Get outside and play!

There's nothing like enjoying your favorite sport on a summer day. This summer you take your game to a whole new level!

Coach Paul directs the Soccer Camp. The camp is full of a large amount of fun. The program remains a favorite among a majority of parents and children because of Paul’s encouraging and educational coaching style. Campers may choose to attend it.

Sessions focus on ball control skills. All skill sessions and games will be played on the turf field(草坪运动场)to ensure a smooth and fast playing surface. If you want to join it, you must make a call ahead of time.

Each day, campers learn healthy warm—up techniques. During morning exercises, campers choose to participate in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, or hurdle events.

The boy’s and girl’s camps run at the same time,focusing on their specific rules and playbooks of the game. They do not play each other and wear different training clothes. Young players learn best. Campers will also play with the protective equipment. At the end of the camp, players get assessment from different coaches.

The first moment came when I was in the local store. There was an older woman in front of me just wrapping up her purchases. When she came to pay for them she discovered that she was seventeen cents short.

Before I could offer to help，the young cashier gave her a big smile. She said,“Oh，don’ t worry about it.” And sent the woman on her way.

As I came up she said “It’s only a few cents. I can’t make a big deal out of it.”I answered. “Here’s the seventeen cents. You really did a nice thing. This way your cash       won’t be short.”

The second moment came when I was walking along with my young son in a big, busy mall. We passed a young man whose arms were covered in tattoos (纹身).He wore dirty clothes and sat on the sidewalk with a sign saying “Homeless—Hungry—Sick.”

Now as we passed I was thinking,“Rubbish!” It was the first reaction. But, as we went a little further, I said to myself, “Who am I to judge? I should just put something in his paper cup.”

At the same moment my son said, “That man is homeless, hungry and sick. His sign says he needs medicine. I want to help him.”

I gave him some money and told him he could put it in the cup. I watched the young man gave my son a big smile and said,“Thank you!” My son told him,“No problem.”When he came back to me he said,“That was good. Now he can get better.”

Just two little moments, they taught me not to let my first impression get in the way of my good intentions. And, once again, I learned that children are often our best role models for the acceptance of others.

Birds can fill any spring or summer day with music: All you have to do is open your window to hear crows “caw”, killdears call “kill—deah! Kill—deah!” and chickadees sing “chickadee—dee—dee”.

But come back an hour later, and you’ll still hear them singing the same song, repeatedly. That’s because they’re hard at work. These singers are usually male, and are singing their hearts out to guard their territory and attract a mate.

On the territorial front, the singers say, “This is my area and I’m letting everyone else, especially every other male in the area, know that this is my space.”

Other animals mark their territory by leaving their smell everywhere. Even people mark areas with fences. But birds don’t do it that way, they will sing. And they will sing that song over and over again.

And, if that song attracts a mate in the process, more power to the male. There are nearly 10,000 species of birds in the world, and every species is different, but oftentimes the females is the one that picks the mates.

The male’s songs basically express, “Hey, females, if you’re passing by, listen to me because I’ve got a beautiful song! I’m a healthy male! You should stop by and check me out!”

While the male is singing, he can’t look for food, and his calls make him more easily found by his killers. For females, it takes a lot of energy to lay eggs and raise young, so she wants to be sure she chooses the right mate before putting all his eggs in one basket, so to speak.

During the winter, birds often sing fewer notes, or just one note, to each other. These notes are simply a way to warn the strangers of their territory.

When schools, theaters, amusement parks and libraries around the country closed due to the COVID—19, kids were left with few activities to keep them busy. So Kelly Passek, a school librarian who works for Montgomery County Public Schools in Virginia, came up with a creative way to ensure that kids in her community still have books to read: She was delive-ring them by drone(无人机).

“As a school librarian，it is extremely important for me to have connections with my students,” Passek said. “So I can make sure that they have got access to the resources they need and the resources will allow them to be successful—not just academically(学业上), but also in life.”

When distance—learning began in the school district due to the COVID—19, Passek thought how she was going to keep that connection with her students. One day she came up with an idea. Her family often uses Wing, a drone service from Google’s parent company Alphabet, to get necessities delivered straight to their door. Passek thought maybe she could use the technology to respond to library book requests from students.

Passek discusses the delivery process with Wing. Students can ask to take out library books using an online form. Passek receives the requests» packs the books up in special delivery boxes, and then puts them on the top of Wing» which deals with the drone delivery. Now, students in Montgomery County can choose from the library’s more than 150,000 titles, and have their books delivered right to their front yard.

“Montgomery County Public Schools will be the first public school system in the world to use Wing to deliver library books to our students,” Passek said. “We are excited about this opportunity to have a really unique way to deliver resources, and do it practically on demand. Now we have received praise online from students.”