New England
February 27, 2020
Over February break, we hosted not one but TWO Junior Coach Leadership Conventions in Boston and New Bedford for our fourth and fifth-grade leaders. We had 225 Junior Coaches from…
February 24, 2020
My name is Coach Breandan and I am a second-year Playworks Coach at the Richard J. Murphy School in Dorchester, MA. During my time as a coach, I’ve seen many…
February 12, 2020
Ms. Weston is a lunch monitor at the Taylor Elementary School in Dorchester. She has been a member of the Taylor School community for six years. Many of the kids…
South Coast Today
February 11, 2020
In the late morning sun on the last day of January, Charles S. Ashley Elementary School fourth- and fifth-graders descended upon their playground ready for a recess conducted under the…
Jasailey is a 4th grade Junior Coach at the Hernandez Elementary School in Dorchester. Coach Kayleigh, the AmeriCorps Coach at the Hernandez, nominated Jasailey as Junior Coach of the Month…
February 7, 2020
Coach Kaitlin is a site coordinator working in four elementary schools in Taunton, MA. This is the first year Playworks has worked in the Taunton School District, but already Coach…
December 17, 2019
Coach Avre is a second-year coach at the Robert Frost Elementary School in Lawrence, MA. Although he only started halfway through the 2018-19 school year, Avre is a critical member…
December 6, 2019
Playworks New England is thrilled to continue creating opportunities for safe and healthy play for elementary students across New Bedford. Playworks launched programs in four New Bedford schools in 2016.…
December 5, 2019
Stephen Duffy is the principal at the Plympton Elementary School in Waltham. This is Mr. Duffy’s third year as the principal, but he has worked in the Waltham School district…
