State agencies announce new health, nutrition scorecard for schools
Originally published Oct. 14, 2021 in The Altavista Journal. The Virginia Department of Education's Office of School Nutrition Programs is partnering with the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to launch the Governor's Scorecard on Nutrition
PE teacher gets helping hand from ‘neighbor’
Originally published Oct. 15, 2021 by the Gonzales Weekly Citizen. By Scott J. Anderson Jennifer Reames wants her PE students at Bullion Primary School in Prairieville to have a ball. Several, in fact. Reames used
Elementary physical education teacher to help kids learn to ride a bike
Originally published Sept. 17, 2021 by the Greeley Tribune. By Anne Delaney John Reid leaned down to guide Gilcrest Elementary School kindergarten students in a gym-class scooter relay race. There was a “traffic jam” among
Study finds more rigorous P.E. classes could improve a kid’s academic performance
Originally published July 31, 2021 by Studyfinds.org. Improving physical education classes at school could be the key to students’ academic success, especially in math, a new study suggests. Dance, martial arts, and high-intensity team sports
Northwest Iowa adds 8 to state health walk
Originally published Oct. 11, 2021 in NWIowa.com. By Elijah Helton Elementary students often have energy to spare and Boyden-Hull turned that surplus into a fitness promotion with a walk around town on Oct. 6. TK-6
In League of Her Own, Oregon Professor Emeritus Supports Today’s PE Programs
Originally published Oct. 6, 2021 in the Oregon Quarterly. By Melody Ward Leslie Lois Youngen looks as if she walked straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting into the 1955 newspaper photo promoting a major
