Sport of Archery

The latest sport to be incorporated into the North Iowa Schools is Archery. This will be added to their physical education classes through the Iowa Archery in the Schools Program. A program tournament on March 22 was held at the North Iowa Middle School with 44 students from three school districts participating. One student in eight grade felt it was a "stress reliever". It teaches students discipline as well as sportsmanship. It also builds confidence and upper arm strength. The neat thing about archery is that it is for everyone, even the non-athletic students. You can even apply science and math concepts to this sport when practicing what angles to use for aim. It is not a sport a lot of schools have and the students think it is cool that their school offers this opportunity for them. One student said it improves your eye and hand coordination as well. This program is in over 50 school districts. Iowa's first state Archery in the Schools Tournament will be held March 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa.