ACJSH CHESS CLUB
If your're interested in chess, make your move NOW and join us!
Whether you're an old hand at the game or someone
just wanting to learn how the pieces move, we hope you'll choose
the ACJSH Chess Club as the place you exercise your brain!
Our club strives to provide a pleasant, relaxing atmosphere for
playing and learning the game of chess. We meet every morning
before school at 7:30am. in room 100A and after school (times
vary).
Our Tournament Competition Team participates in United States Chess
Federation (USCF) and Kansas Scholastic tournaments.
Morrell Miller-President
Trey Weems-Vice President
-Secretary/Treasurer
-Team Captains
Kody Cummings & Dustin Bosse-Equipment
Managers
Studies have shown that chess helps students to be SELF-motivated
to plan and think ahead. Thereby helping to develop cognitive
thinking processes that are important to academic achievement. It
is effective for the gifted student as
Every October 9th is National Chess Day by the Presidential proclamation still in effect. Ben Franklin thought chess was an excellent activity for the mind. He often used it as an "ice breaker" in his diplomatic missions across Europe.
Kansas Grade Level Championship 2009
