Bayside High School Commodores-Football

Play It Smart is a program of the National Football Foundation & the College Hall of Fame. The proram is directed by Len Stachitas. In 1998, The National Football Foundation created Play It Smart, an educational program targeted at kids from tough inner city environments where family and community support are generally lacking. The program, designed to take a student-athlete’s passion for sport and intense dedication to their team and transform it into a force for greater good in their lives, has exceeded everybody’s expectations. At less than a dollar-a-day per student-athlete, the program has sent 80% of its participants onto college.
Click the following link or the Play It Smart logo for additional information about the Play It Smart Program.
Play-It-Smart Website

"This website does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame"

SAT/ACT Registration Information
Academic Coach
2007-2008 Top Student Athlete
National Football Foundation Student-Athlete of the Month
Play-It Smart Contacts & Staff
Former Academic Coaches
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SAT/ACT Registration Information

SAT TEST	App Deadline
Oct 4, 2008	Sept 9, 2008
Nov 1, 2008	Sept 26,2008
Dec 6, 2008	Nov 5, 2008
Jan 24, 2009	Dec 26, 2008
Mar 14, 2009	Feb 10, 2009
May 2, 2009	Mar 30, 2009
June 6, 2009	May 5, 2009

ACT TEST	App Deadline
Oct 25, 2008	Sept 19, 2008
Dec 13, 2008	Nov 7, 2008
February 7, 2009	Jan 6,2009
April 4, 2009	Feb 27,2009
June 13, 2009	May 8, 2009

Visit College Board Information to sign up for the SAT test

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Progress Report Sheet

2007-2008 Top Student Athlete--John ZorbasJohn maintained a 96 average during his senior year and will be attending Stonybrook University as a Student-Athlete

Previous Top Student Athlete Winner

Year	Top Student-Athlete
2006-2007	Jerry Saunders

Academic Coach--Eric Wysocki "Dub"The Academic Coach assists the head coach in establishing policies and procedures that will enable student-athletes to achieve their individual goals as well as to meet the goals of the program. Specifically, academic coaches coordinate academic support services, SAT/ACT prep classes, study halls, life skill sessions, field trips to area colleges and other team building activities throughout the entire school year. Academic coaches also meet one-on-one with each player, and often serve as their advocate with teachers, school personnel, parents and guardians. In fact, an academic coach’s ability to capitalize on the positive peer pressure of the team is one of the key reasons PLAY IT SMART works.
Coach Dub can be reached in the school at:
718-229-7600 ext. 1020
or via email at; playitsmartbayside@yahoo.com or baysidecommodores@yahoo.com

National Football Foundation Student-Athlete of the Month

Month-Year	Player
November 2007	Eric Chan
December 2007	John Zorbas
January 2008	Richard Denardo
February 2008	Joel Campbell
March 2008	Mehmet Ramusevic
April 2008	Oneil Brown
May 2008	Kory Dildy

Head Coach-Jason LevittCoach Levitt or Coach "J" is the 7th Head Coach in Commodore History. He is in his 2nd season as Head Coach, and 6th with the program

Play-It Smart Contacts & Staff

Len Stachitas
Executive Director
Play It Smart
433 E. Las Colinas Blvd.
Suite 1130
Irving, TX, 75039
Phone: 972-556-1000
Email: Lstachitas@footballfoundation.com

Charles Gomes
National Director
Play It Smart
22 Maple Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: 973.829.1933 ext. 217
Email: cgomes@footballfoundation.com

Jeff McCann
Associate Director
Play It Smart
22 Maple Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: 973.829.1933 ext. 218
Email: jmccann@footballfoundation.com

James Chiarchiaro
NYC Program Coordinator
Phone: 917.607.4152
Email: jcheech32@yahoo.com

Former Academic Coaches

Name	Year(s)
Kara Tloczkowski	2007-2008
Justin T. Cobis	2006-2007
Steve Green	2005

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