
It’s time to nominate your Academic All-Stars! The Mavs and Flowserve know how hard students work each school year and want to recognize them for their achievements!
Academic All-Stars is designed to recognize metroplex elementary and middle school students who are either excelling or have made significant improvements between grading periods.
Thirty (30) winners will be selected, and each will receive:
The deadline for nominations is February 19, 2010. Please be as specific as possible on the nomination form in describing each student’s academic success.
Special thanks to Flowserve for their support of this program.

The purpose of this program is to provide students an opportunity to celebrate and pay tribute to the many influential black leaders in American history during Black History Month. The program will be available to all middle and high school students within a 75-mile radius of the DFW Metroplex. Students will write an essay 1,000 words or less answering the question: “What event from African American History has inspired you and how has it made an impact on your life?’ Three (3) winners will be chosen, and one grand prize winner will receive tickets to the Mavs game on March 27th vs. Denver and a private meet and greet with a Mavs player!This program will start Monday, January 19th and run through the month of February. Essays will need to be turned in with the cover page below to: Dallas Mavericks, c/o Black History Month Challenge, 2909 Taylor St., Dallas, TX 75226 no later than Monday, March 2nd.Download cover page here.Special thanks to McDonald's for their support of this program
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The Dallas Mavericks and ExxonMobil have teamed up again for Math Matters to the Mavs! Students in grades 6 through 8 have the opportunity to win Mavs prizes and tickets by creating their own Mavs math problems!
Students will create word problems using anything related to the Mavs (ex: player stats, ticket pricing, game attendance, player salary, exercise regime, etc.) In order to be eligible, students must submit the problem and their worked out answer.
The six most creative word problems will be selected as the winners, and each student will receive an 8X10 autographed photo and replica jersey of their favorite player, $50 Mavs Ultimate Fan Shop gift card, and two tickets to the Mavs game on Saturday, April 3rd vs. Oklahoma City where they’ll be recognized on court at halftime!
All entries must be postmarked no later than March 5, 2010. Each student may submit as few or as many word problems as they would like (only one cover page per student necessary.)


Reading Challenge
The Mavs are again offering the annual Mavs Reading Challenge open to all 2nd-5th grade Metroplex students, which supports the NBA's Read to Acheive/Lee Para Aprender literacy program that promotes the value of reading and online literacy and encourages families and adults to read regularly with young children.
The Reading Challenge's focus is to encourage students in grades 2-5 to read in their leisure time and to teach them that reading can be fun! The program runs for two months (dates to be determined each season) and prizes are awarded based on the number of minutes a student reads. The school that reads the most minutes overall wins a pep rally from a Mavericks player.
Schools interested in partcipating should contact Gina Calvert at gina.calvert@dallasmavs.com.
Special thanks to MetroPCS for their support of this program.

Click here for more information on the Teacher Recognition Program
