Joseph Jazwinski, 6th grader at Cary Junior High, has been a part of Yury Shulman’s after school chess program for several years in Cary Dist. 26. Due to budget cut complications in the school district, Chess Without Borders was not able to have a club at the Junior High this year, though they were able to continue at the elementary school. Joseph was saddened by the news of no chess club, but came up with a clever solution on his own. He asked Yury if he could volunteer his time at the elementary school to assist with the students.
After school on Tuesday afternoon, Joseph walks from Cary Junior High to Deer Path Elementary and begins by helping Yury set things up as the await the arrival of students. His favorite parts of helping Yury have been watching the students play their games, setting up chess diagrams and answering student questions (though most of the time he lets Yury do most of the talking!).
Volunteering with Yury has given Joseph a new respect for the game of chess – a respect from the teaching perspective
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