Recent News*



May 27, 2010 -
Alton Middle School makes history. They are the first school in Illinois to offer skateboarding in P.E.
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May 20, 2010 - Students learn to skateboard to test if skateboarding helps them learn. The first recipient of the Old School Skate Pass Grant, River Springs Charter School, is studying skateboarding's effects on brain function.
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May 17, 2010 - Kingsway Regional Middle School makes history as the first school in New Jersey to offer skateboarding in P.E.
Feature Video Story - CBS
Philly Inquirer Article
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May 6, 2010 - More than one million students have been approved to skateboard in school because of Skate Pass including students at Brookville Intermediate School, the first school in Ohio to offer skateboarding in P.E.
Feature Video Story - NBC




March 4, 2010 -  Skate Pass awards the X-Grant to Hassan Elementary School in Minnesota. Congratulations to Matt Johnson for all of his hard work! Article correction: Skate Pass is in more than 500 schools in 27 states and three countries.
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January 1, 2010 - Skate Pass has launched their CSPI Online Certification Program. If you teach the Skate Pass program, you can now become a Certified Skate Pass Instructor Level I & Level II online. Skate Pass has made it easy and cost effective to continue your professional development!  More info




October 22, 2009 - Mountain Valley High School makes history. They are the first school in Maine to offer skateboarding in P.E.
Feature News Story - NBC






October 22, 2009 - Hellgate Middle School in Montana makes history by becoming the first school in the state of Montana to skateboard in P.E. class.
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October 1, 2009 - Skate Pass is pleased to announce the Skate Pass X Grant. In collaboration with our associates, we are offering grants ($1,000 each) for partial funding of equipment.
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September 17, 2009 - Skate Pass partnered with John Bowser to award the first ever skateboarding grant, the Old School Skate Pass Grant ($3,300), to River Springs Charter School in Temecula, California.





September 8, 2009 - Skate Pass is featured on the cover of Gopher Sport's fall 2009 catalog. The new distribution agreement will enable Skate Pass to extend its global reach and promote the program more broadly in the US.





June 16, 2009 - Skate Pass makes TrendHunter Magazine's list of 60 Cutting Edge Approaches to Education.
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May 15, 2009 - Pennsylvania becomes the 20th state in America to bring skateboarding into school.
Feature News Story - Action News 24
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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.
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March, 2009
- The first Elementary School in Kansas brings Skate Pass to K-5 graders.
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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.
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November 4, 2008
- Derby Middle School makes history. This makes Kansas the 16th state to welcome the Skate Pass program into schools.
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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.
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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 28 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 & Bavaria, Germany are teaching the Skate Pass curriculum.
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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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