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School Wellness Weekly
03.29.18
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Thank You for Your Students’ Voices:
Stay Tuned for 2018 School Wellness Campaign Contest Winners
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This year's School Wellness Campaign Contest closed on 3/26, and we are so excited to read, watch, and listen to the hundreds of student entries we received – from artwork to videos, touching spoken word, and even a few app designs! We look forward to promoting across the City our students’ messages about the importance of physical activity, physical education, health education, mental health support, and diversity and inclusion.
As we work to revitalize Physical and Health Education in every school, there is no better time than now to listen to our students tell us what is important to them. A big thank you to each teacher, school administrator, parent, School Wellness Council member, and school community partner who encouraged a student to participate in our contest.
As a reminder, winning designs will appear in the 2018-19 School Wellness calendar, on the DOE website and social media, and in other DOE materials in late summer. Check our
contest web page
in the coming weeks for this year's winners!
Above: left, artwork by Joline Painson, P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont, Brooklyn (14K031); right, artwork by Ramatou Youssou, Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science (09X241). 2017 School Wellness Poster Contest
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Make Your PE Spaces More Gender Affirming! New Grades K-5 Welcoming Schools Training
The Office of School Wellness Programs is offering new, free training in partnership with
Welcoming Schools
, a project of the Human Rights Campaign, to help health and physical education teachers:
- create gender and LGBTQ-inclusive spaces;
- prevent bias-based bullying;
- embrace family diversity;
- support transgender and non-binary youth;
- understand laws and policies that support safe and welcoming schools.
Register for the
4/16
or
4/17
session in Brooklyn, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Congratulations to J.H.S. 216 George J. Ryan in Queens (26Q216), which swept the 2018 American Youth Table Tennis Organization Championships on 3/10 at P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis (01M126). J.H.S. 216 took home first place in both the boys' varsity and junior varsity divisions. Three
NYC CHAMPS schools, including New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies (02M312) and Quest to Learn (02M422), were among the 13 participating schools. More than 240 student-athletes demonstrated their competitiveness, sportsmanship, and enthusiasm in the round-robin elimination tournament, supported by their coaches. If your middle school is interested in offering a CHAMPS table tennis program in the 2018-19 school year, contact
CHAMPS@schools.nyc.gov
for more information.
(Photo: top, 26Q216, Junior Varsity AYTTO Table Tennis Champions; bottom: 26Q216, Varsity AYTTO Table Tennis Champions; P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis (01M126); March 10, 2018. Photo: Coach Paul Vigoda.)
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Supporting Students with Disabilities: Promoting Inclusion with “Just Say Hi” Program
P.S. 046 Alley Pond (26Q046) held a motivational and memorable assembly for grades 3-5 on promoting inclusion for students with disabilities, welcoming American Paralympian and wrestler Rohan Murphy to share his story. P.S. 046 participates in the Cerebral Palsy Foundation’s
"Just Say Hi"
campaign, a partnership with the DOE focused on developing effective approaches to creating an inclusive and effective learning environment.
Murphy has been featured on ABC News, Sports Illustrated and 20/20, as well as in Nike's "No Excuses" campaign
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Learn more about “Just Say Hi” by watching these
videos
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(Photo: School Administration, PE team, and Rohan Murphy (front left); P.S. 046 Alley Pond (26Q046); March 12, 2018. Photo: Bradley Bond)
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Teaching Better Basics:
Register for these professional learning workshops to build subject-area mastery, expertise in delivering instruction, and collaboration among colleagues:
- April 13: Elementary Health Education Basics II: Grades 4-5 Puberty. Grades K-5 common branch and cluster teachers, register for the session in Queens.
- April 20: Middle School Health Education Basics IV: LGBTQ Affirming Schools. Grades 6-12 staff, register for the session in Manhattan.
- April 23: Middle School Health Education Basics I: Comprehensive Skills-Based Health Education. Grades 6-8 health education teachers, register for the session in Manhattan.
- April 24: Middle School Health Education Basics II: Comprehensive Sexual Health Education. Prerequisite: Grades 6-8 Comprehensive Health Education 101 (Middle School Health Education Basics I). Grades 6-8 health education teachers, register for the session in Manhattan.
- May 8: Elementary Health Education Basics I: Grades K-5 Comprehensive Skills-Based Health Education. Grades K-5 common branch and cluster teachers, register for the session in Brooklyn.
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Register Now! April 16: Physical Education Professional Learning Communities (PE PLCs).
Meetings take place in every borough during Monday professional learning time.
Register
by
4/13
. March PLCs attracted more than 300 PE teachers Citywide!
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Building the Wellness Community
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Sustain Your School Wellness Councils: Free Grant Writing Workshop
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Prepare for Spring Fitness Opportunities and Get Motivated with Rising NYRR
More light, warmer temperatures: It’s time to get your students outdoors and moving!
Apply now
to join
Rising New York Road Runners
, a free youth fitness and running program from New York Road Runners. The program offers customizable session plans, training, and events, as well as school visits and clinics with professional athletes—and opportunities to get free new running shoes through the
NYRR and New Balance's 1 for You 1 for Youth Program
. On 3/16, for example, students at P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith (02M001) in Manhattan heard from professional wheelchair athletes who competed in this year's United Airlines NYC Half, and more than 300 students took home a new pair of New Balance running shoes. Read more in
The Run On
.
Questions? Email
Cliff Sperber
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(Photo: left, Josh George, right: Tatyana McFadden; P.S. 001 (02M001); March 16, 2018. Photo: NYRR)
Game On Grant Deadlines Approaching: Apply to Fund Your Fitness and Nutrition Ideas
School Wellness Councils: Use the Spring Break week to gather your members (use a virtual chat room!) and apply for
Game On and School Breakfast grants
from Action for Healthy Kids by the
4/6
deadline. Are you a parent? You can still apply for a
Parents for Healthy Kids grant
to kick start physical activity and nutrition initiatives in your school: deadline is
4/13
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