Oakland Tech High School hits the Ice!

Photos by Miguel Blair


By Felicia

Students at Oakland Tech High School celebrated their first organized hockey team by participating in a youth hockey clinic last week at the Oakland Ice Center in downtown Oakland.

Approximately 60 kids participated in the clinic and those who stopped by to participate with the kids were San Jose Sharks and Oakland Bears players and Harbor House Ministries of Oakland.

"We've been unbelievably lucky to have so much support," said PE teacher Kelley
Haskins, who initiated the Oakland Tech program making it the first ever on ice physical education program in the Oakland Unified School District. "Our partnership with the Sharks organization has and will continue to be a key ingredient to our success."

The Oakland Ice Center will be the home base for the Oakland Tech hockey team as part of Sharks Ice High School Hockey League, which consists of teams from Oakland and San Jose.

In total over 600 children from OUSD schools and after school programs benefited from on-ice physical education classes with donated ice and instruction by Sharks Ice last school year.

Thousands of Oakland children have had the opportunity to participate in free activities at the rink since Sharks Ice took over management in October 2007.

For more information go to: www.oaklandice.com.