New school recess program awaits at Olmsted School

New school year new school recess program. By Paula Vogler Easton Journal - Easton, MA August 26, 2005 A new school playground for students at the Olmsted School, and cleaned and landscaped grounds at both the Richardson and Olmsted Schools will enhance the excitement for school recess for those returning to classes in September. Olmsted [...]

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Games gain popularity on elementary school playground

By Nicole Wagner Mount Prospect Times - Park Ridge, IL November 3, 2005 Students learn new elementary school playground games with new Peaceful Playgrounds Program. A divided white rectangle marks the most popular piece of asphalt on the Indian Grove Elementary School playground. Children say they love bounceball, foursquare, hopscotch and other games [...]

N.H. Schools Move Beyond Traditional Playground

The Boston Globe - New Boston, NH November 2006 They didn't get the water slide they wanted, but they got almost everything else. At New Boston Central School the new playground is not the traditional playground.   Children helped design and construct the 35-foot (dry) slide built into a hillside, the fitness course that winds [...]

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St. Cletus School Brings Peace to the Playground at Recess

October 2007 By Tricia Despres The Doings LaGrange - La Grange, IL Ahh, remember those sweet days of your childhood when you spent all day looking forward to recess? Time to get out of the classroom, run around with your friends and swing on the swings. Sweet memories. But if you are like me, recess [...]

Southdowns School Improvement Project : Peaceful Playground

The Huntington Public Schools Headline Southdowns School Improvement Project. November 2007 New school improvement project adds painted games at Southdown Primary School. Southdown Primary School has often been a trailblazer, with a tradition of very involved parents who have never had a problem rolling up their collective sleeves and volunteering to work on [...]

An Updated Playground is More than Play Space

New Play Space Project Began in November By Cathie Ericson The Oregonian - Wilsonville, OR   February 2008 A peaceful playground -- isn't that the dream of all students, parents, and educators? Where recess is a time of socialization, fresh air, and physical activity, rather than a period marked by conflict and bullying. That's [...]

Local school achieves Peace with School Recess Program

June 2008 New School Recess Program to Eliminate Problem Programs By Staff Reporter Altus Times Given the jungle rules of some playgrounds, where the biggest and toughest tend to dominate, consider the scene recently at Washington Elementary School. A recess came and went, with children running loose during a sublime afternoon, and nobody cried, got [...]

Imagine Schools on Broadway to feature Peaceful Playground Program

 New Playground Program added to Imagine Schools August 2008 By Staff Reporter Times Online - Fort Wayne, IN Students at Imagine School participate in the playground program at recess. Imagine Schools has enrolled over 400 students for the 2008-2009 school year at its Broadway campus, Imagine Schools on Broadway. Imagine Schools opened its [...]

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Playground Painting = Recreation Plus Education

The Daily Record/Sunday News - York, PA August 2008 McKinley Elementary students will start the year with a new playground. Red, yellow, blue and orange shapes, letters, and numbers were part of a  playground painting project which will greet students at McKinley Elementary when they return to school this week. With paint, a plan and [...]

New Playground Teaches Problem Solving Skills

 September 2008 New playground program teaches problem solving skills at Doniphan Trumbull School. By Ginger ten Bensel KHAS-TV - Hastings, NE A playground with a lot to offer is in the works in Doniphan. It is called a Peaceful Playground. It is a playground where children can enjoy playing together in groups and [...]

Peaceful Playground Teaches Social Skills

 November 2008 By Christina Styan The Standard-Times - Dartmouth, MA Outside the Quinn Elementary School, on the Second Step Peaceful Playground, kids learn social skills like respect. Inside, as part of "Mix It Up Day for Lunch" kids learn to make new friends. For the youngsters, it seems to be the perfect combination. The money [...]

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Marana School Playing with a Change on its Playground

 January 2009 By Barbara Grijalva KOLD-TV - Tucson, AZ  [jwplayer mediaid="817"] There's something that's supposed to keep children from fighting on the playground, reduce playground injuries, and a lot more. What is this miracle? Marana's Twin Peaks Elementary School is trying it, a program called Peaceful Playgrounds. It all starts with some paint on the [...]

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Urbana Elementary Recognized for Playground Safety Video

January 2009 By Staff Reporter Maryland Community Newspapers - Fredrick, MD Urbana Elementary School. Fifth grade Computer Club members at Urbana Elementary School recently were rewarded for creating an informative video on playground safety. Peaceful Playgrounds, a company devoted to reducing conflicts on the school yard, have posted the video on their [...]

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Promoting Peaceful Play at Northwest Elementary School

May 2009 By Joie Tyrrell NewsDay - Melville, NY Research indicates that there is an absence of peaceful play and a prevalence of bullying in schools is increasing on a regular basis and that most bullying occurs on school playgrounds. With this in mind, the staff at Amityville’s Northwest Elementary School, along with the COMPASS [...]

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Peace! New Playground Equipment and Games Designed for Harmony

Playground markings and equipment result in playground harmony  June 2009 By Hugh Gallagher Observer - Detroit, MI Girls playing recess games at South Redford Elementary School. Keep children busy doing interesting things and you'll keep them out of trouble. That truism is the idea behind Peaceful Playgrounds, a program out of California [...]