The focus of the CKRS sports program is on having fun and not on winning; the emphasis is always on trying your best and not on being the best. Yet competition can be healthy. We all want our children to feel that confidence and satisfaction that comes with putting effort into studies and into sports. We want them to improve and eventually succeed. But we don't want them to lose sight of the joy that comes with playing for its own sake. Our job as parents is to help our children strike the right balance between the two. At times it is healthy to leave our own competitive impulses behind. We strive to teach the value of competing over the value of winning. We strive to teach them good sportsmanship and empathy for others. We learn to respect our opponents and be gracious in victory and in defeat. We put disappointment in perspective and keep on going. A feeling of competence comes when the child discovers his or her area of strength. This can be in all areas of academia as well as areas of sport. Parents are always the best teachers. The example they set is the model their children are likely to follow.

Extra Curricular Activities

In addition to the regularly scheduled Gym Classes for grades K-8th, the following extra-curricular sports activities are available for students in grades 3rd-8th through the school's Athletic Committee:

• Basketball Boys & Girls (4-8th)
• Field Hockey Girls (5-8th)
• Softball Girls (7-8th) **If the numbers are not enough, 6th grade will be included.
• Track Boys & Girls (3-8th)

Father Wallace Award
 John R (basketball)