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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

I also coach golf and am an assistant athletic director at our school, but I have always thought of myself as a teacher first. In March 2024, I was lucky enough to be named the 2024 SHAPE America National High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year! No student should ever graduate high school without knowing how to swim.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Well, What Do You Know…Community Pushback Worked, For Now!

Relentless School Nurse

My last blog post focused on the Fayette County Public School board’s decision to privatize school nursing services by going to the lowest bidder, a nursing agency, and discontinuing the 50-year relationship with the local health department. Reference: School board reconsiders privatizing school nurses.

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Leveraging Physical Activity in Schools to Address Pandemic-Related Health Disparities

Active Schools Us

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted all aspects of daily life, including school operations and the capacity for schools to meet students’ physical and emotional needs. Since the widespread school closures to prevent COVID-19 transmission in March 2020, CDC has created new channels for collecting data to monitor the pandemic’s impact.

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What You Need to Know About Back-to-School Vaccinations

Stanford Childrens

While much of the focus of back-to-school preparations is on purchasing new backpacks, pencils, and snacks for lunch, one essential aspect can get overlooked: vaccinations. Required vaccines for school When you have hundreds of kids together on a daily basis, they are sure to share germs.

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Arizona Teachers Can Score Classroom Grants with Every Cardinals Touchdown

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Teachers can use the grants to purchase school supplies, books, equipment, or anything they need to support their classroom. The grants are available for teachers employed at public, charter, or non-profit private schools in SRP service territory. Grants can be used for any classroom need. million customers.

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Streamlining Medication Administration at Wooster School

Magnus Health

Managing medication administration at a private school can be a challenging task for a small health staff, especially when the number of students on medication continues to grow. Anna Jette, School Health Clinic Nurse at Wooster School in Danbury, CT, relies on Magnus Health to streamline the school’s medication practices.

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School Nurse Responsibilities During the Pandemic

Magnus Health

Schools have adapted to embrace remote and hybrid learning models and school nurse responsibilities have evolved as well. . This blog explores five ways school nurse responsibilities have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. . Key Member of School’s COVID Task Force . School Health Compliance Enforcer.