New England
November 29, 2018
Junior Coach Juna is a 4th grader at the JFK School in Jamaica Plain. Although Junior Coaches have only been on duty since October, Juna stands out as a role…
November 13, 2018
On Thursday November 8, Playworks New England put the FUN back in FUNdraiser at our 12th annual Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament at Bell in Hand Tavern. Sponsored by RSM, this…
November 9, 2018
Last month we celebrated National Bullying Prevention Month along with schools, companies, and organizations throughout New England. Our #RealPlayersDontBully campaign featured athletes, local leaders, and influencers across the nation who…
October 29, 2018
Coach Yashana Rivera is an AmeriCorps coach at the Parthum Elementary School in Lawrence. As a first year coach at a large school that has not had Playworks programming for 4…
October 2, 2018
The Massachusetts Service Alliance has announced $217,200 to support and place 20 Playworks AmeriCorps coaches to serve in schools across Boston and Lawrence. This year, over 1,500 AmeriCorps members will…
September 19, 2018
One of the most under-utilized arenas for social and emotional development is the playground. How can adults who supervise the playground—at school, in public parks, or in our back yards—best…
August 28, 2018
This summer marks Playworks’ 7th consecutive year participating in the Highland Street Foundation’s TADpole10—a weekly event at the TADpole Playground in the Boston Common. The program began in 2012…
August 6, 2018
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) School Health Branch (CDC Healthy Schools) shared the news that 17 State Departments of Education have been awarded Fiscal Year 2018 funding through the…
August 1, 2018
On May 31, Junior Coaches from Boston’s Curley, Eliot, and Henderson Elementary schools took a field trip to the Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) offices in Downtown Boston–their third visit of…