Our 2026 Magazine
For the Spring 2026 edition, reporters wrote about Making Healthy Connections.
Top Stories
Choose healthy beverages to drink
By CPS (Sacred Heart and St. Cecilia) Healthy Courier reporters | The beverages you choose to...
Students help change seating policy
By Adaire Fit Fish reporters | Editor’s note: Earlier this school year, due to poor...
Learning to deal with anxiety
By Emlen Healthy Roar reporters | Attendance can suffer when students are struggling with anxiety....
Using music to start conversations
By Inquiry Charter Healthy Owl Times reporters | Elle.Morris, a member of the hip-hop group ILL...
Empathy unites people
By Yorkship Healthy Lion reporters | Next time you see someone who is acting out or saying...
Art brought father and son together
By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | Lonnie Smith and his son Kambel once had a...
La Liga teaches many life lessons
By William Cramp Fit Flyer reporters | Players in Philadelphia’s La Liga del Barrio sign up to...
Meet Camden resident Ayinde Merrill
By CPS (Holy Name) Healthy Courier reporters | Holy Name Healthy Courier seventh-grade reporters...
Kids Blog
Dealing with anxiety II
By Albert, Chester Charter Scholars Academy Healthy Highlights | I experienced anxiety during my...
Kids on volunteering III
By Theodore, Alexander Adaire Fit Fish | I would volunteer for an animal shelter. I love animals...
Fruits are delicious
By Gurtej, MaST Community Charter School Healthy Panther Post Cub Reporter Edition | I like to eat...
Dream garden II
By Josselin, La Salle Healthy News | If I had my own garden, I would grow the following things:...
Favorite meal
By Karter, Eleanor Emlen Healthy Roar | I look forward to cooking Thanksgiving dinner with my mom....
Who we appreciate
By Jaylaa, DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal | Someone that I'm connected to is my best friend. I...
Favorite book III
By Ailin, Cole Manor Fit Falcon Tribune | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin...
Dealing with anxiety
By Jayden, Chester Charter Scholars Academy Healthy Highlights | Sometimes when I am nervous, or...
Did You Know?
Why is the mind-body connection important?
Your mind and body are closely connected! How you feel emotionally can affect your body, and how your body feels can affect your emotions. For example, stress can cause headaches or stomachaches, while calm activities like deep breathing or play can help your body relax. Taking care of both your feelings and your body helps you stay healthy, focused, and ready to learn.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
How do stress, play, and emotions affect kids?
Kids experience stress from school, friendships, and changes at home, and their bodies can react with tiredness, trouble sleeping, or feeling upset. Play is one of the best ways kids naturally manage stress. It helps release energy, improve mood, and build social skills. Talking about feelings and having supportive adults also helps kids feel more balanced and secure.
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (HealthyChildren.org)
How can kids build resilience?
Resilience means being able to bounce back from challenges. Kids can build it by practicing problem-solving, naming their feelings, staying connected to supportive people, and trying again after something is hard. Simple routines like sleep, play, and talking things through can help strengthen emotional resilience over time.
Talking To …
Dr. Ken Ginsburg
Next time you see someone who is acting out or saying something mean, ask yourself: Are they having a bad day? Is something going wrong in their life? They may need your empathy. That means looking beyond what they are doing and trying to understand what they may be feeling. “Someone’s behavior or words in the moment may not be a reflection or picture of who they really are,” says Dr. Ken Ginsburg, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Kambel Smith
Lonnie Smith and his son Kambel once had a tumultuous relationship. When Kambel was a boy, Lonnie said, he couldn’t understand him very well. Kambel was not speaking clearly, but he was expressing a lot of anger. Kambel had been diagnosed with autism, and Lonnie didn’t know how to communicate with him. It was as if there was a wall between them, he said, until Lonnie discovered his son’s talent for art—by accident.
Student Gallery
These illustrations are by students at Yorkship Family School in Camden and MaST Community Charter School and Alexander Adaire School in Philadelphia.
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