Velocity and Athlos Academies Expand Partnership, Bringing Innovative Charter School Model to Texas and Minnesota

April 10, 2013,  By Keith Walker

Costa Mesa, Calif., April 10, 2013 - Velocity Sports Performance is excited to announce its continuing partnership with Athlos Academies in bringing new charter schools to communities in Texas and Minnesota. Athlos Academies is founded on balancing the mind and body, and the power it has in achieving academic excellence. Athlos Academies believes that the combination of rich and rigorous academics and athletic participation helps students become active lifelong learners. Beyond healthy bodies and minds, Athlos Academies' schools are developed to build a child's character and confidence. The Athlos model is a formula for academic success and preparedness for high school and beyond.

This fall, International Leadership of Texas: Powered by Athlos (ILTexas) will be opening two locations in Texas' Garland and Arlington. Texas incomparable approach of preparing students for a competitive international world is achieved through trilingual education, high expectations for academic excellence and appropriate civil behavior, and strengthening the mind, body, and character. This tuition-free school model offers an unparalleled choice in their respective communities for K-10 students in Garland and for K-8 students in Arlington.

Athlos Leadership Academy (ALA) will be coming soon to the community of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. ALA's innovative approach of preparing students for a competitive world is achieved through the development of performance character and social intelligence built on a foundation of academic and athletic accomplishments. This tuition-free school offers a premier choice in the Brooklyn Park community for K-8 students.

One of the innovations of the Athlos model is the vision of its physical education department, which is to facilitate physical activity by combining conventional physical educational standards with current scientific sports performance methodology. It is the view of Athlos Academies and Velocity Sports Performance that athleticism can be taught and the joy of athletic achievement is attainable for all students. Athlos schools deliver an athletic curriculum, in which Velocity Sports Performance methodology will be incorporated daily, taught by strength and conditioning performance coaches.

Athlos Academies schools provide a state-of-the-art instruction and fitness-driven campus, unlike any other athletic space for elementary and secondary education. In addition to technology-ready classrooms and labs, each of these campuses will host over 12,000 square feet of athletic space that boasts an indoor turf field, full basketball court, and collegiate-style strength training equipment. Athlos Academies schools seek to partner with families in making a health-conscious difference in the school and in the community; therefore, Velocity Sports Performance training will be available to the public for specialized fee-based training sessions after the school day. Athlos embeds its innovative healthy body, healthy mind culture into the whole school, and aims to foster a healthy body, healthy mind lifestyle for families as well.

Learn more about Athlos Academies at: www.athlosacademies.org.

Learn more about International Leadership of Texas: Powered by Athlos at: www.iltexas.org.

Interested in having an Athlos Academy in your community? Email info@athlosacademies.org.