BridgeAtSchools, Inc. "Giving Youth a Hand for the Future"

Program Development

Research – In-school and after-school program development

 §      Teachers give bridge high marks as an after-school program.  5 Albuquerque, NM teachers (some non-bridge players) completed a self-administered survey in which they assessed both the bridge program they were running as well as the best after-school program available in their school (middle and high schools in sample).  These teachers rated bridge more favorably in terms of stimulating creativity and critical thinking in students; improving concentration and attention to detail; reinforcing basic educational skills; being a good value for the money; and being easy to administer (BridgeAtSchools, Inc., February 2002).

§      From the first days of learning, students must be sensitized and motivated to the fact that they are going to have to play a true competitive game adapted their specificity (paraphrased from school bridge training manual created by French Bridge Federation, translated by BridgeAtSchools, Inc., February 2002).

§      A friend’s recommendation, being with friends, and making new friends are chief reasons students join a school bridge program (paraphrased from school bridge training manual created by French Bridge Federation, translated by BridgeAtSchools, Inc., February 2002, and Albuquerque survey, BridgeAtSchools, Inc., February 2002).