Elementary kids visit Falcons for game, homework help

In partnership with Scott Elementary School, the Messiah women’s basketball team welcomed approximately 40 elementary school students to campus Feb. 6 for homework help and to attend a basketball game as guests of the team. Prior to the contest, the elementary school students came to campus and worked with a homework buddy that was a Messiah student-athlete in a one-on-one setting.

Messiah’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee supplied around 40 student-athletes for homework help and to spend time with the elementary students during a pregame pizza dinner.

Dressed in Messiah women’s basketball T-shirts, the elementary students, who are part of a special basketball and cheerleading program, were on the court throughout the game with cheerleading routines and performances. At halftime of the women’s game, members of the Messiah men’s basketball team ran through shooting drills with a number of the students.

Postgame, the women’s team stuck around for poster signings and spent some time with the students.

The event was a culmination of the team regularly serving at Scott Elementary and providing homework help during the month of January.

– Matthew Fenton ’13, MA ’16, director of athletic communications