Partnering with Let’s Move! Active Schools

As a national initiative to ensure that 60 minutes of physical activity a day is the norm in K-12 schools across the country, Let’s Move! Active Schools equips schools with the resources and tools to increase physical education and physical activity opportunities for students. Playworks is a proud partner of Let’s Move! Active Schools and encourages schools and champions to sign up at www.letsmoveschools.org.

In collaboration with Let’s Move! Active Schools, Playworks provided a grant opportunity in February 2017 for schools to receive a grant of a free Playworks Power of Play (POP) workshop.

Nearly 150 Let’s Move! Active Schools submitted thoughtful applications expressing their interest and desire to learn more about safe and healthy play, and we greatly appreciate their interest in collaborating with Playworks. After careful deliberation, we’re excited to announce this year’s Let’s Move! Active Schools grantees:

Campo Bello Elementary School – Arizona
Marion Elementary School – Texas
Jonas Salk Elementary School – Indiana
Chicago International Charter School-Buckton – Illinois
Thomas Finletter Elementary School – Pennsylvania
C A Tatum Jr Elementary School – Texas
Lead Mine Elementary School – North Carolina
Forest Ridge Elementary School – Maryland
Carpenter Elementary School – North Carolina
Manorhaven Elementary School – New York
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Primary School – Minnesota
Emily B Williams Elementary School – Michigan
Forest Hill Elementary – Maryland
Mount Washington Elementary School – California
Budlong Elementary School – Illinois
Canyon View Elementary School – California
William M Finch Elementary School – Georgia
Jose De Escandon Elementary School – Texas
Edgewood Intermediate School – Indiana
Westfield Elementary School – Utah
Eastview Elementary School – Minnesota
Murdock Elementary School – Georgia
Section Elementary School – Wisconsin
Ramblewood Elementary School – California
Montclair School of Academics-Enrichment – Colorado

Playworks is also offering a 10% discount on the Power of Play workshop for all Let’s Move! Active Schools members. This workshop is facilitated by Playworks’ national trainers or regionally certified trainers and will focus on teaching educators in your school about how to use play to increase physical activity and support learning. Please reach out below if you are interested in learning more about how to bring safe and healthy play to your school!