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The Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation
plans to work this year with the local schools in Aguadilla,
P.R. to gain their support in allowing the local children
to get P.E. credit for those children who are training
and are part of the learn-to skate program. We will work
to establish a school/skating program.
We hope to be a value added resource to the community
of Aguadilla in providing other alternatives in the world
of sports. A complete education is a valuable asset in
life. In order to coordinate school and skating, here
are some helpful hints: look at your child's time demands
for school studies and skating practices; prepare a financial
budget to allocate affordable resources; and establish
realistic goals that can be met over a year time frame.
Many parents can begin the process of our introduction
into the school system. The PFFSF will Plan on meeting
with the Mayor of Aguadilla to enlist his support for
the implementation of a learn to skate/school program
in the early spring for following fall, especially when
kids are changing from elementary school, to middle school,
and again to high school. The PRFSF hopes to work with
the local schools on the availability of classes and the
availability of programs for the young community. School
officials need you to educate them about skating and the
needs of your child/athlete.
There are many colleges that honor and recognized the
testing accomplishment for kids that pass USFSA testing
levels. Since we have adopted the USFSA testing program
we the PRFSF hope to work with the local colleges in the
U.S. and Puerto Rico to have our kids gain credit for
their accomplishments in the PRFSF program.
Our objective is to provide the local schools with the
information to understand the importance of marrying academics
with athletics and the benefits derived from it. Time
off, schedule reorganization, and physical education credit
through independent study are possible and doable and
it is our hopes to achieve this. Asking for these options
after school will create other opportunities for the children
of the community and in a sport they otherwise would never
have access to. The U.S. offers this program to those
kids that are figure skating and it is our plan to adopt
this same program in Puerto Rico. Our objective is to
start with Aguadilla then the other municipalities. Some
changes take six months to a year to pass through proper
channels. Even if your school does not allow credit for
skating now, there are packets available through School
Programs in the U.S. that we will explore and evaluate
for it's ability to be adopted in P.R. that will allow
independent study for physical education. If you present
this easy outline to your physical education department,
it may help.
The United States Figure Skating Association provides
outstanding programs for their athletes we hope to model
ourselves after this most prestige's organization in order
to assist the children of Puerto Rico with the opportunity
to become part of this wonderful sport of Figure Skating.
Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel
Agrelot
| HATO REY
- the "Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel
Agrelot". Built on the Golden Mile (where the
major banks of San Juan, PR are located) in the
city of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (a suburb of San Juan).
The rink is a multi-million dollar Coliseum - 18,500
seating (for ice and major events). The biggest
arena on the island of Puerto Rico. According to
senior management they anticipated having some public
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Pictured above Coliseo
de Puerto Rico
- from Official
web site |
Picture from Welcome
to Puerto Rico |
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