Boyde recently joined the DC SCORES staff as a Program Coordinator focused on poetry.
Laisha Dougherty was one of the first poet-athletes to participate in DC SCORES at its founding school, Marie Reed Elementary School.
Thousands of poet-athletes from more than 40 DC public schools competed in the first slams to be held in person since 2019. Photo: Rafael Suanes.
José (left) and Ronald (right) Granados work together on site management, equipment administration, and elementary school coaching at DC SCORES.
In the close-knit community of DC SCORES, it’s not uncommon to hear people refer to the organization as a family. But for brothers José and Ronald Granados, the phrase is more than just a metaphor. The siblings work together as Up2Us Fellows in the DC SCORES programs team, where they collaborate on site management, equipment administration, and coaching at an elementary school.
Coach Duarte and her colleagues have built an inclusive DC SCORES team where students learn that, if they work hard for each other, they can find success together.
DC SCORES Fall Frenzy events served more than 2,000 poet-athletes. Photo: Neil Chhabra
Fans of the sport know that fall is always an exciting highlight of the soccer calendar and the DC SCORES schedule is no exception. Last week, the organization hosted its annual Junior SCORES and Elementary SCORES Fall Frenzies, which hosted more than 2,000 poet-athletes and their families for a combination of soccer tournaments and community activities.
One Night One Goal guests pose for the Audi Field jumbotron. Photo: Rafael Suanes.
On October 6, 2022, DC SCORES hosted its fifth annual One Night One Goal gala and raised the highest-ever fundraising total for a single DC SCORES event. One Night One Goal has been held at Audi Field since it launched in 2018 and this year raised almost $450,000 for DC poet-athletes.
Chicas has just begun her first semester at Lafayette College as a Posse Scholar.
As the Associate Director of Creative Writing at DC SCORES, Tatiana Figueroa Ramírez helps more than 3,000 poet-athletes build confidence through poetry.
Credit: Javier Fernández Dussaq.
The Houston Elementary School Girls team stood alongside U.S. Women’s National Team players as they sang the national anthem.
On September 6, soccer fans tuning in to watch the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) take on Nigeria at Audi Field also got a glimpse of DC SCORES poet-athletes on the turf.
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Washington Spirit players took time out of their busy training schedule to pack and tag more than 500 sports bras for DC SCORES poet-athletes.
On August 18, 2022, DC SCORES staff visited Washington Spirit players at their Leesburg training facility to pick up some very important equipment: sports bras!
As we look forward to the fall season here at SCORES, let’s take a look back at our last few weeks of Summer Camp!
