 2011. Please email community@oaklandathletics.com.
Since the Mathletics program inception in 2003, over 200,000 Bay Area and Northern California students' grades first through eighth have participated. The "Mathletics" program is sponsored by Ross Dress For Less and Comcast SportsNet California.
The A's design and distribute thousands of "Mathletics" workbooks which utilize simple formulas for calculating statistics of A's players to students in hopes to promote the importance of math among Bay Area youth. Students who are in the first through eighth grade, complete the workbooks correctly and submit the answer sheet to the A's will earn two ticket vouchers to an A's game!
All answer sheets must be submitted by Friday, June 29, 2012.
Order or Download WorkbooksOn select game dates elementary school students from across Oakland come the Coliseum to receive help with their homework from tutors and aids. After the students have finished their homework they are able to sit in the stands and watch the game.
On the last meeting of the spring and fall sessions an A's player will visit and sign autographs for the students as a way to congratulate them for all of their hard work.
The Green Stampede Homework Club is sponsored by Service Champions Heating & Air Conditioning.
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