America's Healthiest Schools, Family Engagement, Health Education, Healthy Schools, Physical Activity Meet Joel, one of our #HealthHeroes Meet Joel. He’s an ESL Kindergarten Teacher on the South Side of Chicago. He uses characters like Señor…
Celebrations, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Recipes, Smart Food Planner, Smart Snacks Tips for a Healthy Halloween, No Matter Where You Celebrate For many kids, families and schools, Halloween is one of fall’s greatest highlights – a kick off to the annual…
Employee Wellness, Healthy Celebrations, Healthy Out-of-School Time, Healthy Schools, Physical Activity, Physical Education, Popular, Recess How to Host a Turkey Trot Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate what we’re thankful for each year. While holiday celebrations can be…
Celebrations, Healthy Schools, Physical Activity 4 Tips from School Leaders: How to Make Every Day a Walk to School Day On October 5, 2016, thousands of students, teachers, parents and community members will participate in the 20…
Health Education, Healthy Out-of-School Time, Physical Activity A Summer Reading List for School Leaders Summertime is a great time to take stock of all that you’ve accomplished during the previous school year while…
Healthy Role Models, Physical Activity If you could give advice to your younger self about staying active, what would it be? Girls today in the United States are far less likely than boys to achieve recommended amounts of physical…
Healthy Role Models, Physical Activity, Popular #GirlsAre Athletes: By Mo’ne Davis I chose to say #GirlsAre “Athletes” because in my mind, girls are athletes. In fact, a lot of girls are better…
Healthy Role Models, Physical Activity, Popular #GirlsAre Powerful: By Jillian Michaels Girls — you are powerful. Remember that. Feel that. Embrace that. Power is something that lives inside you. It…
Healthy Role Models, Physical Activity, Popular #GirlsAre Fierce: By Joy Bauer I was lucky to find my first passion early in life: I took a gymnastics class at 10, and was instantly hooked…
Olde Providence Elementary School Wins National Healthy Schools Silver Award A typical week at Olde Providence Elementary School is packed with opportunities for physical activity. Every…