Integrating Skateboarding into Education: A Review of Juniper School’s Program and Its Connection to the Get On Board Initiative

The integration of skateboarding into educational settings, as demonstrated by the Juniper School program, reflects a growing recognition of the sport’s value in promoting both physical and social-emotional learning. The Get On Board program shares many of the same goals, aiming to provide students with opportunities to develop motor skills, problem-solving abilities, and personal accountability through skateboarding. Both programs show that skateboarding is more than a recreational activity…