SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Bringing Books to Life Physical educators retired or not can collaborate with school librarians or public librarians to bring books to life by incorporating related physical activities into their storytime programming. So far, weve gotten positive feedback about adding physical activity during several of the librarys storytime events.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., Roger, however, arrives late, having dropped off his younger siblings at school. But despite the growing interest, a staggering 94% of students surveyed didn’t have access to a bike outside of school. The bell rings at 9 a.m. Coach Clark always comes with a twist.

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Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 14, 2023

Reading the news on the heels of years of pandemic school nursing and the resulting mistreatment brought a sense of cognitive dissonance front and center. I came across a Connect Nurse and their inspiring #unResignationLetter movement. I want to celebrate nursing, especially school nursing. I actually felt numb.

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Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 5, 2023

As a school nurses, many of us have seen firsthand the devastating impact of gun violence in our schools and communities. The #FedUp campaign is a call to action for parents, educators, and lawmakers to take a stand against gun violence in schools. Please join me in this grassroots movement.

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Drowning in the Shallow

MARCH 15, 2025

If Physical Education is the school subject that prioritises the learning about, in and through movement, then PE Teachers need to understand what learning is and isn’t.

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Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 25, 2024

The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) is launching the President’s Endowment Challenge for the academic year 2024-2025, and the theme couldn’t be more crucial: “Advocating for Equity.” Thank you for considering and supporting this important cause.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As American society and schools experience growing diversity and interconnectedness, our responsibilities as teachers must embrace pedagogical approaches that nurture and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and empathy. In this way, there is shared responsibility in addressing inequities and other systemic barriers.

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Relentless School Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Shot in the Arm explains the history of the anti-vax movement and weaves in social constructs that have impacted the waxing and waning of vaccine confidence. Here is an extended trailer of the film: Find out where to view this documentary, but better yet, bring it to your organizations, your schools, your communities across the country.

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Relentless School Nurse

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

About this event Doctors & Nurses Sounding the Alarm: Hear from national leaders at the forefront of the gun safety movement. Learn what’s at stake, what we stand to gain, and how to talk to people on the other side. This event is about awareness and a call to action.

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Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 3, 2024

We cannot underestimate the impact of the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” movement that is sweeping across the country. Parents and school nurses need to be strong partners for students’ health and well-being. Better pay attention Ohio school nurses! On the surface, it seems innocent enough.

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Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 6, 2023

Artwork by Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin Oliver who was killed in the Parkland school shooting. Manuel Oliver and his wife Patricia Padauy-Oliver work tirelessly to advocate for school and community safety from mass shootings through the power of art and activism as a means of peaceful protest.

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Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 21, 2023

Their perspective from inside the anti-vax movement reveals how rampant disinformation and misinformation are used to weaponize new moms to become anti-vax too. Heather and Lydia are now on a mission to bring evidence-based information to debunk the massive anti-vax propaganda movement that has infected so many parents.

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Open Phys Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Activities and lessons bring students together through fun, snowman-inspired challenges that build leadership skills, foster community, and strengthen school spirit. Promote health-enhancing physical activity : Daily movement and activity are woven into the fun, with exciting physical challenges that keep students energized.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We explore what student participation in PE means, how school districts can create a lasting impact, and provide actionable strategies to apply in schools. >>> Free Download: Lifetime Fitness Playbook with 12 Free Lessons Participation In PE By The Numbers The U.S Grade 10: 53.3% Grade 11: 40.2% Grade 12: 33.0%

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Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This module does address development of movement concepts, movement patterns, and strategic knowledge commonly associated with invasion sports. All participants are given the opportunity to explore the movement concepts in a fun and engaging environment where everyone can feel successful.

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S&S

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

School: Ravenwood Elementary Activity: Movement Concepts Stations Skills: Locomotor Movements, Pathways, Levels, Speeds, Balance, Dancing Grade: K-5 Movement Concepts Description This is a stations based activity where students work on different types of body movement.

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Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 14, 2024

We need to work together with local schools, community groups, and leaders to create a united front against misinformation. Professor.Peter Hotez, MD, PhD scientist, researcher, author, science explainer and the person I turn to for the most up-to-date information on vaccines and how to counterbalance the anti-vaxx movement.

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Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. Research consistently shows a link between low physical activity in adulthood and low movement competence (World Health Organization, 2024). However, it is my experience that in many systems, school sports requirements have waned since the 1990's.

