One student’s love for chess leads to formation of a club
By Barry Lewis
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 11:21 PM EST
Sometimes parents are willing to do a little something extra to help their children, and in the process they may actually help others.
Darren and Rachael Jensen, parents of kindergartner, Jacob, volunteered to start a chess club at Sommer Elementary. The club, which is called Checkmate, meets every Tuesday after school for one hour and has approximately 15 students learning to play the game.“
It all started because our son loves to play chess and we thought maybe other kids would like to play or learn to play,” Darren said. “I have been impressed with the number of kids who have shown interest. We didn’t really know what to expect, but we figured we would give it a try. We are very happy there has been such a good turnout.”
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Great story.