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School Wellness Weekly
02.02.18
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Respect is Always Non-Negotiable
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There may be no better time than now to refocus on our responsibility to promote acceptance and kindness in our schools and among our students. From schoolyard conversations to smartphone texts to national headlines, respect dominates our interactions with others. We kick off this month by highlighting the NYC DOE’s
Respect for All (RFA) Week
,
February 12 – 15, and the NYC DOE’s new
Social-Emotional Development webpage
. Both links offer downloadable resources and recommended activities for promoting healthy relationships among students, and a safe and supportive school climate.
We have much to celebrate, including strong commitments from DOE and City leaders to uphold the work that all of you are doing in our schools. On Monday, January 29, the
First Lady of New York, Chirlane McCray, joined more than 600 students and school staff
gathered at Stuyvesant High School (02M475) for the DOE’s first-ever Citywide Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Summit to honor our diverse identities and share ideas for making schools safer and more affirming for LGBTQ+ students, staff, and families. Teaching our students how to embrace diversity, build healthy relationships, and be allies and upstanders is part of the comprehensive Health Education curriculum required in grades K-12. For more information, speak with your school’s health education teacher or email
healthed@schools.nyc.gov
.
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Photo Above: 2018 GSA Summit, 02M475, January 29, 2018. Photo: Kirsten Luce)
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I.S. 025 Adrien Block Brings Home the 2017 CHAMPS Frank Garcia, Jr. Flag Football Memorial Award
Congratulations to Coach Steve Margaroli, Principal Mary Ellen Beirne, and the I.S. 025 Adrien Block (25Q025) flag football team for winning the 2017 Frank Garcia, Jr. Flag Football Memorial Award, created to honor the late Frank Garcia, Jr., a beloved friend and colleague. Coach Margaroli and the Sharks flag football team received the award for best demonstrating the CHAMPS characteristics that Frank Garcia Jr. tirelessly promoted: Cooperative, Healthy, Active, Motivated, Positive, Students for life. Job well done to the over 950 students, from 48 schools Citywide who gave it their all during the 2017 season.
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Photo Above: CHAMPS Frank Garcia, Jr. Flag Football Memorial Award ceremony, 25Q025, January 25, 2018. Photo: CHAMPS
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February 5: Relaxed, Restored, and Ready to Learn: Yoga Instruction for Secondary Physical Education.
Grades 6-12 physical education teachers,
register
for the session in the Bronx.
February 12: Secondary PE Basics I: Lesson Planning to Incorporate Fitness and Assessment.
Formerly Physical Best Specialist Certification Workshop. Grades 6-12 physical education teachers,
register
for the session in the Bronx
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February 13: Elementary and Secondary PE Basics I: Lesson Planning to Incorporate Fitness and Assessment.
Formerly Physical Best Specialist Certification Workshop. Grades K-12 physical education teachers,
register
for the session in Manhattan.
February 15: NYC FITNESSGRAM Technical Assistance Workshop.
Grades K-12 physical education teachers, register for the
morning session
or
afternoon session
in Brooklyn.
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February 5: Condom Availability Program: Respect a Yes, Respect a No Webinar. CAP-trained staff, and teachers who teach health,
register
for the online session.
Back to Basics: Grades K-5 Elementary Health Education Basics I and High School Health Education Basics II-B
Register for these professional learning workshops to build subject area mastery, expertise in delivering instruction, and collaboration among colleagues:
- February 8: Elementary Health Education Basics I: Comprehensive Skills-Based Health Education. Grades K-5 common branch and cluster teachers, register for the session in Staten Island.
- February 8: High School Health Education Basics II-B: Teen Health Project. Prerequisite: High School Health Education Basics I. Register for the session in Queens.
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February 12: Physical Education Professional Learning Communities (PE PLCs).
Meetings take place in every borough during Monday professional learning time.
Register
today. January PLCs attracted 340 PE teachers from 264 schools who participated Citywide!
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Building the Wellness Community
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Warm Up February with School Wellness Workshops
School staff, parents, and school community partners are welcome to participate in these free workshops to get a new School Wellness Council off the ground or reinvigorate an existing one:
- February 8: School Wellness: Best Practices for School Wellness Councils. Register for the session in the Bronx.
- February 8 and 12: School Wellness: Creating and Implementing Wellness Policies with Your School Wellness Council. Register for the 2/8 session in the Bronx or the 2/12 session in Staten Island.
Hurry! Free CPR in Schools Training Kit™ for High Schools
Apply for the NYC Excellence in School Wellness Award
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Excellence in School Wellness Award recognizes elementary schools for their efforts to create a healthy school environment that helps promote student health and improve academic achievement. All NYCDOE elementary schools are eligible to apply by
3/1
. Visit the
Healthy Schools page
for more information; contact
healthyschools@health.nyc.gov
with questions
.
Stay Tuned: School Breakfast and Physical Activity Grants Opening in February
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