NEW BUFFALO AREA SCHOOLS TO DEDICATE SKATEPARK

Students and residents will be ready to roll when New Buffalo Area Schools dedicates the skatepark, located across from the middle/high school at 1112 East Clay Street, at 4 p.m. Friday, June 2. A unique feature of the park will be five signs, with barcodes. The barcodes can be scanned, and skate boarders can learn about the physics “at play” in a skatepark. Richard Eberly, the high

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physics teacher, and his students developed the signage. The skatepark construction crew, who travel the country and install skateparks, said they have never heard of this.

“In the New Buffalo Area Schools, we want to make play and education fun,” said a press release.

For more information, please contact Dr. Michael Lindley at 269469-6013 or at mlindley@nbas.org.

— STAFF REPORTS