UPS has donated $18,000 to support the Playworks initiative at Lady Liberty Charter School in Newark, NJ, helping Greater Newark/Greater New York to close 2012 with a roar! The…
https://www.playworks.org/new-york-new-jersey/2013/01/03/ups-lends-a-hand/
It was the biggest event thus far for Playworks Southern California! It’s our annual Junior Coach Conference. Four hundred fifth grade leaders united at South Coast City Soccer, in which…
Students at Montpelier High School take 15 minutes each afternoon to unplug and unwind.
https://www.playworks.org/resource/even-high-school-students-benefit-from-recess/
Jill Vialet
https://www.playworks.org/news/24-hour-fitness-and-playworks-fit-together/
Coach Sam is a Playworks AmeriCorps Coach at the Tobin K–8 School in Roxbury. Sam is a first-year Coach at a school that has been a Playworks partner for more…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2019/04/10/coach-sam-runs-a-strong-program-at-the-tobin/
A whistle blast froze students into a muscleman pose as they awaited further instruction. “If you are ready to have some fun today, I want you to say ‘Oh yeah,'”…
Journal of Education Psychology finds important link between bullying and dropout rate
https://www.playworks.org/news/school-climate-important-in-student-success/
It’s a bird . . . It’s a plane . . . It’s a recess hero! In Level Up, players unlock superpowers like strength, speed, and even flight. Students “level…
As a child, I lived for the two months each year I spent at a sleepaway sports camp in the Catskill Mountains. I loved everything about camp: the people from…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/city-kids-get-to-camp/
