Looking back on a year of Making Healthy Connections
Looking back on a year of Making Healthy Connections

Looking back on a year of Making Healthy Connections

The 2025–26 school year featured student articles, reflections, videos, and illustrations about Making Healthy Connections. The reporting theme that encouraged students to explore how connections shape people’s well-being.   Throughout the year, students researched and conducted interviews on empathy, social connections, and the ways art and…

Reading builds connections and supports health

Cole Manor reporters this year explored how reading can play an important role in young people’s emotional and social development. They interviewed Mrs. Karen Mitchell, “Reading builds connections and keeps you healthy,” at the Norristown Public Library who emphasized that reading helps…

Summer reading list features student-recommended books

Healthy NewsWorks is highlighting some of the books featured in student-written reviews throughout the school year. Together, these titles form a summer reading list filled with stories that inspire connection, kindness, curiosity, and…

Book review: Love That Dog

Reviewed by Cole Manor Fit Falcon Tribune reporters Love That DogWritten by Sharon Creech Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is story told through poems. It is the story of a…

Book review: The Invisible Boy

Reviewed by Eleanor Emlen Healthy Roar reporters The Invisible BoyWritten by Trudy Ludwig The Invisible Boy is about a boy named Brian who feels invisible, sad, and left out at…

Book review: Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams

Reviewed by Henry Healthy Hawk reporters Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena WilliamsWritten by Lesa Cline-Ransome This book is a story about how tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams…

Book review: Chicks and Salsa

Reviewed by MaST Healthy Panther Post cub reporters Chicks and SalsaWritten by Aaron Reynolds This book is about animals who are tired of eating the same food every day. One day,…

Book review: Can I Join Your Club?

Reviewed by DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters Can I Join Your Club?Written by John Kelly Duck is trying to make friends and decides to try joining a club. He tries to join…

Book review: The Boy with Big, Big Feelings

Reviewed by DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters The Boy with Big, Big FeelingsWritten by Britney Winn Lee In this book, the main character is a boy who has strong emotions to all…

Book review: The Big Beach Cleanup

Reviewed by Alexander Adaire Fit Fish reporters The Big Beach CleanupWritten by Charlotte Offsay This book is about a girl named Cora who loves building sandcastles at the beach. But when trash…