DC SCORES

DC SCORES empowers youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world.

Josselin’s Story

Through DC SCORES, Josselin pursued his dream of becoming a professional soccer player.

Kayla’s Story

Middle schooler Kayla says DC SCORES is her “origin story” as a poet.

Hart Middle School’s Story

Poet-athletes took on period stigma through their spring service-learning project.

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Our goal is to reach every Title 1 elementary and middle school in the District by 2030. Build Poet-Athlete City with our end-of-year giving campaign!

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What We Do

Soccer
Poetry
Service Learning

Soccer

DC SCORES creates neighborhood soccer teams that become lifelong communities. By coming together for practices, gamedays, and tournaments across the school year, poet-athletes forge meaningful relationships with friends and coaches and build a support network that stays with them long after they graduate from the program.

Our Model

Poetry

During our fall season, poet-athletes learn how to write creatively and perform their poetry as a team. By raising their voices on the issues they care about most, poet-athletes improve their social and emotional health, learn to express themselves creatively, and become champions for their neighborhoods and wider communities.

Our Model

Service Learning

In the spring, poet-athletes take on an issue they explored in their poetry and apply their soccer teamwork skills to a community service project. By working together on something that matters to them, poet-athletes form deep connections to their neighborhoods and become young leaders for positive change in their city.

Our Model

Who We Are

We envision a D.C. where every child experiences the joys of childhood and is empowered to grow into a physically and emotionally healthy adult — on and off the playing field.

Our History

3000

Poet-Athletes
Served Each Year

Schools

Years of Impact