Red Deer Public Schools has revealed a new name and look for its Esports Academy.
The school district’s Esports program was launched earlier this school year at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. The name “Red Deer Public Esports Academy Leviathans” was recently revealed.
“The Leviathans was one of 18 possible names the students identified and experimented with in determining the direction and brand of the program,” RDPSD said in a media release.
“‘The Leviathans’ was quickly identified as one of the top three options available and the students began the work of developing the logo and identifying the core values of the program.”
The name rises from the concept of monsters rising from the depths to triumph against not just other teams, but also the obstacles that people face in their day-to-day lives, the school division noted.
“The program’s logo was determined after reviewing potential sample logos and draft ideas from each of the potential team names and concepts that the students had created. Almost 200 different logo iterations were developed, considered and explored in the process of creating the final team logo,” said the media release.
“The logo’s bright colours speak to our modern perspective as we strive to grow and improve as a program and as students while also calling back to the digital norm of our members’ daily lives.”
The school division extended gratitude and appreciation to industry volunteers and specialists who volunteered to help the students refine the team name and logo, including volunteers from Epic Games, Bungie Studios, Bioware Games, Satchi and Satchi Advertising Co., Red Deer Public Schools Community Relations department, and Seaspan Consulting Services Ltd.
The Academy started as an after-school club in 2017 to help people strive, thrive and do what they enjoy as more traditional sports would.
“The club was started as a result of a student initiative to create a team for their favourite games including League of Legends and competed in online tournaments against other high schools in North America.”
The club eventually began hosting events, such as “Students versus Teachers.” It evolved into a larger group of people, with multiple games and teams competing in several tournaments simultaneously.
“Over the last few years, the two or three teams per semester has grown into eight or 10 teams every semester, which led to the Red Deer Public School District creating a formal academy with the mission of determining how to promote non-traditional, competitive sports while also promoting academic excellence for the students in the program and engaging them in their passions and interests.”
The purpose of the Leviathans is to incorporate games into education, the division added.
“As a school organization, we are strongly focused on academic success, and developing our professional work skills and habits while we pursue our hobby and passion for gaming. This season alone we have competed with other teams and clubs from across North America in numerous games and are looking forward to building on our successes this season.”
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