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Outside the Classroom with Tammy MacSweyn

By Molly Kett “Coaching in the school allows the
students an opportunity to develop
ammy MacSweyn, an sportsmanship and fair play. It is
Tintermediate Math, Science fun!”
and Phys. Ed teacher at Tagwi Outside of school, MacSweyn
Intermediate/Secondary School, plays a number of sports including
volunteers countless hours of her indoor and outdoor soccer, hockey,
time coaching several sports teams broomball, softball, and ball
for her grade 7 and 8 students, hockey. Recently, MacSweyn has
during her lunch hour and after had to reduce her time playing due
school. She also coaches senior to injury but still gets out as much
girls’ volleyball, varsity girls’ as she can. She also dedicates her
hockey, and senior girls’ hockey time to refereeing and coaching
for the high school. In terms of soccer for the Glengarry Soccer
her involvement with the school League. Currently, MacSweyn is
teams, MacSweyn says she runs the vice-president of the Glengarry
practices, coaches, manages teams, Soccer League, as well as a
and more. member of the Long-Term Player

The sports MacSweyn is most Development Committee for the
passionate about are hockey and Glengarry Soccer League.
soccer. When asked why she Being so involved in athletics

dedicates so much of her time to outside of her work in the
school athletics, it all stems back classroom must be tiring at times
to her passion for sports. “As a for MacSweyn, but that doesn’t
kid, I lived for school sports. It stop her from doing what she
was an opportunity to get out of loves. “At times, it can feel over-
class, as well as play sports with whelming, but when it’s something
friends that I wouldn’t normally be that you enjoy, you make it work,”

on a team with,” says MacSweyn. says MacSweyn. Submitted Photo

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