{"id":14869,"date":"2026-03-18T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=14869"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:39:00","slug":"ncaa-athletes-discuss-sportsmanship-with-cooke-elementary-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/ncaa-athletes-discuss-sportsmanship-with-cooke-elementary-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA athletes discuss sportsmanship with Cooke Elementary students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-4-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>By <\/em><a href=\"mailto:logan.berns@vbschools.com\"><em>Logan Berns<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Athletes competing in the NCAA Division II Track and Field National Championships recently visited W.T. Cooke Elementary to speak with students about what it takes to be a successful student athlete.<\/p>\n<p>They also joined students in PE, participating in activities and friendly competitions together.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, students attended the championship at the Virginia Beach Sports Center, where they practiced ordering decimals and completing metric conversions while watching the athletes compete.<\/p>\n<p><em>Logan Berns is a fifth grade teacher, grade level chair and school media liaison at <\/em><em>W.T. Cooke Elementary School.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-7-1024x548.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-7-1024x548.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-7-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-7-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-7-1536x822.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-7-400x214.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NCAA-visit-7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_141218353.MP_-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_141218353.MP_-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_141218353.MP_-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_141218353.MP_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_141218353.MP_-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_141218353.MP_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_141218353.MP_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_141218353.MP_-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_135641543.MP_-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_135641543.MP_-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_135641543.MP_-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_135641543.MP_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_135641543.MP_-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260313_135641543.MP_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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Cooke Elementary to speak with students about what it takes to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-connections","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14877,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869\/revisions\/14877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}