It’s recess time at Ruby Bridges Elementary School and a third-grader is pummeling a plastic tetherball with focused intensity. He’s playing at one of more than a half-dozen recess play…
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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…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2020/02/07/coach-kaitlin-transforms-recess-in-taunton/>
It could be hopscotch or kickball or a rousing game of Ring-Around-The-Rosie, but whatever it is, the waistlines of Mississippi schoolchildren are slimming down. A new report released by the…
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Last year I had a student, Clinton, who was pretty challenging. He was constantly being put on the fence by his teachers because of something he did in class or…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) and Playworks are partnering to increase physical activity for more than 14,000 Boston Public Schools students in 31 schools throughout the city. Playworks,…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2013/03/26/blue-cross-blue-shield-and-playworks-partner-to-get-boston-public-school-students-moving/>
Oakland, CA—September 1, 2016—Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf named September 1, 2016 Jill Vialet Day in honor of Playworks’ founder and in celebration of Playworks’ 20th anniversary. David Silver, Director of…
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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf names Sept. 1, 2016 Jill Vialet Day
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Check out the other services Playworks provides that are now available online! Learn more Game of the Week: Roshambo Stretch This week Playworks is featuring a game full of fun…
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Playworks Michigan has landed a $1.9 million grant that it will use to help reach more than 130 schools and 50,000 students in Southeast Michigan over three years. The Ralph…
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