Recent News*



May 15, 2009 - Pennsylvania becomes the 20th state in America to bring skateboarding into school.
Feature News Story - Action News 24
Cover Story (PDF)





May 11, 2009 - Skate Pass has partnered with John Bowser to offer the Old School Skate Pass Grant ($3300 value). We will award this grant to one school district in the fall.
More information coming soon...





April 15, 2009 - Skate Pass has teamed up with one of the two major PE catalogs. Look for us on the cover of the August catalog. The new distribution agreement will enable Skate Pass to extend its global reach and promote the program more broadly in the US.
Official press release this summer...






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March 31, 2009
- Fridley Elementary School in Minnesota makes history. This makes Minnesota the 19th state to welcome the Skate Pass program into schools.
Twin Cities Article...        Star Tribune Article...






March, 2009
- The first Elementary School in Kansas brings Skate Pass to K-5 graders.
Watch the story..




December 5, 2008 - The Alliance for a Healthier Generation (a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation) has approved Skate Pass to be included in their Healthy Schools Program.
More about the Alliance...





November 4, 2008
- Derby Middle School makes history. This makes Kansas the 16th state to welcome the Skate Pass program into schools.
Feature News Story - CBS      Read More...



 
August 17, 2008 - Skate Pass co-founders appeared on Fox & Friends and taught the beginning curriculum to four local NY kids. 
Feature News Story - Fox & Friends National Morning Show


August 8, 2008 - Skate Pass business director announced that the company has entered into an international license agreement in Singapore. The licensee is Loose Grooves (www.lgskateboards.sg).


Hundreds of schools across the country have adopted a skateboarding curriculum in their physical education classes.
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Skate Pass has been welcomed into California, making history for P.E. and skateboarding once again.
Read More...
Feature News Story - NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams


Skate Pass is now operating in Florida, marking the 11th state in the country.
Feature News Story - NBC News

 


Oregon is the 12th state to welcome Skate Pass into school.
Feature News Story - FOX News
Feature News Story - CBS News

 


The Weekly Reader magazine featured Skate Pass for their December 8th Cover Story. The magazine is distributed to 500,000 students nationwide.
Read the article: School of Skate (PDF)


School districts from 23 states in the USA including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and internationally in Nova Scotia, Canada and Baden-Württemberg, Germany are teaching the Skate Pass curriculum.
Read More...

 


The YMCA, Boys and Girls Club of America, Canada's Active and Safe Routes to School, and the U.S. Army are teaching the Skate Pass program!

 

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