Both as a mother and former pediatric nurse, I see kids today spending less and less time just playing! Kids’ play should entail running, skipping, jumping and hopping, using their…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/parents-improve-school-play-space/>
Stephanie Murray, known as Coach Steph, is a first-year AmeriCorps coach at McCall Elementary School. Coach Steph has been incredibly consistent, organized, and committed during her first month of…
https://www.playworks.org/pennsylvania/2014/12/19/a-great-story-by-coach-steph/>
As a Playworks coach, there are so many positive things that outweigh the long hours, lesson planning, and nasty weather. Everyday I come to school and look forward to seeing…
https://www.playworks.org/pennsylvania/2015/03/02/playworks-coach-stephanie-murray/>
Dear Friends, You helped to transform Rayfield’s life. Last spring, Rayfield, a second grader, was standing by himself against the school wall as other kids played after lunch. He would…
https://www.playworks.org/maryland/2013/05/09/help-students-succeed/>
For most kindergartners, recess is a new concept. On the first day of the school year, they often come out to the yard with wide, bright, and confused eyes. They…
https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2011/03/08/giants-success-inspires-coach-kim-and-fairmount-elementary/>
On Wednesday, February 24, 2016 after school, over 60 Junior Coaches from Playworks partner schools in Los Angeles and Inglewood Unified School Districts attended the Junior Coach Leadership Retreat at…
https://www.playworks.org/southern-california/2016/02/25/playworks-southern-california-junior-coach-leadership-retreat-2016/>
This month we honor Seth Fisher as our June Coach of the Month. Seth arrived as a mid-year hire in a school that has had some turnover. Right off the…
https://www.playworks.org/utah/2013/05/29/seth-fisher/>
There was much excitement leading up to the Girls Basketball Fiesta at Bahia Vista Elementary on Saturday, December 4th. After all, it was the first Playworks event held in Marin…
https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2010/12/21/rain-or-shine-playworks-plays-ball/>
Lakers Community Relations and Spectrum hosted about 55 Playworks students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School in their Back-to-School Clinic at UCLA Health training center court on Monday, October 16th. The…
https://www.playworks.org/southern-california/2017/10/16/los-angeles-lakers-spectrum-host-playworks-back-school-basketball-clinic/>