Mother Petitions School Board for Playground Supervision Guidelines from Peaceful Playgrounds

After a school playground incident involving a first-grade student, a child's mother,  Mrs. Romeno petitioned the local School Board to consider playground safety guidelines from Peaceful Playgrounds designed to keep all kids safe on the playground. The incident has turned the mother into an advocate for school playground safety at Guilderland. She presented the board [...]

By |2021-06-16T21:09:52-07:00July 21st, 2017|Newspapers Articles|0 Comments

Effects of Peaceful Playgrounds on Injury Reduction

San Diego County Office of Education Dr. Rudy M. Castruita County Superintendent of Schools Editor: Mary Blackman, Coordinator Physical Education/Health Winter 2005 A case study examined the effects of the Peaceful Playgrounds Program on injury reduction (Bossenmeyer, M. & Owens, K. 2004). The six-year longitudinal study evaluated how the adoption of and operation of the Peaceful [...]

By |2021-06-16T21:10:56-07:00January 8th, 2013|About, Research|0 Comments

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 of playground. What this new year will bring is anyone’s guess, but teachers and staff at South Elementary Early Learning [...]

By |2021-06-16T21:11:03-07:00January 2nd, 2013|Newspapers Articles|0 Comments