Academic excellence is now riding on the wheels of some gnarly skateboards at a new academy in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District.
Academic excellence is riding on the wheels of some gnarly skateboards at a new academy in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District.
Paxton Hart, 12, is a seventh grade student in his first year at the new campus. Along with his core subjects, he is enrolled in the engineering and skateboarding elective.“When I’m on the skateboard, I just feel the wind on my face. I want to go fast, I want to do tricks. I’ve just been learning and getting my blood flowing. I love that,” he said.
The idea for a radical change from middle school to a specialized sports and health science academy came from the staff, who then got the support of parents and the community. The redevelopment of Parkway is not just about skateboarding. Besides the state-required subjects like reading, math, and science, the master plan includes other electives like history and hiking, the financial literacy of baseball and sports medicine.Sports medicine teacher, Nicoll Lindsay, demonstrates ankle wrapping technique to her seventh grade students, Max Vick, 12, and Cody Callahan, 12, at the new Parkway Sports & Health Science Academy, La Mesa, Calif., October 27, 2022.
“The education value is learning about scale and how things are put together. We are assembling them so they’re working as designers, they’re working as engineers. They see how they need to be supported. How the pieces fit together,” Martin told KPBS News.Isabella Culver, 13, is a student in the engineering and skateboarding class at Parkway Sports & Health Science Academy, La Mesa, Calif., October 27, 2022.Eighth grader Isabella Culver, 13, had never skated.
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