POTSDAM, N.Y.—Four SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey players spent Friday morning at A.A. Kingston Middle School. Sophomores Lucy Condon(Kitchener, Ontario/Waterloo Ravens) and Shelbi Thacker (Chesterfield, MIch./Honeybaked) and freshmen Keira Thacker (Oakville, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks) and Alexis Clark (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Buffalo Bisons) interacted with students in the sixth grade reading room.
The Bears spoke to students about being student-athletes and the importance of academics. Each player brought an individual book or one from a series that they enjoyed during middle school to share with the students.
Potsdam Central School is also involved in the “Positivity Project” district wide. The program was started by two veterans in order to empower “America’s youth to build strong relationships by seeing the good in themselves and others.” For the last two weeks PCS and AAK have been focusing on the character trait of perseverance. The Bears also spoke about perseverance as it’s an essential quality for successful student-athletes.
Bears assistant coach Jessica Harvey, a Norfolk native and alum of Harvard University and its women’s hockey team, is currently completing her student teaching at AAK. She is working toward her Master’s of Science in Teaching (MST) at SUNY Potsdam.
