A HEALTHY MIND IN A HEALTHY BODY
"Mens sana in corpore sano" (A healthy mind in a healthy body) is almost a platitude of education and when something becomes a platitude it loses the energy of its underlying meaning. Avalon recognizes that a body is not something a person has, but it is an integral part of who he or she is. Sports provide not only a means of physical fitness, but an entry into the uniquely human world of games where effort and teamwork and camaraderie are all blended.
Daily Physical Education for students in grades K-8 allows them to test their physical limits and to test each other. The Avalon School exposes boys to the regular passel of sports that are commonly played, helping them to develop the skills necessary to compete capably, and encouraging the boys to use their imagination and innate competitiveness to develop games of their own.
Just as a student would not be able to take Calculus or Latin IV without the necessary prerequisites, not everyone who tries out for an interscholastic team is able to make the team. Cuts are made, although rarely at the middle school level, since a false sense of achievement robs the student of a fair assessment of areas that need improvement and diminishes the excellence and hard work of those who truly deserve it.
"Mens sana in corpore sano" (A healthy mind in a healthy body) is almost a platitude of education and when something becomes a platitude it loses the energy of its underlying meaning. Avalon recognizes that a body is not something a person has, but it is an integral part of who he or she is. Sports provide not only a means of physical fitness, but an entry into the uniquely human world of games where effort and teamwork and camaraderie are all blended.
Daily Physical Education for students in grades K-8 allows them to test their physical limits and to test each other. The Avalon School exposes boys to the regular passel of sports that are commonly played, helping them to develop the skills necessary to compete capably, and encouraging the boys to use their imagination and innate competitiveness to develop games of their own.
Just as a student would not be able to take Calculus or Latin IV without the necessary prerequisites, not everyone who tries out for an interscholastic team is able to make the team. Cuts are made, although rarely at the middle school level, since a false sense of achievement robs the student of a fair assessment of areas that need improvement and diminishes the excellence and hard work of those who truly deserve it.
ATHLETIC OFFERINGS
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Varsity Cross Country
Varsity Football Varsity Soccer Middle School Soccer |
Varsity Basketball
Junior Varsity Basketball Middle School Basketball |
Varsity Baseball
Middle School Baseball |
FACILITIES
FOOTBALL / SOCCERThe Avalon Football and Soccer programs play their home games at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park, and use local parks to hold practices.
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BASKETBALLThe Avalon Basketball Program practices at the Koa Sports indoor facility in Rockville, Maryland.
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BASEBALLThe Avalon Baseball program plays their home games at Kelley Park (Criswell Automotive Field). They also use Kelley Park for practices, as well indoor facilities at Dig In Baseball and The Baseball Zone.
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PLAYING AT THE NEXT LEVEL
Black Knight student-athletes have accepted opportunities to play at all levels of college sports. Below is a list of schools where former Avalonians studied and continued their playing careers:
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Allegheny College
Arizona Western College Ave Maria University Baldwin Wallace University Berry College Bowie State University Catholic University of America Central Connecticut State University Clafflin University Clarion University Coker College Delaware State University Dickinson College Duke University Fairmont State University Flagler College Frederick Community College Frostburg State University Gannon University Garden City College |
Hood College
Immaculata University Indiana University of Pennsylvania Lackawanna College LaSalle University Lincoln University Loyola University (New Orleans) Lycoming College Marymount University Montgomery College Mount Aloysius College North Carolina Central University Nyack College Pace University Salisbury University Savannah College of Art and Design Shephard University St. Andrew's University St. Anselm University St. Michael's University |
Stevenson University
Susquehanna University Tougaloo College Towson University University of Alabama University of Maryland University of Nebraska University of Nebraska-Kearny University of Pittsburgh University of South Carolina-Beaufort University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Virginia Tech University William and Jefferson College Wittenburg University |
