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Coach gives team winning spirit
Some of the teams in the Algiers Charter Schools Association girls volleyball league have gyms where they can hold practice.
Not Eisenhower Academy of Global Studies, at 3700 Tall Pines Drive in Algiers. The dozen girls on Eisenhower's team practice in back of the school, on a patch of asphalt that dips on one side, collecting a large amount of water after it rains.
Nonetheless, Eisenhower's girls volleyball team won ACSA's tournament on Oct. 24, defeating nine other teams. The league includes the six elementary schools in the ACSA and four east bank New Orleans schools.
In fact, the Eisenhower girls volleyball team has won all four of the championships since the ACSA was created after Hurricane Katrina.
Eisenhower's head girls volleyball coach, Debra Miller, said, "They're excellent kids.''
And the no-nonsense Miller said the girls adhere to her rules. "They listen to everything I say,'' she said. They practice Monday through Friday, and Miller lets them know that if they miss practices or show poor attitude, they won't play.
"We're very fortunate to have her as coach," said Frank Mule, athletic director at Eisenhower. "I think she's as good as any high school coach in the city.''
She took a team that had little experience "and turned it into a championship team.''
The team has 12 players in grades six through eight.
They wrote letters to express their thanks to their teacher.
