Archery team thankful for donated equipment in wake of arson fire
This year has been particularly tough for the district because it was affected by two arson fires in less than a week. A fire set on
Six days later, another arson fire burned the former high school building and the elementary gymnasium. The
This week, the faces of the team members lit up like Christmas trees as they saw the new archery equipment, which included 12 Mathews Genesis bows, two boxes of arrows, five targets, a net, a bow rack and a repair kit. Wednesday was a reunion of sorts for the archery team, given that the members had not been able to practice together since the fire.
"This is really cool, and I'm so happy and excited that they donated this to us," she said. "I'm really thankful about it and that we're all together again. I didn't know if anyone had enough money to donate or if they were going to. It just makes me really happy that someone cares."
"I really like the bows and the net," he said. "I was happy that someone could get together with us and give us some targets, arrows and bows."
The archery gear was donated by the
"The kits can cost around
The Missouri National Archery in the Schools Program aims to support international-style target archery to students in grades four through 12.
With the help of the
Rhodes said through the grant, the department cooperates with schools that want to join MoNASP and trains teachers in basic archery instruction. The trained staff members will return to their school districts and then order equipment. Once filling out the grant paperwork, the department will reimburse the qualified districts up to
"There are over 600 schools that are part of MoNASP, but the number changes every day," Rhodes said. "In archery, not only are there benefits in terms of focus, increased attendance, and improved test scores, but for us as a department, in terms of making contact and influencing lives of young people. It's huge. It's really important to us to see that and to be able to help in any way that we can."
"They reached out to us when they found out that we had lost all of our equipment in the fire, and they said they want to help replace it," she said. She said he cried on the phone when she was talking to Edwards.
After the fire, Reed said, she had students asking her every week if the program would end. The team ended up losing at least
"I had kids who lost their personal bows, which can start out at
"It's been kind of discouraging with everything that's happened to the kids as a result of the fire, but when we have organizations like this helping us out, it seems as though all will be well, he said. "Our kids are excited. Our staff is excited. We seem to be able to get things back to normal as much as possible."
MoNASP
Area schools that are part of the Missouri National Archery in the Schools Program include
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