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Please join the health and physical education community TODAY by sending a letter to Congress and flooding social media with advocacy messages about the importance of fully funding Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for FY20. For FY19, Congress increased funding for Title IV, Part A to $1.17 billion — a $70 million increase over the previous year. Congress …
When Monday, Sep 30, 2019 1:00 PM EDT Register https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3144222126519870733 by Chris Lineberry Learn how one principal’s heart attack led to the entire school’s transformation into healthier behavior. Dr. Chris Lineberry is the principal at Apache Junction High School in Arizona and one of the most progressive educators in the United States. The architect of the “IMPACT” program (Increasing Movement …
Video games that have shown effectiveness in trials will have their use expanded through funding from the CVS Health Foundation Lynn E. Fiellin, M.D., associate professor of medicine and in the Yale Child Study Center, has spent much of her recent career determining how best to use video games to empower adolescents to avoid risky behaviors that affect life outcomes. …
We are proud and excited to announce our second issue of CONNECT. The e-version can be accessed here: Connect Issue #2. This issue focuses on back to school, workshops, and a preview of the convention. Thank you to all the writers and contributors in this issue for their time. If you want to write in our next issues, please contact pr@azhpe.org. …
A new school year has begun, but hundreds of thousands of students won’t get enough of one of the biggest necessities for their overall development: physical activity. In fact, only 24% of kids in the U.S. get the recommended daily hour of physical activity at least five days per week. One reason for this is that many schools are not adequately prioritizing physical …
School is back in session and Take Your Parent to PE Week is right around the corner. Now in its third year, the weeklong campaign is a fun, immersive way to introduce parents to the physical education program at their child’s school. Toolkits for parents, schools and our partners are available to make participation fun and easy! Still on the fence? Check out our latest blog post from a PE …
Exhibitor Shoutouts 84 days! Wait! What? Only 84 days until the 2019 Arizona Health and Physical Education State Convention is here! That may seem like plenty of time, but for those of us working hard on a daily basis to bring you the best show yet, it will be here way too soon. We have 71 amazing sessions, 2 …
The health. moves. minds. program fundraising platform is now live! Register your school, choose if you want 50% of funds to go to your school or if you would like to “pay it forward” and give 25% to a local charity of your choice, and then start spreading the word by sharing your event information with your school and parents. Read …
Dan Dejager, August 22, 2019 A few months ago, someone asked me what I hoped students would remember about my PE class and say about me as a physical education teacher. The question hit me kind of hard and I started to tear up a bit. My answer surprised me: “I hope they say I was nice.” Growing up, I …
Access an assessment bank of over 800 reviewed test items to use in your classroom immediately! SHAPE America is committed to providing teachers with tools and resources that make it easier to deliver effective health and physical education to your students. That’s why SHAPE America created the Health Education Assessment Tool (HEAT). Read more……….