Stimulating young mindsPosted on Mon, Oct. 12, 2009 By MARIA J. WALKER & MARCIENE S. MATTLEMAN THERE’S hardly an issue of Education Week, the foremost national education policy publication, that doesn’t mention that the U.S. has fallen behind other...
Students learn from chess champion’s challenges
Posted on Fri, May. 15, 2009Students learn from chess champion’s challengesBy Kristin E. HolmesInquirer Staff WriterPhiladelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia, PA, USA Two hours and 15 minutes after the first chess move was made yesterday at New Hope Academy, 31...
Phila. Students Take 8th
Thursday, 30 April 2009 4:49AMPhila. Students Take 8th in National Chess Tournamentby KYW’s Karin Phillips The chess club at the Russell Byers charter school in Center City ranked 8th in the 2009 United States Chess Federation SuperNationals Tournament. And...
A thinking game
Chess team moves toward a trophyTuesday, March 31, 2009 5:45 PMBy Denise James CENTER CITY – March 31, 2009 – (WPVI) — The chess team at the Russell Byers Charter School is making all the right moves. The team,...
I just love playing chess
Posted on Mon, Mar. 30, 2009Annette John-Hall: City students use chess to claim their victoriesBy Annette John-HallInquirer Columnist All over Philadelphia, thousands of students have declared war. Ask the 3,000 kids who battle each other every day after school...
3,500 kids each week
Posted: Saturday, 28 March 2009 7:22AMHundreds of Phila. School Kids Participate in Chess Challengeby KYW’s Jim Melwert Around 300 students from across Philadelphia took part in the second annual ‘checkmate violence;’ a 24-hour chess marathon in North Philadelphia that...
Beating the odds
Posted on Sat, Mar. 21, 2009Editorial: Chess ChampionsFels team beat the oddsPhiladelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia, PA, USA Now that the Fels High School chess team has won the state championship, it’s on to the national competition. We wish them...
Russel Byers’s CS success
Russell Byers’ Chess Team Makes It To NationalsBy Erin Maguire, The BulletinWednesday, March 18, 2009Evening Bulletin – Philadelphia, PA, USA The Knights Chess Team at Russell Byers Charter School recently clinched first place in their division at the Pennsylvania...
$20,000 for Philadelphia Scholastic Chess League
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 10 PA-Volpe-and-Koenig The donation will fund the non-profit’s “Philadelphia Scholastic Chess League,” where 69 teams of Philadelphia elementary, middle and high school students compete each year. Volpe and Koenig will present the check to ASAP, along with...
The ultimate sport prank
You can credit Phillies pitcher Brett Myers with pulling this one off. Myers devised the entire plan to convince teammate Kyle Kendrick that he’d been traded to a Japanese team. The entire Phillies clubhouse was in on it, including...