A brave fourth grader at Russell Byers Charter School in Philadelphia recently declared that he could beat Healthy NewsWorks teacher Eve Smith in a push-up contest. Eve, who has always been active in sports and was an athlete growing up, took up the challenge. “I...
Two new installments of Healthy NewsWorks’ By Kids, For Kids magazine are set for publication this year. The Spring 2024 issue will debut in April, with a Fall issue to be distributed at the start of the 2024–25 school year. About 3,000 copies of each issue will be...
Susan Spencer was a second-grade teacher in Upper Darby, Pa., when she and a student’s parent, Marian Uhlman, struck up a conversation about children’s health. Susan was an avid New York Times reader and Marian was a health reporter for The Philadelphia...
Healthy NewsWorks has received a Community Solutions Challenge award for the second year in a row through AstraZeneca’s Accelerate Change Together (ACT) on Health Equity initiative. The global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company this year awarded $900,000 in...
After 20 years of working to increase children’s health awareness and understanding, Healthy NewsWorks is piloting a new program to spread that knowledge to families outside the classroom. Ginger Ragland, a veteran teacher who joined Healthy NewsWorks...
Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to welcome attorney Conor Foley to its board as an observer for the next year. Conor is an associate attorney with Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, in Philadelphia and a graduate of Penn Charter High School, Georgetown University,...
