June 2018 … Kayla Sparks said she was nervous the first time she attended a meeting of the Cole Manor Healthy Comet when she was in third grade. But she quickly felt at home with her fellow staffers on the health-focused newspaper. “I loved interviewing teachers...
May 2018 … Gotwals Elementary Healthy Press reporters recently peeked into the future of in-school health care while interviewing two Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) experts about the school’s remote patient monitoring pilot program. To...
May 2018 … A group of fourth grade student reporters recently visited the Simulation Center at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia to get a taste of how medical professionals are trained. The reporters from St. Raymond of Penafort Catholic School’s Healthy...
May 2018 … Exercise, don’t smoke, and drink water instead of sugary drinks were among the popular themes for student artists participating in the 2018 “Help Your Heart” poster contest sponsored by Healthy NewsWorks. Elementary and middle school students in...
May 2018 … Fifth grade reporters for the William Cramp Fit Flyer are giving mini-lessons to their fellow students in younger grades. After each edition of their newspaper is published at William Cramp Elementary School in North Philadelphia, the student...
April 2018 … Beth Devine wasn’t sure what to expect before her interview with a group of fourth grade student reporters, but she was impressed from the start. One staffer from the Cole Manor Healthy Comet had been chosen by his peers to ask the first question. “I...
