Mon.Oct 07, 2024

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The Relentless School Nurse: The Next Time You Need Stamps, Ask for These!

Relentless School Nurse

Click to view slideshow. As a school nurse, I appreciate the USPS’s decision to honor healthcare workers with the “Thank You, Healthcare Community” Forever stamp , released on October 1st. It’s a meaningful recognition of our dedication, especially given our challenges in recent years. In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the USPS is honoring healthcare workers who dedicate our lives to protecting the health, safety, and well-being, ofte

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Healing with Heart: Monica Patino’s Mission in Support of Latinx Families

Stanford Childrens

A nurse at Stanford Children’s makes a lasting impact in the Latinx community, caring for children with serious heart conditions both within the hospital and abroad. The road to becoming a staff nurse in the intensive care unit at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health wasn’t easy for Monica Patino, BSN, BA, RN, CCRN. She’d wanted to be a nurse from the time she was growing up in Colombia and had the chance to shadow a nurse at a hospital when she was in middle school.

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SRP Announces Classroom Grants of Up to $5,000 for Educators

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Salt River Project (SRP) invites Arizona teachers to apply for Classroom Grants of up to $5,000 beginning October 1, 2024. The grants are available for teachers looking to incorporate creative ways to keep their students engaged in STEM and social science projects. Every year, the SRP Classroom Grants Program offers two types of grants: STEM Grants provide up to $5,000 for school projects that incorporate innovative teaching strategies in mathematics and science.

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Parental Comparison: Why Do We Do it?

RC Families

As the old saying goes, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Comparison also robs us peace, security, contentment and the ability to live fully and happily in the present. Yet comparison is very hard to resist. It is a trap that sneaks up on us and sucks us in before we even realize it. Why.

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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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Special Olympics Arizona kicking off fall games in Mesa this week

Arizona Health and Physical Education

BY AARON DECKER KTAR.com PHOENIX – Over 1,000 athletes from across Arizona will come to Mesa to kick off the fall games for Special Olympics Arizona this week. On Friday and Saturday, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., competitors will face off in swimming and bocce at Skyline High School. The Skyline Aquatic Center will host the swimming competition while the bocce events will be at the high school.

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How to strengthen community partnerships through exercise, with Notts County

My Zone

Community exercise opportunities are more than just about the sweat. They bring people together, and often give people who may not move as much the understanding they need to stay more active day-to-day.