Category: Health & PE
Over the last decade, young people have begun spending drastically more time engaging with media, particularly digital media. This often exposes them to content and influences far beyond their …
Findings from the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey show that more than 2.1 million U.S. middle and high school students use e-cigarettes (also called “vapes”). Tobacco use in any …
Helping keep students safe goes beyond the classroom and campus setting. As schools let out for the summer and summer camps begin, there are a few ways to help …
In 2023, I presented a session at the SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Seattle with Jessica Adkins, the 2022 SHAPE America Western District High School Physical Education …
As American society and schools experience growing diversity and interconnectedness, our responsibilities as teachers must embrace pedagogical approaches that nurture and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and empathy. I am a …
As a physical education teacher, I have been doing school fundraisers for 23 years. For 18 of those years, I did Hoops for Heart through the American Heart Association. …
Health Literacy Is an Everyday Issue Health Literacy Month is an opportune time to consider the role you play in helping and educating people, especially youth, on making healthy …
Every November, schools throughout Kentucky celebrate Kindness Across the Commonwealth, a week-long event started by KYSHAPE in 2020 to spread kindness throughout our state while promoting lessons and activities …
As we segue deeper into fall, the days get shorter and temperatures drop. There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This …
When a school is celebrating a sports championship, they often go big: rallies, trophies, and loud cheers all around. During Health Literacy Month this October, it’s a good time …
