Skateboarding Part of Gym Class?
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The students at Douglass Elementary School already had a climbing wall and a zip line in their gymnasium. Then their P.E. teacher learned to skateboard.
Physical education teacher Richard Cendali watches technique and foot placement as his students skateboard in the gym at Douglass Elementary School in Boulder, Colo. "Mr. C" learned to skateboard from a former student.
So the students are taking up skateboarding, too. It's the latest in a trend toward physical education that's fun and tempts children into staying active outside of school and perhaps years later.
Douglass teacher Richard Cendali developed a school skateboarding curriculum after learning how to skateboard last year from his former student Eric Klassen. Klassen is the co-owner of the skateboard education program Skate Pass LLC.
"I'm always trying to find new and exciting things kids like to do," said the white-haired Cendali, 60.