In February 2017, Playworks teamed up with Let’s Move! Active Schools to provide grants for 25 elementary schools to benefit from a free Playworks Power of Play workshop. Nearly 150 schools submitted thoughtful applications expressing their interest and desire to learn more about safe and healthy play resulting in a difficult selection of this year’s grantees:
Budlong Elementary School – Illinois
C A Tatum Jr Elementary School – Texas
Campo Bello Elementary School – Arizona
Canyon View Elementary School – California
Carpenter Elementary School – North Carolina
Chicago International Charter School-Buckton – Illinois
Eastview Elementary School – Minnesota
Edgewood Intermediate School – Indiana
Emily B Williams Elementary School – Michigan
Forest Hill Elementary – Maryland
Forest Ridge Elementary School – Maryland
Jonas Salk Elementary School – Indiana
Jose De Escandon Elementary School – Texas
Lead Mine Elementary School – North Carolina
Manorhaven Elementary School – New York
Marion Elementary School – Texas
Montclair School of Academics-Enrichment – Colorado
Mount Washington Elementary School – California
Murdock Elementary School – Georgia
Ramblewood Elementary School – California
Section Elementary School – Wisconsin
Thomas Finletter Elementary School – Pennsylvania
William M Finch Elementary School – Georgia
Westfield Elementary School – Utah
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Primary School – Minnesota
Want to promote safe, healthy play at your school?
Playworks is also offering a 10% discount on the Power of Play workshop for all Let’s Move! Active Schools members. Facilitated by national trainers or regionally certified trainers, the half-day workshop introduces the importance of play and lays the foundation for creating a safe, healthy, and respectful environment for youth.
About Playworks
Playworks is the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s social and emotional health. Playworks currently serves more than 1,300 schools in 23 U.S. cities, and reaches more than 700,000 students directly and through professional training services. The nonprofit organization is changing school culture by leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school every day. To learn more about the organization and how to bring safe and healthy play to your school visit www.playworks.org.
