Skate Team at South East High School?

“Skateboarding is a passion for many kids in this school.”

Should South East High School have a skateboarding team? Alex Isidro, a freshman at SEHS, says, “No! SEHS shouldn’t have a skate team.” Isidro says there are going to be too many posers on the skate team. “I don’t want to hear the skateboards everyday after school.” People would get headaches from the noise of the skateboards. One reason why Isidro doesn’t want a skate team is because he dislikes skaters. He doesn’t like them because Isidro thinks that they think they’re all cool and tough. On the other hand, Isidro said, “I think skating isn’t a waste of time though. I think it’s just cool just for hanging out with friends and not play video games all day.”

Alexander Martinez, a freshman at SEHS who loves to skate, said, “We should have a skate team.” Martinez thinks they should have a team to have fun and hangout with friends. “We should have a skate team at SEHS because it has a lot of cool skate spots,” Martinez said. It is okay to skate on campus because there are many skaters skating in front of the school and nobody says anything about it. He also says, “We need to have competitions for a skate team.”  Martinez thinks all the members should put in 5 dollars every 2 weeks for 6 months to get a Jaguar board design. “If we do get a skate team we should skate 3 times a week,” Martinez said. Martinez thinks there should be a waiver for students to wear a helmet or not. 

Jesse Meza is an 8^th grader at South Gate Middle School. “Yes, of course SEHS should have a skate team,” Meza says with pride. Meza thinks they should because many people skate at SEHS and it would be cool if they did. He believes it would raise pride and spirit. Meza also thinks skaters should pay 5 dollars to get free boards by the school.  Meza thinks the competition should be held at schools and at skate parks. “There should not be a helmet rule, they decide to wear one or not” Meza declared. “Skating is a passion many people have in SEHS and it would be really cool if they had a skate team,” Meza says with pride.

Eduardo Martinez, a freshman at SEHS thinks there should not be a skate team. “Skating is a hobby people do and should be done at home,” Eduardo said. Although he thinks skating is not a waste of time, “I think it helps lose weight and make friends at their own time.”

Overtime skating might be a part of SEHS. People might start a club and start skating at the school. Eventually SEHS will have a skate team.