Chess for Children Program
The Nashville Chess Center's Chess for Children Program is a primary focus of our organization. We teach chess to secondary and elementary age students in order to promote the benefits of chess that “translate” into other aspects of life.
These benefits include:
- Enhanced problem solving and logical reasoning skills
- Increased attention span
- Improved patience and self-esteem
- Demonstrated correlation between the study of chess and increased math and reading standardized test scores.
The Chess for Children Program is designed to demonstrate these benefits by analyzing the academic performance and social behavior of children in the program by comparison with prior performance, as well as in comparison with other students not involved in the program. Academic comparison focuses on both classroom grades and standardized test scores.
Since 2000, NCC-sponsored chess programs have consistently served over one thousand students annually.
Schools and organizations where NCC scholastic programs have been hosted include:
Bailey Middle School
Bass Middle School
Battle Ground Academy
Bellevue Home School
Bellshire Design Center
Brentwood Library
Cameron Middle School
Carter Lawrence Elementary
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Christ the King School
Crieve-Hall Elementary
Crockett Elementary
Curry-Ingram Academy
Dan Mills Elementary
Donelson Christian Academy
Donelson Middle School
Eakin Elementary School
Easley Community Center
East End Prep
Edmondson Elementary
Ensworth School
Explore! Community School
Franklin Road Academy
Franklin Classical School
Glencliff High School
Gra-Mar Middle School
Granbery Elementary
Grassland Elementary
Grassland Middle School
Harding Academy
Harpeth Valley Elementary
Hattie Cotton Elementary
Head Magnet School
Heritage Elementary
Highland Heights Middle
Holy Rosary Elementary
Hume-Fogg Magnet High
Hull-Jackson Elementary
Indian Lake Elementary
J.T.Moore Middle School
Jere Baxter Middle School
John Early Middle School
Julia Green Elementary
Kenrose Elementary
KIPP Academy
The Kirkpatrick Center
LEAD Academy
Linden Corner School
Lipscomb Academy Elementary
Lipscomb Academy Middle
Lipscomb Elementary
Lockeland Design Center
Maplewood High School
Margaret Maddox YMCA
Meigs Magnet School
Meigs Middle School (Decatur, TN)
Murfreesboro YMCA
Napier Elementary School
Nashville Classical School
Nashville Prep.
Oak Hill School
Our Savior Lutheran Academy
Overbrook School
Page High School
Page Middle School
Pearl-Cohn High School
Pennington Elementary
Percy Priest Elementary
Percy Priest High School
Pope John Paul High School
Ross Elementary School
Rutherford Tutorial Academy
St. Bernard Academy
St. Edwards School
St. Paul Christian Academy
Stanford Montessori School
Strive Collegiate Academy
Sunset Elementary
Sylvan Park Elementary
Thomas Edison Elementary
Two Rivers Middle School
University School of Nashville
Valor Collegiate Academy
West End Middle School
Westhaven Community Center
Westmeade Elementary
Whitsitt Elementary School
Wright Middle School