Team Up Challenge: Academic Year; Summer

A service-learning initiative that gives students a chance to apply learning to the real world, away from the classroom. It connects life experiences to curriculum, bringing education alive in powerful ways. Students identify a need in their community and work to establish a change. Past projects have rescued animals, launched safe driving campaigns, created outdoor learning centers and partnered with the San Antonio Food Bank to feed over 4,000 children.

Team Up Challenge Scholars

The Team Up Challenge Scholars Program, presented by AT&T, is for select college students who serve as mentors for the K-12 Team Up Challenge participants throughout the academic year (two scholars per team). Scholars take a leadership role and guide their Team Up Challenge team to make a run for the Championship.

Team Up Anytime

The Team Up Anytime program is for students and teachers who are interested in
service –learning but may not have the time to devote to a year-long project. Silver & Black Give Back has determined set months to focus on five categories. Below is the schedule – Silver & Black Give Back will support teams’ projects that focus on these areas of service.

November: Uniformed Services
December: Arts & Culture
January: Health & Wellness
February: Education
April: Health & Wellness

High Five Readers Challenge: January 7, 2013 – February 1, 2013

Registration deadline: December 17, 2012

Spurs Sports & Entertainment along with Magic 105.3 host a four-week reading contest that encourages 1st through 5th grade students to exercise their minds and imaginations by spending more of their free time reading. Students must read a required number of books for their grade level.

Rampage Stick with Reading:

Nomination deadline: February 15, 2013

The Rampage and The UPS Store reward 1st through 5th grade students that have met their reading goals, and also encourages them to spend more time reading. Teachers determine reading goals based on current student needs. Students are nominated to win great prizes when they reach 90% of their goal!

Whataburger What'cha Reading

Nomination deadline: December 14, 2012

Spurs Sports & Entertainment and Whataburger hosts the Whataburger What’cha Reading program to reward 1st – 5th graders who show improvement in reading comprehension, have developed and maintained good reading habits and have spent more free time reading.

Coyote Boot Camp

Grades: 1st - 8th
Time frame: January 1, 2013 - June 1, 2013

Spurs Sports & Entertainment, along with Sanofi and United Health Care, preset Coyote's Boot Camp, a fun way for students to stay active and learn healthy habits. Curriculum will be provided to PE teachers who "enlist" their classes in the program and once a month Coyote will visit a class to lead the team in drills! See official rules.

Manu's Mathletes

Manu's Mathletes is a season long program that encourages high school math classes to work together to solve math riddles. Throughout the season Manu Ginobili will tweet three math riddles and randomly selected math classes who answer correctly will get to attend a Spurs game and meet Manu. Click here For Official Rules