Mon.Dec 11, 2023

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The Relentless School Nurse: Friends, We Need to Plan Ahead…

Relentless School Nurse

It’s disheartening to witness the trend of school nursing staff reductions across various districts, often attributed to the ending of COVID-19 funding. The potential loss of school nurse positions at the end of this school year is distressing considering the profound impact it will have on the well-being of the students. We need to plan ahead to be ready to speak out at upcoming school board meetings.

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Happy People, Better Players

Player Development Project

Jack Burns is a Kinesiology student at Jacksonville University and former Chelsea & Portsmouth Academy player. Jack opens up about the harsh realities around pursuing football as a career & how athlete welfare and happiness should be at the centre of a coaches approach. Within the sporting realm there is often ample talk pertaining to words that centre around ideas of psychology, be it mental toughness, grit, confidence, resilience, or assertiveness.

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13 Christmas Gifts Your Kids Can EXPERIENCE

RC Families

If you’re looking for new and different Christmas gifts for your kids, try thinking experiences rather than the newest gadget or the latest toy. I’m all for toys, gadgets, clothes, electronics, etc, but how about changing things up a bit and giving a gift that will not only be a gift NOW, but will also.

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Celebrating Success: 2023 Accomplishments

Every Kids Sports

Celebrating success: Every Kid Sports 2023 Achievements What a wild ride 2023 has been! We’re so grateful to our Every Kid Sports community for your support this year and we’re excited to share the 2023 achievements that you helped make possible. The Every Kid Sports mission: is to find and facilitate the funding that helps kids from income-restricted families participate in youth sports so they, too, can experience the positive benefits of playing.

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Reimagine the Role of PE to Reconnect With Your Students

Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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At Stanford Children’s Health, groundbreaking treatment leads to new heart and lungs for thankful Oregon teen

Stanford Childrens

* Oswaldo Jimenez became the first child on the West Coast to undergo the pulmonary artery to left atrial shunt procedure, ensuring he was healthy enough to receive a subsequent heart-lung transplant. * This Christmas? “I feel so much better than last year.” Oswaldo, 14 and his family with Carol Conrad, MD, director of the pediatric heart-lung transplant program at Packard Children’s. 2016 is starting off a whole lot better than last year for 14-year-old Oswaldo Jimenez of Salem, Oregon.

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