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Washington Capitals and Mystics Team Up for Teach For America Week
10/21/05 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Washington
Mystics

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Washington Capitals forward Chris Clark and
Washington Mystics forward Alana Beard will participate in Teach For
America Week 2005 at Powell Elementary School in Northwest
Washington, D.C. on Monday, Oct. 24, from 2-3 p.m. This is the first
joint event with both teams since the Mystics were acquired by
Lincoln Holdings this summer.


Clark and Beard will take-over Amy Duarte's first-grade D.C. public
school class, talking to the students about the importance of
practicing, teamwork and education. The players will also talk about
the various countries they've been to playing their respective
sports, and Clark will show the class some of his hockey equipment.
Clark and Beard will finish the visit by holding a Q&A session,
signing autographs and passing out goody bags.


Teach For America Week is an annual, nationwide event in which
leaders from all professions spend an hour of their time teaching
children from some of our nation's lowest income communities where
Teach For America corps members teach. Beyond the immediate impact
students feel in individual classrooms, Teach For America Week
highlights, for people across the country, the challenges these
students face and the promise they offer.


Since its launch in 1997 hundreds of America's most successful
leaders have participated in Teach For America Week, sharing their
knowledge, personal insight, and wisdom with thousands of children.
Last year Capitals alumnus and Comcast SportsNet hockey analyst Craig
Laughlin participated in Teach For America Week, teaching a fifth-
grade class at at Patricia R. Harris Education Center in Southeast
Washington, D.C.
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