Oasis Skateboard factory is an alternative school in Toronto that uses Roarockit technology to build boards in the classroom. Does this school prepare students for the real world?
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Oasis Skateboard Factory Grad Night 2017
Graduation time for the Oasis Skateboard Factory (coolest school in the TDSB)
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Teacher Profile: Dominic Yarbrough and Costanoa Continuation High School
"I have never, in my entire career, had 100% engagement 100% of the time until now. Simply doing something that the students are truly interested in and is real/relevant to them shows them that they are valued in the classroom. I want them to be active participants in their learning rather than merely recipients of facts. "
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Builder Profile: Lee Thomas and LAYO Longboards
"I had a Roarockit vacuum bag for veneering various drawer fronts on my furniture and noticed that the box mentioned skateboard building. I looked up your website, which is a wealth of knowledge, and purchased a 20x70 bag and 3 sets of veneer"
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Artist Profile: Windy Island Designs
These shells are made with skateboard veneer!
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Color Veneer Sampler - updated (again!)
A rainbow of 40 multi-colored maple sheets
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Builder Profile: Stephanie and her Wittleboardz
They're "travel-size" boards!! "Ride 'em and Hide 'em" is our motto. Wittleboardz will get you where you're going & when u get there, slide them in your backpack & zip it up as if they were never there!
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Teacher Profile: Beau Trifiro, Open Source Skateboards
"In my programs, we don’t do math and science just for “practice” – we actually use it to create our boards." says Beau Trifiro of his STEM/STEAM programs.
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Rider Profile: Kolby Parks
"With this latest board he went above and beyond... a beautiful piece of art. I told him when he showed me the finished product that I almost didn't want to ride it because it was so beautiful."
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Teacher Profile: Mike O'Brien
"So far I believe that we have built over 240 longboards, and we have a 100% satisfaction rate."
Says Mike O'Brien of his program at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
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