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“The Irv Brown Champions Center at Arvada High School will be the home and heartbeat of the Irv Brown Sports Leadership Academy (IBSLA) and serve as a “Magnet School” for the metro region. This educational nonprofit will keep Brown’s spirit alive through a sports-thematic curriculum sparking student learning, sports-industry career exploration and coaching for success in life.
IBSLA relationships with Colorado’s collegiate and professional sports teams offers students introduction to the billion-dollar sports industry. Lectures, on site visits, virtual content and work-based learning opportunities will provide students a firsthand experience not generally available in the high school setting. It will also provide a direct link to college-level degree and certificate programs in sports management with partners Metro State University, University of Colorado, and Colorado State University ready to accept our graduates.
The target for the Irv Brown Champions Center is $2,000,000. It will take a team effort to reach this goal. We are asking you to participate in this great project.”
MAGNET SCHOOL
The Irv Brown Sports Leadership Academy will accept students for acros the Metro area. Our intent is to draw students to Arvada High, Magnet schools are designed to help students reach higher standards of learning. We will reach out to the community by offering our Colorado approved distinct curriculum offering intense exposure to the Collegiate and Professional sports worlds.
Our relationship to these programs and our partnership with other sports organizations Metro State University and Colorado State University’s Sports management degree and certificate programs is unique. We give students the opportunity to track early on into career training at the High School and University level.
SPORTS INDUSTRY
We have built relationships with both Metro State University Metro State University and Colorado State University’s Sports management degree and certificate programs is unique. I give students the opportunity to track early into career training at the High School and University level. We are working with pro sports franchises in the metro area and collegiate programs to give our students the hands-on eye-opening experiences that will help to guide their interest.
STUDENT LEARNING
The curriculum of the Irv Brown program is in concert with required classwork at all grade levels. Our state approved Sports Management classwork compliments their educational track and keeps them pointed towards graduation. We start our students in the freshman year and keep the experiences, relationships, and classwork through all four years of High School.