Students can make a difference

Students can make a difference

By Maria, Lily, Claire, Amelia, Jaxon, and Alexander, Healthy Panther Post reporters | “Building a healthy community starts with you,” said seventh-grade science teacher Mrs. Marsteller, who was interviewed by…

Making it fun to help other people

By La Salle Academy Healthy News reporters | “You can have fun while helping people,” said Mr. Shackleford Pena, seventh-grade teacher at La Salle Academy. Mr. Shack, as students call…

Listening to others

By Charles, Hancock Healthy Times | I show empathy by listening to someone while they are talking. —Charles is in fourth grade. Illustration by Lismary, fourth grade, Hancock E.S.

Healthy NewsWorks alum goes to primetime

One of Healthy NewsWorks’ former reporters has made his way to primetime!  Dean Millard, a former Healthy NewsWorks reporter, recently worked as a runner for ABC News, assisting with production…

Fall edition of ‘By Kids, For Kids’ is here

The Fall 2024 edition of our By Kids, For Kids magazine is out! It is the second of two magazine issues that our reporters produced on our 2023–24 theme, “Caring…

School newsrooms are gearing up

A return to school means that Healthy NewsWorks also is back in the classroom.  Our staff members have started “boot camp” for our main newspaper reporters in Philadelphia, Camden, Norristown—and…

Book teaches about friendship, acceptance

By James Logan Healthy Eagle reporters  Everything in Its PlaceBy Pauline David-SaxIllustrated by Chevelle Pinkney Barlow Everything In Its Place is about a girl, Nicky, who is a bookworm. Every…

Making a school climate healthy

By James R. Lowell Healthy Lion reporters | As a student, you will spend 1,000 hours a year in your school building. Schools can build a positive climate, which plays…

Looking back, looking ahead

Check out our Summer 2024 Update for a recap on the 2023–24 school year and a look ahead to everything our reporters will focus on during the 2024–25 year. Plus,…

In their place

By Lismary, Hancock Healthy Times | Being aware of my own feelings helps me understand others by putting myself in their place and thinking about what I would have liked. …