Lifetime Sports Academy students canoe in one of Missouri Western’s nine ponds.<\/p>\n
Youth ages 8 to 12 will have an opportunity to learn activities that will enhance their lives for years to come during the annual Children\u2019s Lifetime Sports Academy at Missouri Western State University June 8-12. Enrollment is limited to 150, and the cost is $80 for the first child and $70 for each additional child.<\/p>\n
The Children\u2019s Lifetime Sports Academy was started in 1973 to provide a fun and non-competitive environment to teach the skills, values and appreciations involved in sports activities which can be utilized throughout life for fun, health and fitness. From 1:30 to 5:15 p.m. each day, instruction is offered in activities such as canoeing, rappelling, fishing, archery, swimming and many others.<\/p>\n
Students rapel down a wall in the Looney Complex.<\/p>\n
It is strongly recommended that participants pre-register. Registrations can be completed online at www.missouriwestern.edu\/hper\/clsa\/<\/a>. If the academy is not full, registration will take place in the Looney Complex on the academy\u2019s first day, June 8.<\/p>\n All equipment is provided by Missouri Western, but participants must furnish their own tennis shoes, swimming suits, towels and change for sno-cones.<\/p>\n For more information, call the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at 816-271-4491.<\/p>\n Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lifetime Sports Academy students canoe in one of Missouri Western’s nine ponds. Youth ages 8 to 12 will have an opportunity to learn activities that will enhance their lives for years to come during the annual Children\u2019s Lifetime Sports Academy at Missouri Western State University June 8-12. Enrollment is limited to 150, and the cost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,40],"tags":[219,294],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8951,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions\/8951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}