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…
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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…
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…
The old playground favorite with a TWIST! Challenge your students minds by incorporating academic concepts while playing standard four square. Simple math problems, sight words, and even science terminology can…
https://www.playworks.org/game-library/foursquare-categories-variation-of-foursquare/>
Playworks is partnering with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition for Open Streets Minneapolis. We’re providing opportunities for kids and families to engage in safe,…
https://www.playworks.org/minnesota/2013/09/12/open-streets-minneapolis/>
Playworks staff and AmeriCorps members met at Akili Academy to complete a project planned by Akili’s very own Coach Kendra. Kendra obtained materials for and designed several murals to be…
https://www.playworks.org/louisiana/2012/02/29/akili-academy-service-project/>
“There is a third-grader at my school that loves to play four square. In fact, she plays it almost every recess. This, however, was not always the case. You see,…
https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2011/02/01/coach-matt-combats-four-square-fears/>
In-school coaches, training help reduce the discipline problems associated with recess – which pediatricians say is critical to healthy development, but can also be the crucible of conflicts between kids …