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SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

That same month, tennis pro Steven Mingo came to my school. In May 2022, I applied for my school to play exhibition matches for NetGen at the U.S. Bicycle Grants The CYCLE Kids grant (valued at $25,000) provides schools with 10 new bikes, helmets, a bike pump, and textbooks that teach cycle basics as well as nutrition.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

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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Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Parents and coaches, bombarded with stories of children being offered collegiate scholarships in middle school or making national-level teams at age ten, feel an impetus to accelerate their own childrens development. This underscores the futility of making high-stakes decisions about a childs athletic future in elementary school.

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Gopher Sport

APRIL 24, 2025

Hosting a Unified Field Day for High School Students Have you heard of Unified Field Day? Events like these provide students with disabilities the opportunity to participate in fun, engaging activities tailored to their unique needs, ensuring they experience the joy and benefits of movement in a supportive environment!

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Six year old Ruby Bridges stepped into the history books in 1960 when she integrated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans becoming a national icon for the civil rights movement. Today her story continues to inspire the next generation of leaders to end racism together one step at a time.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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. Town/neighborhood: I have lived in San Tan Valley for over 12 years, but I teach at Faith Mather Sossaman in the Queen Creek Unified School District.

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Learning Through Sport

MARCH 1, 2025

In a multi-activity curriculum model more likely is that students with already developed ability in the activity, or ability able to be applied to the activity usually acquired through the participation in school and/or community sport, succeed. Concepts do not replace the need for movement activities. Teaching a concept requires 1.

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Carly's P.E. Games

AUGUST 24, 2018

Physical Education Welcome Letter - 2018/2019 WELCOME Welcome back to school! I have a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Movement Science (aka. Please be sure your child brings gym shoes to school on their P.E. My name is Carly Glanzman, and I've been teaching Elementary P.E. since 2005. I love teaching P.E.!

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SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

Make new friends through movement. He is currently the coordinator of Physical Education and Health Education for Manassas City Public School in Manassas, VA. Take your video games and turn them into real-life activities. Tips for Keeping it New and Exciting Find a group of your peers: Make it a fun competition with your friends.

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Carly's P.E. Games

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome back to school everyone! This is my 18th year teaching for Kenowa Hills Public Schools, and I must say, this has been the BEST start to the school year that I have experienced! My goal is to MAXIMIZE our time together with lots of movement, exercise, sports and games. I hope everyone has a wonderful school year!

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Reinventing the Game

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This reminds me of the whole non-linear/emergent ecological approach to approaching any skill acquisition (or functional working understanding) of a movement process, simple or complex. Quote from my colleague (paraphrased), “I know PE is important, I saw them having so much fun just now…remind me of my own schooling days.”

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Active Schools Us

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Her legacy continues to inspire us, and we’re grateful for the foundation she laid for Active Schools. February marked our celebration of Active Classrooms Month , emphasizing the importance of integrating movement into the learning environment. Three organizations joined us in April as part of our Program Endorsement Pilot.

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

may be considered as being not align to the reality of school business on the ground. Recent encounters very well meaning leaders in the profession suggest that the younger the age group, the more we need to just get about being efficient in daily school life and perhaps not worry too much regards ‘pedagogy’ and such. Or is it not?

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Active Schools Us

MAY 24, 2022

Schools, in particular, seem to be becoming more aware that they need to take a wholistic approach to education based on a Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model (WSCC; Lewallen et al., 2015) and physical activity is an essential component of any whole-of-school approach.

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Carly's P.E. Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I am SO pleased with how my students got right back in the swing of things these first few weeks of school! Students did tons of locomotor movements, animal walks, soccer, basketball and scooters. class due to management issues! Games and Skills: Test Your Skills - Check out the VIDEO HERE !

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SHAPE America

MARCH 24, 2022

Students around the field are throwing and catching discs, learning movement skills, encouraging one another, and enjoying physical activity in the process. Grade-Level Outcome (Grade 4): Praises the movement performance of others both more skilled and less skilled. I threw it too far,” the thrower apologizes. That is the “structure.”.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Filling up an entire semester of middle school physical education units can be challenging. But there are plenty of fun and engaging middle school physical education units to choose from. The Need For Variety With Middle School Physical Units Middle school physical education is unique! Let’s explore.

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Active Schools Us

APRIL 1, 2022

Executive Director, Active Schools. The solution is to provide all kids with an Active School environment. And there are schools successfully using them – just not enough. Years ago, social-emotional learning (SEL) was not the norm in many schools, but educators, parents, and the public have realized and corrected that mistake.

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