FEBRUARY - JUNE 2025 INFORMATION
What is the Battle River Soccer Academy?
The Battle River Soccer Academy is a partnership between École Charlie Killam School and Roger Torres, where student athletes can focus on both academic achievement and individual skill development.
Soccer Staff
Mrs. Andrukow is a teacher at ÉCKS. She has played soccer her whole life in Camrose, Red Deer and Edmonton. In her youth she played on Team Alberta, in the Alberta Summer Games, and trained at the National Training Center at the Edmonton Garrison. She has played at the USport level for the University of Alberta Pandas, as well as in the ACAC for the Augustana Vikings.
As the current Augustana Vikings women's soccer coach, Roger Torres, fosters a supportive environment where athletes can grow both as players and individuals. His goal is to inspire a passion for soccer and help every player reach their full potential, all while enjoying the game to its fullest.
Roger brings over a decade of experience in various competitive environments to lead the school’s soccer program. Most recently, he has coached within the last year in the APDL (Alberta Player Development Leave), League 1, and with the Calgary Cavalry Skill Centers. With a background in coaching across several countries, he takes a holistic approach to training that focuses on building each player’s confidence, skills, and love for the game.
Program Specifics:
- This program runs on TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAYS
- It is from 7:45 AM to 8:45 AM before school starts.
- Soccer Academy runs from FEBRUARY until JUNE.
- In the winter months (February, March, April) the program will run out of the CAMROSE COMMUNITY CENTER (aka. Field house). In May and June, the program will run at ECKS in the soccer field outside.
- Students will be bussed from the Community Center back to the school to start their 1st period at the school (8:56). Parents are responsible to get their students to the Community Center or the school to be ready to play by 7:45AM
- The program is designed to focus on 1-2 skills each week or 2 weeks. There will always be 1 game day each week to practice skills during a game-like setting.
- Goalies will be expected to partake in all drills, but will also have opportunities to have 1 - 1 goalie training, as well as game play as goalies.
- One change happening this year is that students will still get to participate in their regular PE classes at school during the day. There will not be separate fitness classes for soccer academy students, as there had been in the past that took place of PE classes.
- Fees for this program are at $130 per month. This program does not make a profit; fees cover bus costs, facility rentals, soccer balls, Tom’s McManus’s fee, and student apparel.
Payment options are: one lump sum or monthly installments via online payments.
THERE ARE NO REFUNDS FOR STUDENTS LEAVING THE PROGRAM, UNLESS INJURY OR OTHER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OCCUR.
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