As any Jays fan will tell you, making the playoffs is an impressive, exhilarating feat.
For the sports enthusiast, few things are more moving than watching your team’s inspirational players skip onto the field as they embrace the rare fortune to pursue a legitimate shot at life-defining success and historic achievement.
For the education enthusiast, it’s kind of like watching children from low-income families just show up to high school and fight the meagre 52% odds of college enrollment.
Which is why a group of people tried to make the experience feel exactly the same for a new crop of students at Tindley Preparatory Academy in Indianapolis.
“Unity brings about change, and this is unity,” a member of the Indianapolis Fire Department told a local news correspondent.
He was one of almost 100 men – alongside the police chief, a US Attorney, a juvenile court judge and other local professionals – who lined up as part of an energetic high-five train leading to the front doors of the school for 6th to 12th graders.
The supportive fans are part of a group calling themselves The Urban Positive Influence School Rallies Initiative. Their goal is a “transfer of positive energy from older professional men to these young kids” in an effort to encourage the continuation and completion of their education and an overall trend of smart decision-making when it comes to their futures.
A little cheering can go a long way.
After organizing their first welcome rally this past September at a school in Connecticut, followed by their appearance at Tindley last week, a spokesperson says they have received a dozen requests to keep the fanfare going. “It felt like we were special,” a student told a news anchor. “And that sometimes people do care about this school…” The group has at least three more rallies around Indianapolis before the end of November and hopefully, we’ll be seeing more of this kind of team spirit everywhere. Talk about a win for the good guys.
Can you imagine coming to school and see this waiting for you?
Posted by LeRoy Sedwick on Monday, October 5, 2015
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