The Fort Worth ISD joined the High School Esports League recently in an effort to expand their esports program and begin building it into the curriculum so they can begin offering multiple courses and opportunities for high school students.
“Right now at 16 of our 21 high schools, it’s an afterschool program and we’re working to build it in as part of the curriculum and offer multiple courses and opportunities for students,” said Daphne Rickard, Executive Director of Career and Technical Education at FWISD. “This allows students who traditionally may not have thought of these team activities and team sports, because they weren’t interested in playing football and basketball. But man, you see these kids at home playing video games and eSports has brought that video game culture into an environment into school where they can build teamwork. They can build on that camaraderie.”
The district hosted an expo on December 9th at the Teaching and Learning Center, where roughly 100 students from the 16 newly formed esports teams participated.
According to Fort Worth ISD, more than 300 colleges have incorporated esports into their campus and many offer millions of dollars in scholarships.
(All information was provided by NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
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