In addition to learning karate skills, daily Kickstart Kids classes include lessons from our unique values curriculum. The goals of the Kickstart Kids program are to enhance students’ character development, and positively impact their school and family connections, to empower them to strive for higher levels of academic success and become productive members of our communities. Kickstart Kids is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) recognized, in-school physical education program that teaches character through karate to middle and high school students. So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Kickstart Kids story. As an example, we have partnered with Rachel’s Challenge, another nonprofit, to enhance our anti-bullying conversations with students.
We are also continually updating our curriculum to reflect the concerns of the school districts that partner with us. We have more than 9000 students this year.Īs a nonprofit our challenges include raising funds each year to match contributions made by the schools themselves. The 2017-2018 school year marks our 25th year in the schools of Texas. We were founded in 1990 by martial artist, actor and humanitarian, Chuck Norris.
We use the karate principles of honesty, courage, discipline and responsibility to teach character education to students inside of the public schools. Kickstart Kids is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit charity. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
Today we’d like to introduce you to John Kurek.
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