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Fitness Through Play: How to Reimagine Physical Education for Lifelong Wellness

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Traditional approaches in physical education can lack joy, choice and relevance to students lives. The negative association with fitness can affect students perception of physical activity and the value of physical education. The steps outlined below may help you change the narrative in your own physical education program.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A New Era in School Nursing, the 2025 Version

Relentless School Nurse

We are praised for our ability to navigate emergencies, manage complex health needs, and act as anchors of calm in a storm of educational demands, student health crises, and systemic inequities. While resilience is admirable, it has often become a euphemism for enduring unsustainable conditions without complaint.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Elevating the Conversation – Trusted Voices Against Misguided Attacks on Routine Vaccinations

Relentless School Nurse

During this storm, we must ground ourselves in the irrefutable successes of vaccination, recognize the enduring trust in vaccines among the majority, and leverage the influence of trusted messengers, including school nurses, to safeguard public health. People dont need more data; they need educators, storytellers, and people to listen.

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What Resiliency Means as a Marine

SHAPE America

This shared struggle not only builds physical toughness but also reinforces the mental and emotional endurance necessary to face real-world challenges with confidence and strength. RESILIENCY FOR STUDENTS Physical education provides many benefits for developing resiliency. Don’t hesitate to lean on your support system for guidance.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Silent Scars – Understanding the Hidden Impact of ICE Raids on Children

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It explores the profound psychological, educational, and social challenges these young individuals face, often struggling with anxiety, PTSD, and academic setbacks that can shape their entire futures. Children bear unseen scars from ICE raids, enduring trauma, anxiety, and social withdrawal as families are torn apart.

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The Relentless School Nurse: We Are Still Here – School Nurses Leading Through Crisis and Change

Relentless School Nurse

We build bridges between families, educators, and community providers. We are educators, counselors, case managers, first responders, and fierce advocates. The work you do is essentialnot just to your school, but to the future of public health and education. That is leadership.

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The Relentless School Nurse: The Story Behind the JOSN Manuscript – Surveying School Nurses on Firearm Violence Prevention

Relentless School Nurse

Prevention Strategies: Open-ended responses highlighted a strong desire for more education and training (56%), as well as support for providing free firearm locks (15%), investing in mental health resources (13%), and advocating for stricter firearm laws (13%). Our students’ safety hangs in the balance.

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