Parents Plan Play Upgrade August 2008 By Elizabeth Roman The Republican - Longmeadow, MA Besides the typical slides, swings and monkey bars they usually see on their playground, the students at Center School on Longmeadow Street will participate in outdoor physical activity that doesn't involve any equipment. Elizabeth Baron, the co-president of the Center School [...]
May 2009 By Joie Tyrrell NewsDay - Melville, NY Research indicates that there is an absence of peaceful play and a prevalence of bullying in schools is increasing on a regular basis and that most bullying occurs on school playgrounds. With this in mind, the staff at Amityville’s Northwest Elementary School, along with the COMPASS [...]
September 2009 By Jodie Tweed Brainerd Dispatch - Brainerd, MA Deanne Trottier, an Eagle View second-grade teacher and playground committee member, spray painted colorful markings on a play space in front of the Breezy Point elementary school Friday. Teachers and parents volunteered their time Thursday and Friday to provide new colorful play areas for [...]
August 2010 By Trine Gallegos Contra Costa Times - Antioch, CA Peaceful Playgrounds expands the playing area with vibrant, strategically spaced markings creating a cheerful amusement-park look. When Belshaw Elementary students hit the pavement at recess last week, they were treated to a slew of new fun and new recess games. It's all [...]
St. Peter Herald - St Peter, MN Many St. Peter Public School and parochial school students will return to the classroom on Sept. 7 for the start of the school year with a new kind of playground. What this new year will bring is anyone’s guess, but teachers and staff at South Elementary Early Learning [...]
Why School RECESS Really Matters Parenting School Years Magazine November 2010 We've all heard of "the three R's": reading, writing, and arithmetic. The latest issue of Parenting School Years magazine is making a case for a fourth: School RECESS! No, your kid didn't put anyone up to it. More and more educators and their higher-ups [...]
Houston County News - La Crosse, WI November 2010 This number grid is just a small portion of the new Peaceful Playground that will become a part of the play area at La Crescent-Hokah Elementary School playground. Other painted game grids will be added before winter, and school officials hope to be able to [...]
America’s favorite pastime may be baseball but for children in school, it's definitely recessed! Just ask a group of students their favorite subject in school and you’re sure to get a loud enthusiastic array of “recess”! And much to the delight of students and parents alike, recess appears to be on the upswing. In 1998, [...]
Is Empathy the key to conquering bullying? by Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor As I observed my class the first week of school, one child stood out. The incident happened on the third day of school. Allie was a kindergarten student who learned that another child’s much-loved dog died. Most students sat silently, [...]
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