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.

Education

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

The reality is that physical education has limited time in a school curricula. This question is deeply connected to the question , What is important to learn in physical education in the time available (and to what standard or level of competence) to enable students to continue to pursue being physically active beyond the school gates?

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JULY 16, 2025

Lauren Falls from DC Public Schools explains, “I order from Gopher because I know they have high-quality equipment that’s gonna last. Investing in high-quality equipment pays off over time. While the upfront cost may be higher, schools save significantly by avoiding the need to replace broken or worn-out equipment.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

Schools are moving beyond traditional team sports to provide more choice, variety, and accessibility. Instead of forcing students into one mold, schools are offering options that meet them where they are. And as more students experience success in a fitness walking class, they gain confidence to stay active beyond school as well.

Fitness

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Embodies the spirit of collaboration and innovation within our field? If so, then nominate them here today!

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

APRIL 21, 2025

The countdown is on the school year is almost over! Were on the hunt for our 2025 Award-Winning Teachers , and we need YOUR help! Know a teacher whos gone above and beyond this year? Nominate them today and let their excellence shine!

Middle School

Montessori Physical Education

JULY 6, 2025

When I got to high school, it was a rude awakening. Catherine University—specifically the upper elementary component—that I had a mathematical renaissance. I keep those kids at the forefront of my mind because I don’t want them to miss out on a lifetime of physical activity. I don’t know, obviously.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

The Importance of PE Sub Plans Unexpected events happen throughout the school year, whether it’s illness, professional development, or emergencies. Elementary PE Sub Plans In many elementary school physical education lessons, some level of equipment or setup is required.

PE

PLT4M

JULY 2, 2025

Skills-based health education is transforming how schools approach health instruction—shifting the focus from memorizing facts to developing real-life skills students can use to lead healthier lives. Jeff Bartlett has worked at Holten Richmond Middle School, a public 6–8 middle school in Danvers, Massachusetts, since 2008.

Health Education

Montessori Physical Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

One of the most notable changes is the differentiation between the game's middle school and upper elementary school versions. First, the middle school game also has an extra level of competition where one team is directly playing against another.

Middle School

SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

Here are a few winter activities for elementary PE that include opportunities to practice personal responsibility, cultural studies, and physical fitness outside. When snowplows create large piles of snow outside our school, each PE class gets a hill of snow to create a snow fort. She also serves on the MNSHAPE Board of Directors.

Elementary

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This time of year, it is increasingly important to incorporate physical activity into the school day. Instead of settling into an indoor, sedentary routine — it’s time to rethink the typical school day.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

My dad was a soccer player in high school and helped found a rec league in our community in East Hampton, CT, which my brother and I both played in. When I started middle school, there was no girls soccer team, and it didn’t occur to me that I wouldn’t be allowed to try out for the boys team — so I did. It’s Official.

High School

Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Sheila Taney wrote today’s guest blog post to share her journey to school nursing after a thirty-year nursing career. Why did she choose school nursing, after it had never been on her radar… or so she thought? School nurse? I never ever thought of becoming a school nurse at any point in my nursing career.

Schooling

SHAPE America

JULY 27, 2023

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. Don’t do it! We make time for it.

Wellness

Relentless School Nurse

MAY 6, 2023

Have you seen the Public Service Announcement (PSA) by Saugus High School shooting survivor Mia Tretta. Two students, including Mia’s best friend Dominic Blackwell, were killed in the 2019 school shooting, five students were injured. If you have additional questions about this program, please email START@dmh.lacounty.gov.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Remember if you want to share your school nursing story, please email me at relentlessschoolnurse@gmail.com. I have a new one to share, this one is from Wendy Lamparelli, the lead nurse in her New Jersey school district. I think that sums up Wendy’s school nursing philosophy.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 28, 2023

My last blog was a call for stories to share from school nurses across the country. I was excited to hear from Meg Jenkins, a New Hampshire school nurse and incoming Director to the NASN Board. This is Meg’s reflection on her school nursing journey to become NCSN – Nationally Certified School Nurse.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The story of Pitt County North Carolina schools should be a wake-up call for many districts across the country that have relied on Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to boost school nursing services. Still an untenable workload! The clock is ticking.

Secondary Schools

SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In the “Lacrosse in Schools” curriculum, you will find the sport of lacrosse being utilized as a vehicle to help create a more culturally responsive and inclusive class. With the Lacrosse in Schools document, you can do the same. For 13 years, Charlie was a health and physical education teacher at Oyster Bay High School in New York.

