Peaceful Playgrounds Create Colorful Backdrop for Engaging Physical Activities with PEP Grant
IL Schools Add Colorful Markings to 8 Playgrounds with Playground Grant Funding September 2009 By Jeb Chicago Tribune - Highland Park, IL North Shore School District physical education teachers Josh Funke (far left) [...]
Eagle View boasts Unstructured Recess with Peaceful Playgrounds
Unstructured Recess Success Based on Enriching Environment September 2009 By Katie Anderson Pine River Journal - Pine River, MN One of the parking lots will provide unstructured recess activities at Eagle View Elementary School. The [...]
Appleton School Solves Recess Conflict
Peaceful Playgrounds Eliminating Recess Conflicts September 2009[jwplayer mediaid="859"] By Ryan Dietz WLUK-TV - Appleton, WI Recess used to be just sliding and swinging at Johnston Elementary School in Appleton but overtime recess conflict grew. Now [...]
CKSD Bringing Peace to the Playground
CKSD Bringing Peace to the Playground - November 2009 PNW News - Puget Sound, WA Freshly painted on the blacktop in the Jackson Park Elementary School playground lies a circle of colorful shapes. A recess supervisor [...]
Playing Nice Just Got a Little Easier
December 2009 By Tracy Garcia Whittier Daily News - Whittier, CA Playing nice just got a little easier for students at Nelson Elementary School. And it's due in great part to the elbow grease of [...]
Program Levels Playground Playing Field with Elementary School Recess Games
New Recess Games Solve Conflicts December 2009 By Travis Perry The Graphic - Osawatomie, KS When most parents think back to memories of elementary school recess games and the politics of the playground, recess time [...]
Neighborhood School to Unveil Peaceful Playground Thanks to Playground Grant
By News Service Univ. of St. Thomas - St. Paul, MN St. Mark’s School, a Catholic school located near the University of St. Thomas’ St. Paul campus, will unveil a new “Peaceful Playground” this week, [...]
Conflict Resolution & Physical Activity Drive Outdoor Activities on Playground
July 2010 By Mary Spicer Tribune - Meadville, PA It’s summertime, when the livin’ is supposed to be easy. With the midpoint of the summer vacation season rapidly approaching; however, easy has a way [...]
New Games Help Students Keep the Peace During Recess
August 2010 By Tara Hettinger Tribune - Jeffersonville, IN Some stenciled paint on the ground coupled with balls, bean bags and other accessories are helping students keep the peace on the playground at Riverside Elementary [...]
School Bell: Time to Play Recess Games
August 2010 By Trine Gallegos Contra Costa Times - Antioch, CA Peaceful Playgrounds expands the playing area with vibrant, strategically spaced markings creating a cheerful amusement-park look. When Belshaw Elementary students hit the [...]
What is Happening to School Recess?
September 2010 By Blake Taylor, MAED Lawrence Lions Physical Education Lawrence Elementary School - Wichita, KS Students at Lawrence Elementary School recess. Take a minute to think back to your childhood school days [...]
Peaceful Playground at South Elementary Curbs Playground Problems
St. Peter Herald - St Peter, MN Many St. Peter Public School and parochial school students will return to the classroom on Sept. 7 for the start of the school year with a new kind [...]
