Bates Academy
Academic Games Team
16661 Greenlawn
Detroit, MI 48221

January 24, 2005

Dear Friends of Bates Academy,

I want to thank you for the generous gift of $1800. We have 60 students, 30 in the Elementary Division and 30 in the Middle Division, competing at the 2005 Academic Games Super Tournament in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The fee for two nights and three days was $180, so we were able to reduce that to $150 at $30 per student reduction.

As you have heard we are one of the top Academic Games programs in Michigan. Our attendance at the State Super Tournament is either the highest or second highest school team. This grant has been put to good use.

Our 12 teams with 5 students per team compete in the seven hardest games. Very few schools do this. These games are from four areas: Language Arts-"Linguistic" and "Propaganda", Mathematics-"Adventurous Equations" and "Adventurous On-Sets", Social Studies-"Presidents" and "World Card", and Symbolic Logic-"Wff 'N Proof". There are three packed days of competition at the Super Tournament. The students practice everyday at school and study books and other study materials at home. This started last September so you can see our Team puts in a lot of effort.

We would again like to thank all the people involved with the Friends of Bates Academy for your generous support.

Sincerely,
Christopher Holstein
Academic Teams Coach