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This Is How My School Stocks Up on Kindness … and PE Equipment

SHAPE America

FUNdraiser Blog Post: What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year Kristi Bieri Kristi Bieri is a physical education teacher at Odessa Upper Elementary School in Odessa, MO, and the Missouri AHPERD Special Projects Coordinator.

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My Title IX Story: Speaking Up for Equal Opportunity as a High School Student

SHAPE America

Amanda Amtmanis Amanda Amtmanis is a physical education teacher at Macdonough Elementary School and Spencer Elementary School in Middletown, CT. In 2019, she was a pilot school coordinator for SHAPE America’s new health. service-learning program. Follow her on Twitter @AmandaAmtmanis.

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The Relentless School Nurse: This is What Moms Demand Action Wants for Mother’s Day 2023!

Relentless School Nurse

And on May 24, we’ll mark one year since 19 children and two teachers were killed in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Coordinate with your local Moms Demand Action chapter. Both shooters, armed with hate and a firearm, used an AR-15 to commit these heinous tragedies. Event Promotion: Get the Word Out!

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Honorable mention in teacher awards goes to Queen Creek instructor

Arizona Health and Physical Education

A teacher from the Queen Creek Unified School District was given an honorable mention in the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards. Lara Cox, a K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School, will be honored at the Arizona Teacher of the Year Awards ceremony on Oct.

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The Whole School Model To Physical Education & Activity

PLT4M

But with the Whole School Model , we should instead consider the coordinated approach to supporting the pursuit of 60 minutes a day of physical activity. . Answering The Call Of The Whole School Model The Whole School Model makes achieving 60 minutes of daily activity possible. Open the door to more opportunities!

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Educator: Lara Cox is Queen Creek Hometown Hero for November

Arizona Health and Physical Education

The K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School is devoted to making sure students exercise their bodies along with their brains. What I do: I’m one of the physical education teachers at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School, currently in my 18th year teaching in Arizona.

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A School Without Limits: Young Patients Travel Far to Learn Without Leaving Their Bedside

Stanford Childrens

In collaboration with the hospital teachers accredited by the Palo Alto Unified School District, Faith Collins, a former elementary school teacher, visits up to 10 student patients from ages 8 to 18 every school day, providing an hour of supplemental instruction with VR headsets.