Congrats Grads + Spring '26 Recap

The EduSkate graduation party celebrating academic milestones for college grads, high school seniors, 8th graders and 5th graders

Another school year in the books at EduSkate After School Program and another year of dedicated, talented, inspiring students to celebrate.

We hosted a backyard BBQ and graduation ceremony for students in our program who are graduating college, graduating high school, or completing their 5th or 8th grade years. We're honored to be part of their lives and academic journeys, and we are proud of the ways they are contributing to the SF Skate Club community and beyond.

We've had an outstanding Spring 2026 semester and are enjoying reflecting on some of our memories:

• Joining the MLK March in downtown San Francisco

• Having a curator-led tour from Ted Barrow of the Epicenter exhibition

• Celebrating Lunar New Year together with a family-style meal and traditional red envelopes

• Hosting a Black History Month art show in our space

• Visiting Mercy Terrace Senior Center to deliver handmade valentines and spend time with our neighborhood elders

• Co-hosting a skate jam in honor of Pablo Ramirez

• Learning every step of how to screen print at the Haigh Street Art Center while working on our own clothing, prints, and zines

• Teaming up with Banán for an ice cream fundraiser at their Noe Valley store

• Taking a field trip to Rob Skate Academy

• Co-hosting a skate jam at Carnaval

• Working on a short 88m film directed and shot by youth in collaboration with local filmmaker Nate Zack (more details to follow on this project!)

• Collaging pages and writing down reflections for our annual Yearbook Zine project
  

We ended our school year with a special celebration at Skate Club to honor the incredible staff and volunteers who show up each day to support our programming in-person and behind the scenes. We had a total of 37 volunteers and staff who helped us make this school year of EduSkate possible. The importance of our program staff cannot be overstated - we are lucky to have talented and heart-centered staff who mentor and guide youth in our space nearly 7 days a week throughout the year. We are powered by over two dozen volunteers who assist us with everything from IT support, to strategic advisement, to event planning, and much of what we do wouldn't be possible without all of these caring people.

We needed a proper meal to celebrate all of these amazing individuals. We had delicious catering provided by our friends at Taco Primo and enjoyed excellent tacos, salsas, guac, and chips in our Skate Club space.

Taco Primo is offering all of the Skate Club community 15% off of orders online through August 16th with code sfskateclub. Be sure to give them a try - we loved the fresh guac and all of the meat + vegan tacos. We are grateful for their partnership and support!

They even made us custom SFSC stickers with their skating turtle as the cameo. We have some at the shop if you want to grab one <3