Talking To …

Health and Community Leaders

Students report back on their interviews with community and health experts on a wide array of topics ranging from bicycle riding to football and coping.

Studying the impact of microplastics on fish

By Catholic Partnership Schools Healthy Courier staff | Tiny pieces of man-made material called microplastics are everywhere. They’re in rivers, near our homes, and even in the air we breathe….
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Leading the way to greener travels

By James Logan Healthy Eagle staff | Imagine that you are in charge of a company that has 6,000 cars and vans that travel 425,000 miles every day. But gas-powered…
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Finding nature in the city

By William Cramp Fit Flyer staff | When Brianna Amingwa was growing up in Detroit, she didn’t know much about nature. But she knew she loved animals. She studied animal…
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‘We grow vegetables. Our vegetables grow students’

By Waliyyah and the AMY Northwest Healthy Bulldog staff | We heard him before we saw him. Even though we were half asleep at 8:30 on a recent Monday morning,…
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Taking action to stop climate change

By Healthy Trailblazer Journal 8A staff | Icebergs are melting. Forests are burning. Sea levels are rising.  These are the worrisome signs that the Earth’s climate is changing.  Rachel Valletta, an environmental…
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Learning when to seek help for how you’re feeling

By Daniel, East Norriton Bulldog Bulletin, and Katelynn, Gotwals Healthy Press | It’s normal for kids to be sad or anxious, says Dr. Tami Benton, and she wants them to…
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Empathy can change how we feel

By Healthy Trailblazer Journal 8B staff | As a child, Dr. George James saw what it means to show empathy.  He watched how his parents were kind to other people…
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Physical and mental healing, on and off the field

By Catholic Partnership Schools Healthy Courier staff | Jordan Mailata said it was “one of the toughest decisions” in his life to move 10,000 miles away from his tight-knit family…
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Practicing mindfulness helps us slow down

Enon Healthy Warrior reporters recently spoke with Tim Massaquoi, clinical director of The Ladipo Group and a former NFL player with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins, and Buffalo Bills….
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Bringing the joy of bike riding to others

Healthy Warrior reporters had a chance to meet with Waffiyyah Murray, manager of the Better Bike Share Partnership, a national organization that works with Philadelphia’s Indego program and other groups…
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Knowing the difference between fear and anxiety

By East Norriton Bulldog Bulletin staff | While being scared and having anxiety may sound like the same thing, they actually are not. Ms. Jillian Curtiss, a licensed marriage and…
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Calling on birds to improve our health

By Emma, East Norriton Bulldog Bulletin | Don’t underestimate the importance of birds. The sound of their calls can actually improve your health. That’s according to Jose Santiago, who works for…
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