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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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