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Patch
October 13, 2022
Todd Elementary School Gets a Recess Reboot ›
The entire Todd Elementary community – teachers, lunch monitors and students – are working towards building a better recess…the school recently hired Playworks, an organization creates a better recess experience…
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Brooklyn Paper
February 12, 2019
WNBA pros join Prospect Heights students for recess ›
Former players with hometown squad the New York Liberty, including Ashley Battle, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, and Teresa Weatherspoon, along with Washington Mystics guard Natasha Cloud and the head of WNBA League…
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The Star-Ledger
November 9, 2018
Twenty Minutes of Recess for NJ Kids ›
A takeaway from a recent American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical study review, which details the wide-ranging benefits of play for children. From the AAP, here are 20 reasons why those…
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Univision.com
November 2, 2018
Pop music star Kat Deluna’s Interview with Primer Impacto ›
Pop music star Kat Deluna spoke with students at a Playworks school in Brooklyn about how important it is to her that elementary kids are empowered early. They should know…
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Metro
October 22, 2018
Popstar Kat Deluna Partners with Playworks ›
International Dominican popstar Kat Deluna paid a visit to S. 9 Teunis G Bergen Elementary School as part of Playworks’s Real Players Don’t Bully campaign for National Anti Bullying Month.