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5 Simple Ways Principals Can Prioritize Health and Wellness This School Year

SHAPE America

As a principal, I certainly do as well. And, despite clear research demonstrating the positive impacts of health and wellness on academic achievement , schools may be tempted to put critically important physical activity programs on the back burner. Several years ago, our school experienced an increase in discipline.

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Review of Promoting Elementary School Physical Activity

Human Kinetics

Physical activity is one important foundation for our children’s mental and physical health and requires a commitment across the school day, in transport to and from school, and in school/community partnerships. Promoting Elementary School Physical Activity is a key resource that will help make that commitment happen.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Parent’s Back to School Question for 2022-2023

Relentless School Nurse

A school nurse was asked by a parent at her elementary school’s open house if she was trained to respond to COVID, Monkeypox, and an active shooter. One of the programs that I am determined to bring to my school district is called HELPme – a healing-centered approach to school safety!

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The Relentless School Nurse: Stories From the Field – Meet Meg Jenkins!

Relentless School Nurse

I spoke with the Elementary school nurse, a fellow Salve Regina graduate as well as my beloved mentor, Rosanne Sheridan, who encouraged me to go for it. I started to follow nurses on multiple social media sites and have learned so much from them as well. A teacher I knew recommended I apply.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Six-Year-Old School Shooter

Relentless School Nurse

A six-year-old child is angry and dysregulated, has access to an unlocked and loaded firearm, and brings it to school. This is not a far-flung script for a crime show, this is real life and it happened this past Friday at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia. .

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Participation In PE – A Playbook For Success

PLT4M

Instead, PE should be a regular part of the curriculum at every grade level , starting in elementary school and continuing through high school. This ensures that students of all ages and abilities are exposed to a steady stream of opportunities to enhance their physical well-being and develop a foundation of fitness for life.

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Fishin’ for Change: Combining Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation

SHAPE America

We teach at the Ancona School, a small, progressive elementary school in the Hyde Park area of Chicago’s South Side. Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. Also, the largest bait shop in Chicago had a set of 20 fishing rods that it would loan for free.