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Reluctant Students: Ask What They Want to Do!

Posted March 26, 2013.

Senior National Trainer, Deb Sugerman, was recently at a school completing a post-training Recess Observation and observed the majority of students in the 3rd grade engaged in activities.  As a…

https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2013/03/26/reluctant-students-ask-what-they-want-to-do/

Everwise Foundation Partners with Playworks Indiana

Posted October 17, 2024.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Media Contact Audrey Hallmann Regional Director, Playworks Indiana E: audrey.hallmann@playworks.org T: 260-246-3661   Playworks Indiana and Everwise Foundation Announce Exciting Partnership to support youth leadership development.  Indianapolis,…

https://www.playworks.org/indiana/2024/10/17/everwise-foundation-partners-with-playworks-indiana/

Playworks Goes to Washington

Posted April 2, 2013.

As Congress was ending its recess and getting back to work in late February, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation brought Playworks and its message of a different kind of recess…

https://www.playworks.org/southern-california/2013/04/02/playworks-goes-to-washington/

Playworks 2016 Corporate Kickball was a Ball!

Posted July 7, 2016.

What is more fun than a day of sunshine, good food, cold beverages, and a kickball tournament? Nothing! We are talking about Playworks’ signature event: the Corporate Kickball Tournament. Playworks…

https://www.playworks.org/wisconsin/2016/07/07/playworks-2016-corporate-kickball-was-a-ball/

University of Phoenix volunteers visit Machan Elementary

Posted March 18, 2012.

University of Phoenix financial advisers traded in their briefcases for sneakers and hit the playground at William T. Machan Elementary for a day of Playworks Corporate Recess. The event included…

https://www.playworks.org/arizona/2012/03/18/university-of-phoenix-volunteers-visit-machan-elementary/

East Bay Junior Coach Leadership Conference Brings Out the Best

Posted May 8, 2012.

Playworks East Bay celebrated and acknowledged our junior coaches at the 2nd Annual Junior Coach Leadership Conference (JCLC). Nearly 200 junior coaches and Playworks staff spent a fun filled and…

https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2012/05/08/east-bay-junior-coach-leadership-conference-brings-out-the-best/

Step into the Sneakers of a Junior Coach

Posted December 19, 2019.

Recess is simultaneously one of the most treasured and most limited times during an elementary school day. Each of the 25 minutes students spend on the playground is precious, so…

https://www.playworks.org/illinois/story-of-play/step-into-the-sneakers-of-a-junior-coach/

Giving Thanks for the Playground

Posted November 23, 2011.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. -Plato Here are of our favorite some stories from the playground this…

https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2011/11/23/giving-thanks-for-the-playground/

Bump, Set… Serve! Volleyball Extravaganza focuses on sporting behavior

Posted April 25, 2013.

Spring AND volleyballs are in the air in Chicago! Playworks Chicago's 2013 Boys & Girls Volleyball Extravaganza was a success, bringing in players from our partner schools across the city…

https://www.playworks.org/illinois/2013/04/25/bump-set-serve-volleyball-extravaganza-focuses-on-sporting-behavior/

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