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    Know a child in Ward 7 or 8 who likes baseball? Encourage them to enroll in the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Summer Academy on Monday, June 30. This five-week session for children who live east of the Anacostia River is designed to develop baseball and softball skills and prevent summer learning loss through academic enrichment. The scholar-athletes will attend the summer program five days a week and will practice and play baseball and softball while honing reading, writing, science, and math skills. They will also participate in experiential learning field trips to the National Zoo, the Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater, Calleva Outdoor Adventures, and the United States Botanic Garden among others. The Academy uses baseball and softball as vehicles to improve literacy and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills. The program also teaches participants healthy lifestyles through fitness, proper nutrition and cooking lessons in a safe, nurturing environment. The Academy, which opened this spring, is a year-round educational and athletic facility designed to provide quality after-school and summer learning programs for boys and girls in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. The facility features three playing fields and an 18,000 square foot educational clubhouse with year-round batting cages, seven classrooms, a cutting-edge teaching kitchen and community event space.

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    Know a child in Ward 7 or 8 who likes baseball? Encourage them to enroll in the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Summer Academy on Monday, June 30. This five-week session for children who live east of the Anacostia River is designed to develop baseball and softball skills and prevent summer learning loss through academic enrichment. The scholar-athletes will attend the summer program five days a week and will practice and play baseball and softball while honing reading, writing, science, and math skills. They will also participate in experiential learning field trips to the National Zoo, the Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater, Calleva Outdoor Adventures, and the United States Botanic Garden among others. The Academy uses baseball and softball as vehicles to improve literacy and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills. The program also teaches participants healthy lifestyles through fitness, proper nutrition and cooking lessons in a safe, nurturing environment. The Academy, which opened this spring, is a year-round educational and athletic facility designed to provide quality after-school and summer learning programs for boys and girls in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. The facility features three playing fields and an 18,000 square foot educational clubhouse with year-round batting cages, seven classrooms, a cutting-edge teaching kitchen and community event space.

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    YBA Summer Program

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    Susie Cambria
    Know a child in Ward 7 or 8 who likes baseball? Encourage them to enroll in the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Summer Academy on Monday, June 30. This five-week session for children who live east of the Anacostia River is designed to develop baseball and softball skills and prevent summer learning loss through academic enrichment. The scholar-athletes will attend the summer program five days a week and will practice and play baseball and softball while honing reading, writing, science, and math skills. They will also participate in experiential learning field trips to the National Zoo, the Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater, Calleva Outdoor Adventures, and the United States Botanic Garden among others. The Academy uses baseball and softball as vehicles to improve literacy and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills. The program also teaches participants healthy lifestyles through fitness, proper nutrition and cooking lessons in a safe, nurturing environment. The Academy, which opened this spring, is a year-round educational and athletic facility designed to provide quality after-school and summer learning programs for boys and girls in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. The facility features three playing fields and an 18,000 square foot educational clubhouse with year-round batting cages, seven classrooms, a cutting-edge teaching kitchen and community event space.

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    For Immediate Release Contacts: Alexandra Schauffler - 202.640.7702, Alexandra.Schauffler@nationals.

    com
    Thursday, June 26, 2014 Liz Wright - 202.682.3700, Liz@Sandersonstrategies.com


    Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Summer Program for Children in
    D.C. Wards 7 and 8 opens June 30

    WHAT: The Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy will launch its first Summer
    Academy on Monday, June 30. This five-week session for children who live east of the
    Anacostia River is designed to develop baseball and softball skills and prevent summer
    learning loss through academic enrichment. The 108 scholar-athletes participating in
    the summer program include many of the same rising fourth and fifth graders who
    participated in the Academys inaugural After-School Program during the school year,
    and 36 rising third graders who are new to the Academy.

    The scholar-athletes will attend the summer program five days a week and will practice
    and play baseball and softball while honing reading, writing, science, and math skills.
    They will also participate in experiential learning field trips to the National Zoo, the
    Smithsonians Discovery Theater, Calleva Outdoor Adventures, and the United States
    Botanic Garden among others.

    The Academy uses baseball and softball as vehicles to improve literacy and STEM (science,
    technology, engineering and math) skills. The program also teaches participants healthy
    lifestyles through fitness, proper nutrition and cooking lessons in a safe, nurturing
    environment.

    The Academy, which opened this spring, is a year-round educational and athletic facility
    designed to provide quality after-school and summer learning programs for boys and
    girls in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. The facility features
    three playing fields and an 18,000 square foot educational clubhouse with year-round
    batting cages, seven classrooms, a cutting-edge teaching kitchen and community event
    space.

    WHEN: Monday, June 30

    WHERE: Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy
    3675 Ely Place, SE, Washington, D.C. 20019

    For more information on the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, visit
    nationalsacademy.org. Any members of the media who would like visit the Academy during the
    five-week summer program should reach out to the contacts above.

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