CommunityJays@School is an online application that uses the sport of baseball and the Blue Jays as a basis for students to learn! This complimentary program, available at www.jaysatschool.com, reinforces the current curriculum in Grades 4 through 6 and enables educators to download baseball-themed lesson plans in such subjects as Language, Mathematics and Physical Education. Over 1,300 educators are registered for Jays@School, reaching over 35,000 students across Ontario at a grassroots level. In addition to curriculum support, the more than 1,300 educators registered with Jays@School receive access to a variety of different programs, activities and exclusive contests that incorporate Blue Jays baseball into their daily activities. Blue Jays goodies are also distributed to Jays@School educators to be used as incentive prizing for their students.
Children and adults of all ages read for many different reasons. Whether you're reading to educate yourself, for leisure or just checking in on the local box scores, everyone agrees that reading should be an important part of your daily routine.
As part of the Blue Jays Book Club, children who read a minimum of ten grade-specific, fiction books, receive participatory prizes from the Blue Jays and are entered into a draw to win the Grand Prize of a meet & greet with a Blue Jays player at Rogers Centre. Children can learn more about the Blue Jays Book Club by logging on to the interactive kids webpage of www.jaysatschool.com.
Each May, Blue Jays players and coaches hit the books and return to school to visit with local elementary students to relay positive messages about the importance of education, healthy lifestyles and anti-bullying. All educators and students receive a Blue Jays cap at these popular pep-rallies as well as an opportunity to get up close and personal with some of their favourite Blue Jays to find out exactly what they use to do, eat, learn and play when they themselves were just school kids. Educators who register with Jays@School automatically enter their school for a chance to be elected for a Blue Jays player-school visit.
