A method for teaching academics and athletics and integrating both
athletics and academics comprising the following steps: (a) introducing a
word of the day for use in teaching athletics and academics, said word of
the day to be used throughout the day; (b) forming teams of students for
use in competing in an athletic challenge and a academic challenge (c)
awarding points to students and teams for positive results in both
athletic challenges and academic challenges; (d) instructing students in
academic subjects and integrating said word of the day for use in
teaching athletics and academics; (e) executing athletic-academic
challenges; said athletic-academic challenge comprising first a academic
challenge to be followed by an athletic challenge; (f) teaching athletic
skills to students while integrating said word of the day; teaching
students how said word of the day relates to athletics; (g) executing
sports games amongst said teams; (h) awarding said points to said teams
which win their respective games.