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'Bridge:  A Path to Math' has been Released!  The 9 week curriculum created for Middle School classrooms is complete and available online.  In a cooperative venture, Atlanta Junior Bridge and Bridge at Schools are working to make bridge the enrichment curriculum of choice for students, teachers and schools in North America.  Teaching assistance, supplies and coaches stipends for school teachers who form bridge clubs may be available. Please contact Atlanta Junior Bridge, Patty Tucker at patty@atlantajuniorbridge.org for teaching assistance and supplies.  Please contact Bridge at Schools, Barbara Heller at www.bridgeatschools.org This link is offsite, use your browser's back button to return to this page for information concerning the requirements to apply to receive a coaches stipend.
Click here to view the curriculum.

Need Help?  Need Information?
Want to Stay in the Know?  Have an Idea?
 
Join the Bridge Teachers for Youth yahoo group!
Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/btfy This link is offsite, use your browser's back button to return to this page
Group email address: btfy@yahoogroups.com 
We've created a Yahoo group to help youth teachers stay in contact, ask questions and exchange information!
 
Topics of e-mails will be the following:
1) New techniques for teaching and information on upcoming events
2) Questions concerning problems you might have as a teacher and need help resolving
3) Finding classes for existing young students moving to other states
4) Other, youth related, activities and opportunities in bridge
 
Generally this group will be for those adults planning to teach or presently teaching bridge to students under 20, but any interested in the youth bridge movement are welcome to join. 
"Check out ACBL's cool new video created from the filming done at the Washington DC Youth NABC. Many of our young players were interviewed. View the video This link is offsite, use your browser's back button to return to this page

Airtime: Thurs. Nov. 12 2009 | 1:57 PM ET
One thing Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and other Wall Street titans have in common is the love of bridge, with Barry Rigal, professional bridge player and the Power Lunch team.
"Patty for Youth Bridge" blog is now online, click here to visit it This link is offsite, use your browser's back button to return to this page
Print out this great flyer Adobe PDF file, click here to get the free Adobe reader from the ACBL to show your young students and their parents what Bridge can offer
Richard Jeng - Breaks Record for Youngest Life Master - Details on the ACBL website This link is offsite, use your browser's back button to return to this page
A Decade of Growth in Youth Bridge Adobe PDF file, click here to get the free Adobe reader
Update to Youth Bridge Classes and Programs Adobe PDF file, click here to get the free Adobe reader
MasteringBridge.com This link is offsite, use your browser's back button to return to this page is a website run by bridge publisher Master Point Press especially for bridge students and teachers
Article on running a Youth/Junior game Adobe PDF file, click here to get the free Adobe reader
YouTube links presenting bridge (Establishing Classes This link is offsite, use your browser's back button to return to this page)

Welcome to Bridge Teachers for Youth, your one-stop site to find all the information you need to start your own class or program or to find new ideas and information for your existing program.

We believe that the success of Youth Bridge will be assured by the sharing and trading of ideas and tools on a continual basis. New teachers and/or organizers will benefit from first hand information from those that have existing programs and from the organizations that are in place to help us become successful.
 
This site will have new information, stories and ideas almost every time you visit so come often and be sure to submit any sources or teaching tools that you have developed.

This site needs to stay alive! Please help by submitting new information, ideas and suggestions often.

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