Caryl Adams second and third graders who participated in the after-school Sports Club with SUNY Cortland Physical Education students.

SUNY Cortland Sports Club Partnership

Whitney Point CSD

November 12, 2025

The Whitney Point Community Schools program partnered with Dr. Obi Atkinson of SUNY Cortland and his students studying Physical Education to offer an after-school sports opportunity for students at Caryl E. Adams.

Our second and third graders were able to participate in six weeks of small-group instruction and organized skill sets. The students had fun learning how to play football, golf and frisbee, both inside and outside. Patiently guiding them through this program were SUNY Cortland Physical Education students Michelle Chiaramonte, Alison DiPietro, Ashley Klees, Connell O'Neill, Kiera Rahner, Pedro Rodriguez, Blake Ross and Ryan Watrous.

Mini lessons built into the overall sports program helped our CEA students practice self-control, effort, teamwork and social responsibility.  We are very grateful to our partners at SUNY Cortland, and we look forward to more opportunities for enrichment.

A SUNY Cortland Physical Education major with seven Caryl Adams second and third graders who participated in the after school Sports Club facilitated by the college students and their teacher.

Caryl Adams second and third graders with a SUNY Cortland student majoring in Physical Education.

Six Caryl Adams students with a SUNY Cortland student majoring in Physical Education who guided them through six weeks of learning various sports.

Caryl Adams students practicing golf outside with plastic clubs and balls.

A Caryl Adams student practicing shooting a toy golf ball into a hulu hoop on the ground representing the hole.

Four Caryl Adams students wearing red sports jerseys and one is holding a football.

A Caryl Adams student holding a red cinch backpack with white Nike swoosh next to a SUNY Cortland student majoring in Physical Education.

A Caryl Adams student holding a red cinch backpack with white Nike swoosh next to a SUNY Cortland student majoring in Physical Education.

A Caryl Adams student holding a red cinch backpack with white Nike swoosh next to a SUNY Cortland student majoring in Physical Education.

Caryl Adams students sit on the grass with Physical Education majors from SUNY Cortland as they are about to learn the rules of the next game they will try.

A Caryl Adams student holding a red cinch backpack with white Nike swoosh next to a SUNY Cortland student majoring in Physical Education.

SUNY Cortland students studying Physical Education with their teacher at Caryl Adams Primary School.