Record Heat Greets LA Recess Roll-Out Team

  1. Updates

Playworks successfully wrapped up a whirlwind of Recess Roll-Outs at 10 low-income Los Angeles area public and charter schools this spring, giving principals a look at how positive the learning environment can be when recess and play at school are focused on healthy activities, even just for a few days. Playworks is expanding to Los Angeles and will be operating full time in several area schools when school starts up after summer break.

A team of Playworks coaches from around the country battled record heat and introduced our trademark brand of safe and inclusive play to 74th Street, Cienega, San Miguel, Amestoy, Rita, and Aspire/Huntington Park Elementary Schools in Los Angeles, and Bennett-Kew, Claude Hudnall and Beulah Payne Elementary Schools in Inglewood.

Playworks Recess Roll-Out teams introduced students to crowd pleasers such as Switch, 3 Line Basketball, and 4-Square while teaching them how to use the ultimate problem-solver — Ro Sham Bo — to settle disputes and keep games going.

Principals said they were thrilled to see fewer students sent to their office for behavior problems, while teachers learned a few new skills to keep students focused and engaged. In addition, Portland school staff and students found that indoor recess games are a much more fun, healthier alternative than showing movies in classrooms on rainy days. Playworks offers a full variety of safe and active indoor recess games. In addition, schools that had previously banned tag found new, safe ways to bring back the beloved game

Playworks Recess Roll-Outs are a weeklong introduction to schools in each of the new expansion cities the program will be operating in next year. By end of the 2009, Playworks will operate programs in 12 cities, and serve more than 85,000 students in more than 215 schools on a daily basis.

More Updates


February 3, 2023

Playworks Partners with AEG for a 200 Volunteer Service Day ›

Two hundred volunteers dedicated their time to support kids in their community at Playworks Southern California partner schools to celebrate the 12th Annual AEG Service Day. Each year AEG looks for impactful ways to engage with their local communities, and through our partnership their staff can make school campuses a more colorful place to learn…

Agron Fall Play Day
Agron Fall Play Day

January 13, 2023

Agron, Inc. Play Day at Southern California Partner School ›

On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 agron, inc. employees joined students at Jefferson Elementary in Lennox Unified School District for a Playworks Play Day. Employees and students were ear to ear in smiles as they experienced the power of play together on a sunny, Southern California morning.  Thanks to our continued partnership, many agron, inc. employees…

November 28, 2022

Playworks Southern California Impact Report 2021-2022 ›

Playworks Southern California is pleased to present this impact report highlighting our programs and services during the 2021-22 school year! We are excited to share with you a look back at our accomplishments during the 2021-2022 school year. During the year, we focused on rebuilding after the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic during two school…