“Supported and encouraged”
Mitchell, 13, loves playing hockey and rugby. “He isn’t a natural athlete. Everything he does, he has to work hard for. But he plays with heart, “His father Julian Shiell say.
But Mitchell wasn’t passionate about school until he went to Premiere Elite Athletes’ Collegiate (PEAC) in Thornhill, ontario last September.
“Mitchell was excited to spend part of the school day training with a professional hockey coach. His athletic skills greatly improved.” More impressively, for Julian, the school helped Mitchell academically. “He works hard now and his grades have gone up from the 50s to the 70s and 80s,” Julian says. “He’s supported in the sport he loves and also encouraged to buckle down academically.”
- Maureen Murray
Posted Sunday, September 21 2008 08:24 PM by administrator
