Eighth grader Kayla Hay, 13, sights along the shaft of her arrow Jan. 22 in the Elementary School gym. A program originally targeted to help elementary school students participate in archery recently expanded to include a dedicated Middle School facet. Students will eventually participate in the Alaska state virtual tournament in March.
A popular Evergreen Elementary School archery program has expanded to include a dedicated Middle School program this year, the elementary school chapter has run for longer than five years.
The after-school program turns the Elementary School's multipurpose room into an improvised archery range, complete with safety lines, locked doors preventing others from wandering on to the range, and the odd arrow that infrequently sails past a target and strikes the padding of a mobile basketball hoop.
Many of the students who participate in the middle school program have been involved with archery for ye...
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