After three years of working with Roarockit for Stoked’s skateboard building program, Stoked finally got the chance to spend time, build boards and hang out with Ted and Norah! Stoked Sophia did some professional board building development, Stoked Steve built his first custom board and Stoked solidified a relationship for the next few years. Stoked [...]
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Stoked expands to Brooklyn Technical HS
The fourth school in Brooklyn for Stoked Plus: After-school program this school year is Brooklyn Tech. Brooklyn Tech is one of the top schools in New York City and with 5200 students it’s easy for kids to slip through the cracks. The open house for this program drew a record number of students interested in [...]
Stoked Plus: City Poly High School – Life skills workshop
Here are some pictures from our after-school program Stoked Plus: Skateboard Build at City Polytechnic High School in downtown Brooklyn. Before we start building skateboards, our young Stokers learn problem solving and team building skills. It takes about 4-5 people to help you just glue your board together in 7 minutes so we’re training them [...]
Stoked partners with Achievement First High School in Brooklyn
For the second year in a row, we’re expanding locations in Brooklyn. To add to our new program site in Downtown Brooklyn at City Poly High School, we will be working in the Crown Heights section Brooklyn. We’re super fortunate to be partnering to Achievement First Brooklyn High School in Crown Heights. If you don’t [...]
StokedPlus: Skateboard Building Wrap Up
For the past 16 weeks, the students have built and designed their own skateboards. Last week was the culmination event where the kids showed up their decks at the schools curriculum night. In addition to learning how to design and build their own skateboard, the kids also learned communication skills, leadership, teamwork, and received [...]
Stoked x Zoo York Internship
We’re piloting an internship program with Zoo York. The goal is to increase the skills of our kids, introduce them to careers and opportunities, and overall make them more marketable. One youth has been interning in the IT department. He’s now putting together machines from scratch. The next group involves 4 youth, who are interning [...]
