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What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year

SHAPE America

Participants are encouraged to post on social media with #kindnessacrossthecommonwealth to show all the amazing kindness that is being spread across Kentucky in our schools, businesses, and other organizations. Students began thinking about what they could do to support each other. ® FUNdraiser. The impact of health.

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Why I Embrace a More Inclusive and Empathetic Teaching Style in Physical Education

SHAPE America

I am a proud alum of the New York public school system who was nourished and supported by the amazing efforts from teachers, coaches, professors, and community members who guided me. Teaching the next generation is a way of paying forward what has been fostered inside of me.

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7 Ways to Turn Health Literacy Month Into a School-Wide Celebration

SHAPE America

During Health Literacy Month this October, it’s a good time to ask: What if we celebrated health literacy like we celebrate sports? What if the entire school and community applauded students for developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to be health-literate individuals ? Get creative and use your connections!

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

SHAPE America

We were at a loss as to how to address this after exhausting tighter consequences, revisiting classroom management, providing school-wide assemblies, and hosting parent sessions. Our team began a journey of ensuring health and wellness is a primary part of our educational program and not an accessory to it. Pick and choose. Rotate them around.

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The Relentless School Nurse: “Pearls of Wisdom” from the Missouri School Nurse Association Conference

Relentless School Nurse

What an honor it is to share time, learning, and camaraderie with school nurses outside of my home state. This past weekend, I was gifted the opportunity to deliver the opening keynote message for the Missouri Association of School Nurses (MASN) conference. What a thrill for me to meet them, chat, take a selfie and share time together.

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This or That Thanksgiving Edition! ?

Elementary P.E. Games

The This or That Thanksgiving Edition game is very easy to understand, and it comes with a simple set of rules, as follows: Every game session will present you with 2 different choices, and you can choose either the left or right option depending on what you want/like. How can you play This or That Thanksgiving Edition?

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Conference Four Years in the Making

Relentless School Nurse

It was scheduled for March 27 – 28, 2020 and in the first days of March that unforgettable year, we were not sure what was ahead of us. I remember the long and difficult conversations about what to do, given the proximity of our conference, as the unknown was looming with news of a novel virus rapidly approaching.

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