Unconditional

Love for
Children

Chess Academy

Check Mate News

February, 2015

Beau Hardeman:Chess Instructor; Essig Kemp:Chess Coach; Anthony Smith:Student Intern/GA State Univ.

Congratulations Honor Roll students 1st semester:

Nicks Barbershop Chess - Bryce Cowins, Collin Laster, Ashlee Ingram, Maxie Harrell, Tyreke Edge

Greenforest Christian Academy 2nd Grade- Danielle Bacon, Talen Frett, Larry Harris III, Xavier Lewis, Jaden Newman, Haley
Smith. 3rd Grade-Benjamin Brudey, Jenna Collins, Marian Griffin, Simone Lewis, Devon Lopez, Luke McCalep, Ryan Peek,
Landon Searcy. 4th Grade-Timothy Howard, Mariam Tadesse, Austin Williams, Janiya Williams, Victoria McCalep. 7th GradeJohnathan Adams, Daniel Bacon, Jada Collier, Sanaa Lewis, Myles Moore, Janyla Perez, Ashley Phillips, Rickey Turpin Jr.,. 8th
Grade-Maegan Baker,Brian Brudey Jr., Darrell Dudley, Ryan Hill, Emmanuel Holsey, Kinaya Horton, Elijah Ndukwe, Ewart Smith.

GPC Open Chess Tournament

GPC students Tulsi Bhandari and Jose Hernandez competed in a campus wide chess tournament
on Wednesday, January 31st at the Clarkston campus. They played 3 rounds against 10
participants. Tulsi Bhandari won 1st place & Jose won a round. Congratulations Tulsi and Jose!
Hernandez

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Chess Training Schedule

Nicks Barber Shop Chess Saturday 10:am12:am

Greenforest Christian Academy Chess- Wednesday 3:30pm5:30pm
Harvestlodge Home Chess Wednesday 6:pm8:pm
Georgia Perimeter College Tuesday 4:pm6:pm
Decatur Checkmate Academy Chess Headquarters - TBA

Chess spells STRATEGY

S Safe Environment: Chess provides a safe environment to practice decision making, problem solving skills.
T Thinking Skills: Chess teaches efficient methods in thinking by managing impulsivity and acting with forethought.
R Rules: Chess teaches respect for rules of behavior.
A Adaptability: Chess gives opportunities to demonstrate competence. This builds confidence in ability to correct
mistakes and improve performance.
T Taking Risks: Chess gives occasions to risk and the consequences of choices. Chess provides opportunities for
courageous decision making.
E Everyday Applications: Chess applies habits of many everyday activities such as planning ahead, decision-making,
setting priorities, and dealing with people with different goals.
G Gracefulness: Chess teaches sportsmanship. Chess gives opportunity for winning and losing gracefully.
Y Yardstick: Chess enables children to experience the gap between what they think they know and what really is
accurate. Chess acts as a yardstick to measure this self-discovery.
In this way, Chess spells STRATEGY and teaches students how to think.
BECOME a Stakeholder support a student (s) in the Checkmate Academy!
Make contributions to the Unconditional Love For Children Foundation Inc., a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization
registered in the State of Georgia, mailing address: ULC Foundation Inc. 1960 Stoneleigh Dr. Stone Mountain, GA 30087

For additional information on ULC Check Mate Chess Academy, contact program administrator,
Barry Gray at (770) 652-2826 or bgray@slatonproperties.com
www.ULC2010.org

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