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The Relentless School Nurse: The CDC Chooses the Path of Least Resistance

Relentless School Nurse

Operational Guidance for K-12 Schools and Early Care and Education Programs to Support Safe In-Person Learning. . The CDC has chosen the path of least resistance as schools are about to reopen, or are in their first few weeks of the new school year. . Decisions are at the discretion of each school district in most cases. .

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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. I once taught physical education classes outside — in Minnesota — for a full school year (and a month into the next year) when our gymnasium was being renovated.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Let’s Write Letters for Impact!

Relentless School Nurse

Here is a message from our friend, Judy Doran, the Maine school nurse who writes “Maine Points” from her health office. She became activated when she read the recent NASN/CDC survey that revealed the urgent need for mental health support for school nurses. The results are not a surprise to school nurses.

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Ask Me Anything About Sports Medicine

Stanford Childrens

If your school has an athletic trainer, they can also help with returning them to sports safely. Stretching, mobility, flexibility—these are all crucial components of healthy muscles, and subsequently healthy joints and bones. Flexibility is just as important as the recovery process and the strengthening processes.

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Physical Education Electives

PLT4M

And this also comes at a time where physical education has been a hot topic of discussion in schools. While there are countless options to introduce to students, here are a two of the most popular physical education electives that schools are seeing spark student engagement and excitement. Should physical education be required? ”

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Can You Use CrossFit In Physical Education Classes?

Physical Education Update

And in at least one high school, it has been extremely successful. The video above shows an example of how Crossfit concepts can be used in a high school physical education setting, as a program for students who want to work harder than in their traditional PE classes.

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Works of Heart

Stanford Childrens

The Ayes wanted expert advice so they began researching their son’s heart condition in earnest. To obtain detailed information on Orion’s condition, the cardiac imaging team conducted non-invasive MRI scans that provided a three-dimensional image of his moving heart as well as the blood flowing through it.