He was my former student at Harvard Law School, a distinguished professor of constitutional law and now a progressive member of Congress leading the House impeachment managers in their effort to have the Senate convict and disqualify former President Donald Trump.ĭuring one of his Senate speeches this week, he quoted his late, great father Marcus Raskin. The warm up lessons are optional for teachers and can be used to enhance the day's work.I like Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD). These chess lessons will reinforce academic and social emotional skills, using math, reading and social emotional indicators. Teachers will have the opportunity to conduct an appropriate grade level chess warm up lesson with students during the week of October 27-31. *Integration of chess lessons in the classroom * Also, students will be encouraged to enter a poetry contest about chess. *Art and Poetry Contest* *Last day for entries October 31 *Īll students will be encouraged to create a chess logo for the chess program. *Playground outside chess set game* *October 29 12:00 *Ī group of 3rd grade students against the Principal, Mr. The boards are arranged in a large circle or square. The chess master will walk from board to board in a fixed order. *State Senator Jamie Raskin *will play against 15 studentsĪ Chess *simultaneous exhibition* is an event where a chess master plays multiple chess games at a time with selected players. *Simultaneous Chess Exhibition* *October 30, 12:00* President Gerald Ford, the nation's thirty-eighth president,declared National Chess Day on October 9, 1976 Broad Acres Elementary School will hold numerous chess activities throughout the week of October 27-31 in honor of National Chess Day and to promote chess as a positive endeavor for young people. National Chess Day was first declared by President Gerald R. I think all of our kids should be playing chess whenever they can. 'It teaches you about strategic thinking and having both patience and courage. Henderson, the school Librarian and a chess teacher in the school's chess program said, 'It is great that State Senator Raskin is participating in a critical thinking activity and showing his willingness to take the time to see the State chess grant in action.'Senator Raskin struck up a relationship with the chess program at Broad Acres, which has one of the finest in the state of Maryland, when he was at the school speaking about public safety last year and bumped into a student carrying a chess set who challenged him to a game.'Chess is incredibly good for the minds of young people,' said Senator Raskin. I will try very hard to win, but if I do not win it is OK too, Maybe I will win.' Mr. When asked about playing Senator Raskin, Jesus De Jesus, a 4th grade student said, 'I will be kind of nervous playing against a Senator and a master in chess.

But I am going to do everything I can to preserve my self-respect as a chess player and win. 'My kids said that if I can't win all fifteen games, I should try to lose all of them so I can tell people that I wasn't trying. 'This is pretty much the scariest challenge I have ever received,' said Senator Raskin, who last won chess tournaments when he was in elementary school himself. Senator Raskin will serve as the 'chess master' and will simultaneously play fifteen students in fifteen different chess games in a classroom before a public audience. Senator Jamie Raskin Accepts 'Scary Challenge' Will Face 15 of Broad Acres Elementary School's Finest After-School Chess Students in a Simultaneous Tournament to Observe National Chess DaySilver Spring - On OctoSenator Jamie Raskin and fifteen Broad Acres Elementary School students will participate in a classic chess exhibition in observance of National Chess Day. NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: State Senator Jamie RaskinįOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE or Alice Wilkerson, Legislative Aide Senator Jamie Raskin Accepts 'Scary Challenge'

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