A new appointment of ‘La Scuola allo Stadio‘ (The School at the Stadium) took place featuring an exceptional guest, the young Nerazzurri Academy’s graduate Giorgio Scalvini, who scored his very first goal in Serie A last Monday.
The Gewiss Stadium welcomed four 1st grade classes of the Paladina secondary school (Bergamo), two 4th and two 5th grade classes from the Presezzo primary school that make it 8 classes in a total of 160 students accompanied by their teachers.
The young students asked Giorgio many questions: when and why he started to play football, how he manages to combine football with studies, how does he feel when he plays in Serie A, what it feels like when you score a goal, how he overcomes difficulties… All in all, it was an amazing experience for the students and another amazing morning dedicated to sport at the Gewiss Stadium.
The next appointment is scheduled for Thursday 28 April.
WHAT IS LA SCUOLA ALLO STADIO
One of the most important initiatives of the Club aimed at young people is La Scuola allo Stadio (“The School at the Stadium”). It is a socio-educational project promoted and organized by the Club, aimed mainly at the students of primary and first-grade secondary schools but is also open to the first two grades of second-grade secondary schools, whose educational value has been recognized for years by the National Observatory on Sports Events of the Ministry of the Interior. The project has seen 18 editions, involving 25.000 students.
“La Scuola allo Stadio” (“The School at the Stadium”) was born in 2001 as an idea of Lucia Castelli, a phycopedagogist of the Youth Sector, and of Stefano Bonaccorso, once a coach of the Youth Sector, now the coordinator for basic activities.
The goals are the following:
- to encourage the collaboration between Atalanta and the school;
- to point out the educational and cultural value of football;
- to accustom young people to enjoy sports events in a civilized way;
- to help prevent racism;
- to promote peaceful coexistence and fair play among young people.