Esports @ Modesto City Schools
We are Modesto Esports League MODeL
MODeL Players | MODeL Teamwork | MODeL Champions
Our last event was on 12/7/2024 hosted at Beyer High School for MCS Middle School and CCEL High School Championships live in-person and streamed online to watch.
Sign Up to Join School Team League
Player Agreement Forms, Student Information on Esports
Before and After School Schedules at All High Schools for All 9th-12th Grade Students for Open Gaming Lab in Esports Room
Parent Information on Esports
and Player Agreement Forms
Esports Jr.
3rd - 6th Grades
Esports Jr. High School
7th-8th Grades
Esports High School
9th-12th Grades
All Elementary Schools will have an Expanded Learning Esports program that includes:
Minecraft EDU Esports
Nintendo Switch Console Games
Smash Bros. Game
Mario Kart
Sign Up in the School Office
All Middle Schools will have an Expanded Learning Esports program that includes:
Minecraft EDU Esports
Rocket League
Brawlhalla
Roller Champions
Fall Guys
Nintendo Switch Console Games
Smash Bros. Game
Mario Kart
Sign Up in the School Office
All High Schools will have an Extra-curricular Esports program that includes:
Part of the Central California Esports League (CCEL)
Season 1 Sept 10 - Nov 16
League of Legends
Overwatch 2
Season 2 Jan 14 - March 15
Rocket League
Valorant
Social Gaming
Brawlhalla
Fall Guys
Roller Champions
Chess.com
Tetr.io
Join Modesto Esports Team
Modesto Esports High School Games
Esports College and Career
Downey High Esports Players
Enochs High Esports Team
Streaming Preview
Rocket League Promo
LoL Promo
Overwatch 2 Promo
CCEL and MODeL Team Picture
Watch Online Streaming Game Matches
Play On
Modesto Esports League offers both competitive and social gaming for students at all of our schools. Students and Parent/Guardians sign a MCS Player Agreement joining the program to ensure that all students are modeling being great players. Depending on the Esports program each school will have a dedicated setup for esports that may include consoles, gaming desks and chairs, gaming computers, keyboards, mice, gamepads, and headsets.
Embedded professional skills at our 7-12 level will also feature Shoutcasting for live streaming game broadcasts.
School Site Lead Esport Coaches will receive training and coaching clinics to support them in their role.
Why Esports?
Diverse student interest in social gaming and competing in tournaments
More than 30 Colleges in US offer Esports Scholarships
Academic roles include digital journalism, digital citizenship, team building, conflict resolution, critical thinking, communication, data analysis, broadcasting, design, production, and social and emotional learning
Esports Games
Minecraft EDU
Grades: 3rd-12th
Chromebook Device
Publisher: Microsoft
ESRB Rating: E Everyone 10+
(ESRB Link)
Players: max 30
Type of Game: Sandbox
Mario Kart
Fall Guys
Brawlhalla
Rocket League
League of Legends
Valorant
Timeline
🎮 2022-23: Foundations & First Play
Laying the Groundwork
Semester 1: Esports Kickoff
🌟 Introducing Esports across 34 K-12 School Sites
🤝 Coach Clinics & Team Building Workshops
🎲 Social Gaming Initiatives
🏆 First Game Matches and Tournaments Launched
Semester 2: Infrastructure & Competition
💻 Complete Hardware and Furniture Setups at All Sites
🏋️ Structured Team Practices
🎮 Expanded Game Matches
🌐 Interschool Tournaments Begin
🚀 2023-24: High School Open Lab Expansion
🖥️ Developing High School Esports Open Lab Program
Creating dedicated before and after-school esports spaces
Providing High School and Middle School Coach Clinics
Hosting first in-person esports tournament
🔊 2024-25: Broadcast & Middle School Enhancements
🎙️ Amplifying the Esports Experience
Introducing Shoutcasting Capabilities
Hosting Tournaments for live In-Person and watch online streaming
Growing Middle School Esports Program
🎓 2025-26: Bridging Opportunities & Elementary Enhancements
🏆 College, Career, and Comprehensive Growth
Scholarship Connections
Higher Education Partnerships
Career Pathway Exploration in Gaming & Technology
Developing Elementary Esports Foundations
Commitments
High School Esports will include practices, game matches, and tournaments
Practice: 4 hours a week, Tue and Thur from 3:30pm-5:30pm
Game Match: 1 game a week for each team. Games can run 45min to 2 hours and maybe on Tuesday or Thursday, depending on the game schedule.
Tournament: 2x a Year; these are around 6-hours 9am-3pm but can go longer; held Season 1 in December and Season 2 in May
Game Matches and Tournaments may occur during our scheduled school breaks, but players should to participate during those timeframes
Coach Clinics
Coach Clinics will include the following topics:
Recruitment
Team Building
Gaming Strategies
Gaming Appreciation
Motor Skills
Health and Wellness
Self-Management
Interpersonal Communication
Personal and Social Behavior
Goal-setting and Decision-Making Skills
Active Participation
Software
In Scope:
Microsoft Teams
ggCircuit: ggLeap and ggRock
BattleFY.com
UGCEsports.gg
OBS
District created Twitch Channel
Out of Scope:
Discord
Mumble
School Site or Personal created Twitch Channel
Alignments
Central California Esports League (CCEL)
MSEL
NASEF
ISEA Esports
Highschool.gg
GSEsports
