Football game ballet dancer in Dekalb County thanked thanks to the art program

Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta News first) – it is astonishing what we have good and as children are passionate when we have access to the sports we want to try – regardless of our parents' income.

This is the story of an 11-year-old student at the Kelley Lake Elementary School in Decatur. He took the opportunity to dance and play football, and he runs with both.

At the moment Jamal Render is the only boy in his dance class at Kelley Lake Elementary.

“I get into the class because I like to express myself,” said Render.

He is also known for his pieces on the soccer field. Some of the other students are not sure how to take it and have the feeling that the two sports do not mix. Jamal feels different.

“They don't give me a difficult time to play football, but they give me a difficult time with the dance because they think it's strange because I do it and am the only boy,” said Render.

“What do you think about it?” Asked Atlanta News First Reporter Sawyer Buccy.

“When they first said it, I was crazy and I was sad, but now I know that they can inspire themselves,” said Render.

Jamal is enrolled in a dance program after the school that the Callügolde Fine Arts Center carried out.

“You would experience a very professionally guided dance course on how you would have done at Callülde,” said Andrew Keenan, managing director of Callanzolde.

The center goes into titles 1 schools with a fully financed program and teaches children how to dance ballet and jazz and how to enjoy sport.

“Sometimes our students come and cannot express themselves. You have gone through a trauma, you went through other situations in which you are closed, your self -confidence is not high, ”said Peggy Davis, director of Kelley Lake Elementary School.

“We wanted to make sure that children have the same opportunities as in Callümbelde,” said Keenan.

Teachers say that they can see the changes in the students all the more in the program they receive.

“Inspiration. I see growth. I see her brain in motion,” said Tasha Williams, program coordinator.

“It is so magical to see just how they appear,” said Davis.

“Yes, it's a simple thing,” said Keenan.

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