IJGA SPRING 2019
COMMUNITY KICK-OFF
The IJGA community then took part in a team activity which
challenged each group to see into the future and write a
headline for a newspaper published 20 years from now which
highlighted things that started during their time at IJGA and
the semester to come. Events that they would be proud of
and would continue to be celebrated. These headlines were
then voted on and as the tallies added up, student-athletes
completed individualized goals and aspirations sheets. These
worksheets reflected their mission and ultimate aspirations, but
Our number one goal for each semester is to make progress
from start to finish and provide the absolute best environment
also helped to clarify benchmark goals for the semester and a
key part of the IJGA experience.
for IJGA student-athletes to develop. In order to do this, we
have grown to understand the importance in setting the tone
and bringing the entire IJGA community together, focusing the
combined energy for the new semester into an opportunity
which provides fun, perspective
and reinforces commitments to
goals and affirmations.
The results from the vote reflected that IJGA was most proud of
their actions to come in their service to community. As a result,
this group of students had the opportunity to either focus on
the surface where we are now (look at an egg and only see the
shell) or (be excited by the potential inside the egg and...)
commit to taking committed action by breaking eggs on the
head of our Director of Mental Performance and Character/
As we kicked off the 2019 spring
semester on Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day, we started with a basic
Leadership Skylar Jewell. Can you guess which one they chose?
Find out by committing to take actions for the future with us
and check out our video.
challenge and asked students
to take actions they would be
proud of and believe that at the
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actions to come.
end of the event, those who
acted with the future in mind
would have the opportunity to
break into that potential with
actions that reflected the gold inside. We then reflected on the
workings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his ability to see past
the violence in his face — to the golden opportunity on the other
side of taking actions which stood to provide opportunity for
all. This was followed by a “Habitudes” lesson which highlighted
the importance of identifying one’s inner gold and how, in being
a leader, knowing how to perform one’s strengths helps to have
more success and even influence others.
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