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Choose healthy beverages to drink

Choose healthy beverages to drink

By CPS (Sacred Heart and St. Cecilia) Healthy Courier reporters | The beverages you choose to drink are just as important as the food you eat. Experts from myplate.gov tell us we can make simple choices when it comes to the beverages.    When given the choice, milk...
Students help change seating policy

Students help change seating policy

By Adaire Fit Fish reporters | Editor’s note: Earlier this school year, due to poor student behavior during lunchtime, the sixth graders were not allowed to choose their own seats in the cafeteria. The students expressed frustration at not being permitted to sit with...
Learning to deal with anxiety

Learning to deal with anxiety

By Emlen Healthy Roar reporters | Attendance can suffer when students are struggling with anxiety. Because students are feeling anxious, they may start to experience physical symptoms and miss school, said Mrs. Seltzer, Emlen school counselor. “Anxiety is being scared...
Using music to start conversations

Using music to start conversations

By Inquiry Charter Healthy Owl Times reporters | Elle.Morris, a member of the hip-hop group ILL DOOTS, can’t remember a time when she wasn’t singing. “I’ve been singing longer than talking. I didn’t talk until I was five years old,” said Elle.Morris, who adds a period...
Empathy unites people

Empathy unites people

By Yorkship Healthy Lion reporters | 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...
Art brought father and son together

Art brought father and son together

By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | 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...