BOSTON -- Nothing like a pre-dawn phone call from Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to get you out of bed in the morning. Chandler Jones Jersey .At least thats the idea behind a Boston Public Schools initiative that starts next month, when middle- and high-school students will be able to sign up for wake-up calls from Big Papi.Wake up! Its David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox. Get out of bed and get ready for school. Your future is yours, he says on the calls.The 40-year-old All-Star designated hitter has said hell retire after this season. He leads the majors in slugging percentage, on-base average and extra-base hits this year.Boston schools superintendent Tommy Chang said Monday the goal of the Ortiz calls is to help kids get to school on time and fight absenteeism.Boston Mayor Marty Walsh called it a fun, outside-the-box approach to a chronic problem. Nationwide, the U.S. Department of Education says more than 6 million students -- 13 percent of all school-age Americans -- missed at least three weeks of school in the 2013-14 academic year, the most recent for which figures are available.Red Sox president Sam Kennedy said he hopes the calls, which are being offered free of charge, will help inspire, motivate and encourage children to attend school. The calls will be available in English and several foreign languages, though Ortiz wont be speaking all of them.Bostons school system ran a pilot of the wakeup calls last year, trying them out on two dozen students at the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers, a charter high school in the shadow of Fenway Park.Xaquiel Martinez, a 9th-grade student there, acknowledges he was tardy to school nearly every day before getting the wake-up calls, which helped him get out the door on time.With Ortiz wrapping up his final season with the Sox, Changs office says it may tap the New England Patriots for a future call.No word on whether Tom Brady or Rob Gronkowski could be rousing students next.---Follow Bill Kole on Twitter at https://twitter.com/billkole . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/journalist/william-j-kole . Chandler Jones Cardinals Jersey . Terms of the deal were not immediately available. The 26-year-old finished last season with Clevelands Triple-A affiliate in Columbus after signing with the Indians in August. John Brown Cardinals Jersey . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. http://www.uscardinalslockroom.com/Black-Friday-Kurt-Warner-Jersey/ . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. The SEC Office on Monday announced the start times and television networks that will televise its games the weekend of October 15.The schedule for the seventh weekend of the regular season is comprised of fourth conference games and two non-conference games.The weekly SEC Network triple-header will feature Vanderbilt at Georgia, Missouri at Florida and Southern Miss at LSU.SEC Football Television Schedule for the weekend of October 15:DateTime (ET))GameNetworkFri. Larry Fitzgerald Jersey. , Oct. 1410:15 p.m.Mississippi State at BYUESPNSat., Oct. 1512:00 p.m.Vanderbilt atGeorgiaSEC NetworkSat., Oct. 153:30 p.m.Alabama atTennesseeCBSSat., Oct. 154:00 p.m.Missouri atFloridaSEC NetworkSat., Oct. 157:00 p.m.Ole Miss atArkansasESPNSat., Oct. 157:30 p.m.Southern Miss atLSUSEC Network Cheap NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaCheap Jerseys From ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys AuthenticWholesale Jerseys ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaNFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
