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The Harlem Lacrosse program is using lax to produce classroom progress

By Craig FordeApril 1, 2018

In 2008, Concord-Carlisle (Mass.) High School alumnus Simon Cataldo was working as a special education math teach at Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem.

While struggling initially to engage his students in academics, he brought to them an unfamiliar concept — the sport of lacrosse.

In doing so, Cataldo found that the students’ interest in playing this newfound game proved to have a correlation in the classroom, as grades and test scores of those who played went up

Within two years, Harlem Lacrosse was formed in an effort to provide at-risk and vulnerable students with an opportunity to empower them in the classroom to reach their full potential.

Tags: Frederick Douglass Academy, Harlem Lacrosse, Simon Cataldo

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