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The health. moves. minds. program fundraising platform is live! Register now
and 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. Then start spreading the word by sharing your event information with your school and parents! In addition to supporting your school’s fundraising efforts, the health. moves. minds. program is grounded in health and physical education and fosters an active school environment. Get started now with free lessons, activities, and community-building ideas
that will help you teach your students how to cope with stress, bullying, and societal pressures. LEARN MORE
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The M.A.Ed. in Physical Education Master Teacher is an online graduate program designed to help K-12 physical education teachers enhance their instructional effectiveness. Students can choose from emphases in pedagogy or special populations to help enhance their physical fitness classroom.
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This month, SHAPE America is proud to offer new resources
to help teachers prepare their classroom and students for a healthy and active year. In addition to providing free resources, we’re also engaging with lawmakers to secure adequate funding for HPE programs and working with national partners to spread awareness about the value of health and physical education. Check out some of the new information and resources
now available to teachers, administrators and parents!
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Healthy Sleep Leads to Success for Kids
Did you know? Getting enough sleep is critical for adolescent development, physical health, mood, safety and academic success! Do you want to improve your sleep knowledge and advocate on behalf of your students? The American Alliance for Healthy Sleep delivers the latest health resources, communities and connections you need to recharge your educator toolkit. Learn how you can have the opportunity to participate in and benefit from AAHS patient advocacy and healthy sleep initiatives. Interested in finding out more about the American Alliance for Healthy Sleep? LEARN MORE
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As a physical education professional, you know that making healthy food choices and getting plenty of physical activity go hand in hand. That’s why SHAPE America and Fuel Up to Play 60 recently teamed up to create 101 Tips for Teaching Nutrition Concepts in Physical Education. This new publication that will help you integrate nutrition concepts into your teaching routines. All of the 101 tips were suggested by PE teachers around the country. DOWNLOAD NOW
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Video Game Helps Curb Youth Smoking
The smokeSCREEN game
from the play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games is a highly interactive narrative-based videogame app in which players "travel" through life, facing the range of challenges that young teens face with a dedicated focus on youth decision-making about smoking and tobacco use and includes strategies for both smoking prevention and cessation. A three-year, $1.4 million grant from the CVS Health Foundation is helping to enhance and scale current pilot programs to reach more students across the country. READ MORE
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More States Requiring Mental Health Education
Education Dive
When three students in Virginia's Albemarle County Public Schools noticed how stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health issues were affecting many of their peers — and having an impact on their own lives — they didn’t just push through and wait for graduation. The trio took their concerns to state lawmakers, who were among the first in the country to pass legislation requiring state-mandated mental health education in K-12 schools. READ MORE
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Study to Examine Health Benefits of Outdoor Preschools
Medical Xpress
As preschoolers across the nation head into classroom buildings for the start of the school year, more than 300 Seattle area children enrolled in the Tiny Trees Preschool will get to spend their time learning outside — rain or shine. Part of a growing trend toward nature-based early learning, outdoor preschools could very well hold the key to combatting childhood obesity. It's why one Washington State University Health Sciences researcher is partnering with Tiny Trees to study the impact of an outdoor preschool model on children's health outcomes. READ MORE
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A School Where Character Matters as Much as Academics
The Hechinger Report
Spurred by brain research that has shown a strong connection between the social and emotional skills of students and their cognitive development, more schools across the country are emphasizing “soft skills” such as communication, collaboration, self-awareness and problem-solving as part of a trend known as social and emotional learning, or SEL. The obstacles to implementing SEL are significant. It requires resources and training at a time when many districts are struggling to provide the basics. READ MORE
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Back to School, Back to the ER: Injuries Pile Up When Kids Resume Fall Sports
The Columbus Dispatch
More children go to the emergency room for sports-related injuries in September than at any other time of the year. Sports medicine experts say athletes are more at risk of injury at the beginning of the season because they tend to jump back into intense training even though their bodies aren’t conditioned for it. As students return to school and resume sports, the injuries start rolling in. READ MORE
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Physical Activity Improves Kids’ Social, Emotional and Academic Performance
The Philadelphia Inquirer
It’s that time of the year again: back to school time. Time for teachers, testing, more testing, and endless piles of homework. As if that weren’t enough, then there’s the anxiety and the monumental effort to stay tethered to a desk all day. But what if I told you there is a free magic pill that would improve students social, emotional and academic performance? You’d sign your kids up right away for a dose, right? Well, there is: physical activity. That means any physical activity, including recess, not just structured exercise or participation in sports teams. READ MORE
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Michigan Becomes First State to Ban Sales of Flavored E-Cigarettes
CNBC
Michigan is the first state to ban sales of flavored e-cigarettes in a move the governor says will curb teen vaping. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer directed the state health department to issue emergency rules to ban the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products in stores and online. She will also restrict marketing, preventing companies from advertising vaping products as “clean,” “safe,” “healthy” and other terms that portray the products as “harmless.” READ MORE
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