Climbing wall helps develop more than just muscle
Louis Plaisted, a fifth-grade student at Slippery Rock Area Elementary School, foreground, and fifth-grader Miley Rudish test the obstacle course on the newly installed climbing wall in the school gym on Tuesday, March 7. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock Area Elementary School finally has a piece of gymnasium equipment that lives up to the school district’s name.
The school purchased a 40-foot long rock climbing wall that was installed Tuesday, Feb. 28, and was only made possible via community-led fundraising efforts.
Students in all grade levels at the school have been enjoying the wall, which Kristen Czubiak, the school’s principal, said likely is a new experience for all of them.
“It’s really challenging physically, but the students don't mind it because it's new and innovative,” Czubiak said. “It's something they have never done before.”
