April 2017 … Healthy NewsWorks “opens up a whole new world that students don’t normally get to see,” said Phil Leddy, editor of the Marshall Street Healthy Bulletin. Mr. Leddy became…

March 2017…Jousting allowed–with an asparagus spear that is! Jab it into your favorite dip, roast it, or use it in a “veggie flower pot arrangement.”  Nothing says springtime like asparagus. It…

March 2017…Healthy NewsWorks reporters have been learning how to identify trustworthy websites. Test your own knowledge with this game, and see if you can be a Web Detective!

March 2017… “Where does soy milk come from?” registered dietitian nutritionist Amy Deahl-Greenlaw once asked of students who are tasting cow’s milk and soy milk. “From lactose-intolerant cows!” one student…

March 2017… Highland Park art teacher Joshua Bucolo stumbled into working with Healthy NewsWorks. In 2014, Mr. Bucolo’s first year at Highland Park Elementary School in Upper Darby, “there was…

March 2017… Second, third, and fourth graders were surveyed about their favorite exercises that can help strengthen bones for the latest edition of the Whitehall Healthy Reporter published by Whitehall…

March 2017… Health leader interviews are a cornerstone of the Healthy NewsWorks student journalism program. Earlier this year, six members of the Healthy Bulldog newspaper staff at AMY Northwest Middle…

March 2017… Fighting gun violence, preventing athletic injuries, promoting vaccinations, and teaching squash are among the ways a dozen Philadelphia-area health leaders are working to make our communities healthier and…

February 2017 … Healthy NewsWorks was honored recently as one of the Greater Philadelphia Top 2017 Social Innovators in a contest organized by Social Innovations Journal. The awards are intended…

February 2017…Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to announce that Siobhan Reardon, president and director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, will serve as keynote speaker at our annual fundraiser and book…

February 2017…It’s February! It’s American Heart Month, according to The American Heart Association—and, of course, Valentine’s Day is this month! But instead of red and pink, think orange! Nutrition Action…

January 2017… Last year, the third grade student reporters at Cole Manor Elementary School in the Norristown Area School District wrote an article for the Healthy NewsWorks book, Leading Healthy…