Physical Education

Relentless School Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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. CATHERINE BOREK Scott’s wife, Catherine Borek, has been a public high school teacher in Compton, California, for over a quarter century.

Schooling

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

High school is an essential time for students to develop their social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. From group activities to individual reflection, a variety of SEL activities can be used in the high school classroom. This article will explore 10 SEL activities for high school students.

High School

Slow Chat PE

JUNE 2, 2023

Notably, we observe positive shifts in areas such as elementary school fitness testing, the reconsideration of dodgeball, and the adoption of skills-based health education. From the Marine Corps perspective, the objective of this partnership is to legitimize, normalize, and increase military recruiters in schools.

Schooling

SHAPE America

JUNE 8, 2022

I started high school in 1973 — just one year after Title IX went into effect. When I was in high school, the boys teams always had much better uniforms. Megaera Regan Megaera Regan is a retired elementary physical education teacher from the Port Washington School District on Long Island. The Uniforms.

Elementary

SHAPE America

MARCH 24, 2022

Jonathan Jones Jonathan Jones is a 15-year physical educator in Prince George's County, MD, serving as an elementary teacher and PE resource teacher. In 2018, he was named SHAPE Maryland Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. In 2019, he was named SHAPE America National High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

Physical Education

Open Phys Ed

JANUARY 1, 2024

Each activity in this collection focuses on one middle school and one high school standard and one strand of outcomes. Go to our Elementary Instant Activity Page Can’t see the file links? The activity plan has been simplified to keep instruction concise yet effective. Trainer Video: Triangle Dance for Grades K-5?

Dance

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In most conversations about improving schools, the role of physical education is an afterthought, or worse, not even mentioned. By dedicating physical education (PE) and physical activity (PA) as one of the ten components of the Whole School Model, a new emphasis on physical health opens the door to how we look at PE and PA in schools.

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

The health benefits of physical education schools are well documented. After exploring the current state of student health and wellness, we outline and review the short and long-term health benefits of physical education in schools. Only 26% of high school-aged students attend PE classes 5 days a week.

Physical Education

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Schools have a lot to cover and only so much time. Authors Note: In recent years, the larger educational community has explored if any subject should be required, especially at the high school level. ” The old school term “gym class” usually elicits images of rolling out the balls and playing dodgeball.

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

While a quick check in Wikepedia shows that physical education is mandatory in elementary school and that their system includes specialist PE high schools, Romanian physical education does have its problems – just as it does in North America. Schools rent them out to clubs as a way to raise funds.

Physical Education

Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 2, 2022

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.

High School

Peaceful Playgrounds

JUNE 18, 2015

Liberty High School Interact Club painting project Liberty High School’s Interact Club has spent the last three-and-a-half years painting maps on the playgrounds of elementary schools in Brentwood, Oakley and Knightsen. This one, above, at Vintage Elementary in Oakley, completes the cycle of projects.

High School

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 28, 2023

Toni Chilton, Highland Junior High, Gilbert has been named as the Western District Middle School Teacher of the Year. Want to know who was recently selected as a 2023 SHAPE America District Teacher of the Year? Congratulations Toni!!! Good Luck Toni at the National Convention in Seattle!!!

Middle School

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Therefore, schools must embrace the connection between physical activity and academic performance for students to reach their highest potential. In 2010, the CDC released an 84-page report titled “The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance.”

Academics

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Certainly at the elementary and high school level, this shouldn’t be a problem. The disclosure of information that can be used up by opponents – who may be reading these tweets on a cell phone from the other bench. For example, “Coach says we’re going full-court press with two minutes to go.”. Insider information to bettors.

Elementary

Arizona Health and Physical Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Elementary Physical Education. Middle School Physical Education. High School Physical Education. Toni Chilton, Highland Junior High, Gilbert has been named as the Western District Middle School Teacher of the Year. Want to know who was recently selected as a 2023 SHAPE America District Teacher of the Year?

Middle School

School Yard

AUGUST 27, 2024

Transforming Classrooms with Play-based Learning In the second episode of the season, host Nancy Chung sits down with two subject matter experts from School Specialty: Kathy Descamps, an expert in physical education, health, and wellness, and returning guest Jennifer Fernandez in early childhood.

Physical Education