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Beaver Island students take harbor ice-skating lessons, 1989

Also 1989 school ice skating lessons

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TypeEvent
Date1989-02-20
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1989-02-20
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Education
Where
Beaver Island
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Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island students took ice-skating lessons on the harbor during gym class from February 20 through March 3, 1989. Shannon Heynig volunteered introductory figure-skating instruction.

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The article reports the instructional schedule and skills, not school attendance records or a complete lesson plan.

Sources

  1. Reports lessons from February 20 through March 3, including introductory figure-skating instruction by Shannon Heynig. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held sixteen-page issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island students take harbor ice-skating lessons, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-ice-skating-lessons-1989/, accessed [date], citing “School News: Ice Skating,” Beaver Beacon, March 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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