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Viewpoint: The Importance of Sports in Education

By Casey Leger Panthers senior boys’ soccer team
to OFSAA three times, and he has
body would be hard-pressed to coached the senior boys’ basketball
A find a bigger supporter of sports team to an OFSAA birth an impressive
in education than Saint Joseph’s 7 consecutive times, from 2005 to
Catholic Secondary School’s Athletic 2012. One of his favourite coaching
Director Jack Chisholm. A graduate accomplishments is winning the AA
of the St. Francis Xavier Concurrent EOSSAA title with the junior girls’
Education Program, Chisholm holds basketball team in 2013. “It was our
a Bachelor of Science in Phys Ed and first time winning at that level, ever,”
a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. he said.
He’s very well suited to the position “Sports has always been a vehicle
he’s held since 2006. Chisholm was for success in my life,” commented
recruited to play soccer at St. FX and Chisholm. “I want kids to be able
competed at the nationals twice. He to experience that.” According to Jack Chisholm with the 2017 junior girl Panthers. Photo Submitted
also played spring basketball with Chisholm, who gets behind every sports as they can. the quality of the students attract for
the top X-Men and briefly considered sports initiative put forward at St “Being an athlete at St. Joes is a St. Joseph’s considerable success in
switching to hoops at the university Joe’s, the skills athletes learn in one privilege,” according to AD Chisholm. both. “Sports teaches commitment,
level. sport often transfer to others, and as He credits the quality of the school’s hard work, discipline, and of course,
As a coach, Chisholm has led the such, they should experience as many sport and academic programs and sportsmanship,” he smiles.

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