ORONO – A highly anticipated report, “Sports Done Right: A Call to Action on Behalf of Maine’s Student Athletes,” will be unveiled Jan. 6 at the Augusta Civic Center.

Superintendents, school board members, athletic directors, student athletes and community recreation representatives are expected to attend the event, receive a copy of the report and learn how to use the recommendations to improve sports programs at Maine’s middle schools and high schools.

Expected to be a national model, “Sports Done Right” represents the work of a select panel of Maine residents working collaboratively with the University of Maine and the Maine Center for Sport and Coaching. Examining core principles and practices, as well as practices to avoid, the report describes healthy, well-conducted school sports and offers guidelines.

“Sports Done Right” encourages schools and communities to determine locally if they wish to guide their sports programs according to this document and to sign on to the core principles and practices.

Maine school superintendents have been invited to send a team of representatives from their school districts to the event.

“Sports Done Right” co-directors J. Duke Albanese and Robert A. Cobb, and other initiative leaders, will review the highlights and discuss launching community conversations about school sports programs that emphasize the importance of educating and shaping student athletes.