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Join us on Friday, November 22nd from 2:00-3:50 PM in room 103 AB for Melanie Lynch’s session “Let’s Have Fun In Health Class Today”. Interactive skills-based health education is a crucial part of any fun and effective health class. This session will provide participants with lessons and activities that will facilitate them to effectively create an energized health class appropriate …
Vaping, or the use of electronic cigarettes, came about to be a “safe” alternative to conventional cigarette smoking. Though it has been a big factor in driving down the number of teen smokers (source), they are finding that it might not be as safe as originally thought. Due to limited research on this relatively new product it was hard to …
Activate Your School and Win By Entering the Fuel Up to Play 60 Kickoff Contest: August 12-November 15, 2019 Fuel Up to Play 60 is hitting double digits this year. And to celebrate 10 years of fueling greatness, we are offering the chance to double your winning opportunities! In addition to entering the national Kickoff contest available to you when …
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 …
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 [email protected]. …
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 …