TOKAY JR TIGERS

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Many programs claim to promote academics as well as sportsmanship.
However, very few programs follow through with it. Studies show that
70% of kids playing youth football will not play a single down of High
School football and more academic scholarships are awarded each year
than athletic scholarships. Bottom line is, academics are important and
should be emphasized and rewarded. The Tokay JR Tiger organization is
the first organization in the area to promote such a program, further
enforcing the premise on which this organization was formed.
WE ARE THE STANDARD FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO FOLLOW.

An academic accountability program also helps us gain allies such as schools
and local businesses for sponsorships.

We cannot make this program work without your help.

How it works

Once school starts, we send our academic accountability forms home with the kids on Thursday, on the following Tuesday, it is returned to us before practice.  The players/cheerleaders teacher checks and scores the child's effort and behavior for the week, as do the parents. Those players/cheerleaders that fail to bring an academic accountability paper in for whatever reason, are given a zero for the week and will be held accountable on the practice field.  Scores will be tallied each week for the team and individual totals. We take the number of kids on the team (not the number there that day or who turn in) and divide by the total number of points for that team, to give us a team average.  On the following Thursday, the team that had the highest total the previous week gets pizza delivered to their practice site for the kids to eat after practice. We hand out Helmet decals for academic performance weekly. Cheer will receive other recognition since they do not have helmets. At season's end, we will hand out awards to the year’s best academic performers.