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| Kids plus
summer usually adds up to sports camps. But this year
Dan Miscisco and partner Dr. Bernie Krynowsky have come
up with a new equation. The two North Shore residents
are introducing an option to Miscisco's All-Star Sports
Camps called Future Success Enrichment Camps. These
weekly camps are designed to motivate children and build
their confidence by teaching them what Krynowsky,
co-director of the program, calls "life skills." A
lecturer at UBC's education faculty with experience
teaching both primary and secondary school students,
Krynowsky wants to further the personal growth of
children, a focus which he says is not taught in
schools. "Both Dan Miscisco and I have been involved in
education for many years. I admire teachers for the good
jobs they do but they don't have the time or mandate to
develop skills kids need for success and happiness in
our society," Krynowsky says. Miscisco has also been a
lifelong enthusiast for education. A teacher at Norgate
school in North Vancouver, Miscisco started his first
sports camp in 1969 after a career as a professional
minor league baseball player. Since then more than
20,000 kids have been to his basketball and volleyball
camps. But Miscisco is not one to rest on his laurels.
The future success program will present kids with such
concepts as goal setting, time management, manners,
confidence building, and leadership and communication
skills. Targeting kids from grades 5 to 12, the program
will have three levels - elementary, junior high and
senior high - and is offered in North Vancouver. The
students spend 3 1/2 hours each day from Monday to
Friday at the camp. Also new this year to Summer
Excitement '90 is the Pee Wee plus Sports Camps for boys
and girls from grades 2 through 4. The camp will focus
on ball handling and motor skills, practice habits and
sportsmanship. Sponsored by the North Shore News, the
registration for the Future Success Enrichment Program
and the sports camps costs $70 before June 30 and $75
after. A special family rate is also available. For more
information call Miscisco. |
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