NY Knicks’ Julius Randle launches #30 for 3! campaign
New York Knicks All-Star Julius
Randle, No. 30, visited the Bronx on
Tuesday afternoon to make an announcement
in front of the 110 ninth
grade coed fi rst-year students at the
Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball
School. His words were met
with a standing ovation.
Randle was joined by one of his
idols, Hall of Famer and former
Knicks standout Earl Monroe, school
founder Dan Klores, and head of
school Kern Mojica. Together, they
kicked off his #30 for 3! campaign, in
which Randle pledged to provide the
school with $500 for every three-point
basket he sinks throughout the season.
He has earmarked his donation
to the high school’s literacy and math
intervention programs.
“I love and admire Earl as a Hall
of Fame basketball player, but also as
someone who gives back to the City
of New York,” Randle said. “When
I heard about his efforts with the
school, I wanted to fi nd a way to support
him and these students. As a father,
I am highly aware of the value of
education and of learning teamwork
and skills through sport.”
Last season, Randle hit 160 three
pointers and an additional 11 during
the Knicks postseason.
“Thanks to Julius’ gift and leadership,
the school will now have the resources
to have fi ve full-time specifi c
literacy interventionists and at least
30 math tutors,” Monroe said. “He is a
remarkable young man and a brother
Knick. We’re hoping friends and supporters,
young and old, will do their
part and match #30 for 3! as they can.
If we don’t do everything possible
to improve the literacy skills of our
youth, the cycle of poverty and disappointment
will never end.”
In the fi rst 10 days of the program,
the school received matching pledges
of an additional $2,200 per shot from
investment banks, fi nancial institutions,
individuals, board members
and local businesses.
Special periods will be set aside
every day, Monday-Saturday, for intensive
one-on-one or one-on-two
hourly sessions with interventionists
and the students. The program,
which will run through July, will
New York Knicks All-Star Julius Randle (center) speaks about his campaign at the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School on Tuesday,
Nov 9. (insert) Hall of Famer and former Knicks standout Earl Monroe signs autographs for fans at the school. Photos Adrian Childress
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maintain data on a daily basis. It will
expand into the school’s second year,
when a new class of 110 freshmen is
admitted.
“This is our most critical mission,”
Mojica said. “The interventionists
will work closely with all classroom
teachers, parents, our licensed
clinical social worker and guidance
counselor and with special needs experts.
We must succeed.”
The Earl Monroe New Renaissance
Basketball School, a 501(c)3
not-for-profi t, opened its doors on
Aug. 30. It is the nation’s only high
school for basketball that is not for
the playing of the game. In addition
to the required New York State core
curriculum, all students will major
in a different facet of the sport:
broadcast journalism, personal representation,
analytics, print and digital
media, nutrition, physical rehab,
in-arena entertainment, design, psychology,
coaching, marketing, business,
law, fi nance and offi ciating.
-Bronx Times
Knicks forward Julius Randle pulls up for a jumper in an Oct. 30 road game against the New
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Students swarm New York Knicks All-Star Julius Randle.
Photo Adrian Childress Photos Adrian Childress New York Knicks All-Star Julius Randle coaches a student’s shooting form.