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Founders Award The Founder’s Award is in honor of Arizona Health and Physical Educations founder, Ina Gittings. This honor will be awarded to a teacher that is currently teaching and has taught for 25 years or more and is still making a difference. This individual should not be currently retired. Below is a statement about Ina Gittings that may help …
Our annual Online Advocacy Day will be September 19th and the theme is the Power of Us #SHAPEAdvocacy More information coming soon… www.shapeamerica.org
It’s that time! Most Arizona schools start back in late July or early August. Usually, health and physical education teachers start thinking and planning long before that about how to implement a curriculum that is appropriate and motivating for students. It is a given that we do not just show up and teach. Lesson plans and curriculum have a variety …
About the Program Across the country, today’s children and adolescents — at all grade levels — do not get enough physical activity, and are struggling with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. Understanding these challenges, promoting an active school environment, and teaching children how to cope with stress, bullying, and societal pressures can make all the difference. The health. …
The 3rd Annual Take Your Parent to PE Week will take place September 23-27, 2019. During the campaign, parents are introduced to their child’s physical education program and encouraged to engage throughout the year while being physically active together at home and in the community. Read More………….
Congratulations to Kyle Bragg, Elementary Physical Education at Anasazi Elementary in Scottsdale. Kyle recently presented a session and represented Arizona at the 2019 National Physical Education and School Sport Institute in North Carolina, a respected conference known for hosting some of the best PE teachers from around the world. Kyle is the 2018 Arizona Elementary PE Teacher of the Year, …
Emma Greguska – Reporter, ASU Now 20-year longitudinal study shows personalized, concept-based physical education is best for long-term results How much of what you learned in high school do you still use 20 years later? Probably not a lot. But a study conducted by researchers at Arizona State University found that one thing former students at Mountain Pointe High School …
It’s that time already! Christmas for Physical Education teachers is almost here! The Arizona Health and Physical Education State Convention is just around the corner. It is being held this year November 20-22 once again at the Phoenix Convention Center West Building. The format is slightly different this year in that the Workshop day is Wednesday, November 20th and the …
After 30 years of training and educating coaches and athletes, Strength of America is giving back with a free clinic for Coaches, PE Teachers and Parents, then afterward a free clinic for athletes ages 10-17 to learn the system that has kept their athletes safe and dominate on the fields, courts and mats for the last 30 years here in …
Toni Chilton, Arizona Health and Physical Education President-Elect, along with president-elect’s from other states participated in the national Leadership Development Conference last week in Kansas City. The national LDC is hosted by the Society for Association Management for the purpose of bringing state, district and national leaders together to learn, collaborate and network. Toni had the opportunity to learn about …