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5 Simple Ways Principals Can Prioritize Health and Wellness This School Year

SHAPE America

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. Our team began a journey of ensuring health and wellness is a primary part of our educational program and not an accessory to it.

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

From these teachers and coaches, students learn just how important physical activity is for physical, mental, and social-emotional health. Host a PE & Sport Book Club So many life lessons are taught through sport, why not share stories of these lessons with a school book club? Open the club to all students and faculty/staff.

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You Can Empower Youth to Make Informed Choices About Drugs and Health

SHAPE America

Every single day, youth—like all people—make choices that affect their health, including the use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, and other drugs. It is critical to support youth in making informed, health-promoting choices. You don’t need to be an expert in neuroscience or addiction to provide information and support your students.

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Relationships Between Sports Club Participation and Health Determinants in Adolescents and Young Adults

PE Scholar

To measure the relationships between age, sex, body mass index, and sports club participation on physical fitness.

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My Title IX Story: Penn State Women’s Soccer

SHAPE America

After high school, I went to Penn State University to major in health and physical education. While the university had a varsity men’s soccer team, women’s soccer still only had a club team, which I participated on. By all accounts, we operated as a varsity team — but with club status.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Non-Nurse Sends a Message of Support Just in Time for Nurses Week 2023

Relentless School Nurse

Familiar in hospitals and doctors’ offices, these dedicated health professionals can also be found in schools, prisons, and people’s homes; at summer camps; on cruise ships, and even at NASA. I hope that my school nursing colleagues will choose Taking Care as a book club choice! Nurses have always been vital to human existence.

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Mississippi Youth Council Hosts 10th Annual Capitol Day

Teen Health Mississippi

On February 29, 2024, the Mississippi Youth Council (MYCouncil), a project of Teen Health Mississippi, will host its 10th annual Capitol Day, which will feature a press conference, legislative luncheon, and a tabling event at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. MYCouncil’s press conference will be at 9:30 a.m.

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