Written by Kate Snyder with Terry Levels, Middle School Programs and Special Projects Coordinator
They may be approximately one third the height of your average NBA basketball player, but do not underestimate the Fulton Wildcats. This dynamo team recently took 2nd place in the New Brushton Homewood YMCA Christmas Basketball Tournament and is primed and ready for a great upcoming season.
The Wildcats are a co-ed basketball team made up of third, fourth and fifth graders from Fulton Elementary School who participate in EECM’s Fulton Basketball Mentoring Program. This program, run by Children and Youth staffers Terry Levels, Richard Payne, Ed Rivers and Shawn Proctor, provides opportunities for teamwork and relationship building, as well as life-skills education for at-risk youth within the framework of after-school basketball.
The Fulton Basketball Mentoring Program is in its second year and the coordinators agree that it is a vital program for these students. Terry Levels notes: “In addition to physical exercise, the program provides positive mentoring and keeps the students away from negative community influences and negative peer pressure.“
The kids meet for an hour after school Monday through Thursday and play approximately 10 games each season, which runs from January through the end of February. The Wildcats compete against other teams from 12 Pittsburgh-area elementary schools.
Keep up the good work, Wildcats!
They may be approximately one third the height of your average NBA basketball player, but do not underestimate the Fulton Wildcats. This dynamo team recently took 2nd place in the New Brushton Homewood YMCA Christmas Basketball Tournament and is primed and ready for a great upcoming season.
The Wildcats are a co-ed basketball team made up of third, fourth and fifth graders from Fulton Elementary School who participate in EECM’s Fulton Basketball Mentoring Program. This program, run by Children and Youth staffers Terry Levels, Richard Payne, Ed Rivers and Shawn Proctor, provides opportunities for teamwork and relationship building, as well as life-skills education for at-risk youth within the framework of after-school basketball.
The Fulton Basketball Mentoring Program is in its second year and the coordinators agree that it is a vital program for these students. Terry Levels notes: “In addition to physical exercise, the program provides positive mentoring and keeps the students away from negative community influences and negative peer pressure.“
The kids meet for an hour after school Monday through Thursday and play approximately 10 games each season, which runs from January through the end of February. The Wildcats compete against other teams from 12 Pittsburgh-area elementary schools.
Keep up the good work, Wildcats!
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