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The Relentless School Nurse: Welcome to the Free-for-All, the 2022-2023 School Year

Relentless School Nurse

The term free-for-all, defined as a “chaotic situation lacking rules or structure, jumped into my mind as I tried to describe what it feels like to prepare for the upcoming school year. As I look around at school districts in my state and across the country, the one common denominator is the abject lack of data-driven COVID policies. We have reached a consensus of “whatever.” But you see, “whatever” is not a policy, it is literally giving up on safety.

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Skin Cancer Resources for Health Class Teachers

Physical Education Update

Here’s are some excellent skin cancer prevention resources for your health classes. Skin Cancer Contest Poster. The Skin Cancer Foundation has established the free Sun Smart U. education program to assist instructors expose students to the importance of sun protection and give them the information they need to avoid skin. cancer. Sun Smart U. includes video accounts of young adults dealing with melanoma and providing suggestions for children.

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Are you ready to ROCK another school year!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Summer break is coming to an end and another school year beginning. Are you ready? Well, in this edition you will find some tips and tricks to prepare you for a great year. To begin, let’s start pre-students arrival: Is your space ready? Do your posters, visuals represent all your students? Having an equitable, diverse and inclusive space for students make students feel welcomed and safe.

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Advice to Help Your Teens Get Enough Sleep

Stanford Childrens

This fall, California is rolling out a first-of-its-kind law that pushes back class start times for most public middle and high schools. High schools in the state can’t start before 8:30 a.m., and for middle schools, it’s 8 a.m. Research has shown that if teens get more sleep, attendance and school performance will improve. Sumit Bhargava, MD , pediatric sleep medicine specialist at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, says that sleep needs to be prioritized, as it is important to the overall he

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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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Student Writing Lesson Using Photographs – Classroom Ideas

S&S

Objective: To enhance descriptive, expository, and creative writing using pictures Age: 5+ Time: 30-45 minutes (writing/art varies) Grades: any age Materials: Photographs, magazine pictures of animals, people, places & things Construction paper Lined paper Pencil Glue Scissors Colored pencils or … Read More. The post Student Writing Lesson Using Photographs – Classroom Ideas appeared first on S&S Blog.

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Calling all Exhibitors! Join us in November!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Join us November 1-3, 2022 at the Phoenix Convention Center South Building for the 2022 Arizona Health and Physical Education State Convention. Interested in becoming an Exhibitor or Sponsoring an event? Email Lynn Preble at preble@azhpe.org. Registration for the 2022 State Convention is also currently available at 2022 Arizona Health and Physical Education State Convention Registration We are excited to present an in-person convention again this year.

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Coalition Calls for Government to ‘Seize the Moment’ on Social Impact of Lionesses’ Triumph

Association for Physical Education

02/08/2022 The Sport for Development Coalition has called on Government and policy-makers to “seize the moment” and capitalise on how the Lionesses’ wonderful EURO 2022 victory can help to drive […]. The post Coalition Calls for Government to ‘Seize the Moment’ on Social Impact of Lionesses’ Triumph appeared first on Association for Physical Education - Association For Physical Education | P.E.