/>Statistics show that everyday in America:
- 18,493 public school students are suspended.*
- 4,133 children are arrested.
- 4,717 babies are born to unmarried mothers.
- 3,312 high school students drop out.*
- 1,204 babies are born to teen mothers.
- 368 children are arrested for drug abuse.
- 186 children are arrested for violent crimes.
- 5 children or youth under 20 commit suicide.
- 1 young person under 25 dies from HIV infection.
*Based on calculations per school day (180 days of seven hours each).
© 2011 Children’s Defense Fund
Source: The State of America’s Children Yearbook 2001.
Sports World and our Pro’s are dedicated to helping Schools and Administrators challenge students to be all that they can be. The Pro speakers challenge students with the message that “You’re not born a Winner; You’re not born a Loser; You’re born a Chooser.”
Each assembly is aimed at life issues pertinent to today’s students. Our Pros help students make changes from
- Drug & alcohol abuse to freedom from chemical control
- Dropping out to academic leadership
- Peer pressure to positive personal values
- Aimlessness and suicide to purposeful living
Sports World Pros can help students tackle life’s problems because they really care. Each Pro is a trained speaker who knows that life’s pressures never stop, but that each battle can be won.
Thousands of athletes play football, but very few make it to the top of the college ranks and fewer still make it to the pros. Each of our speakers has learned what it takes to do his or her best and can communicate this to your students.
For more information contact a representative at info@sportsworld.org or call toll free 1.800.832.6546.