Wisc. Town Plans to Ticket Parents for Student Bullying

The Wisconsin State Journal reports, the "parent-liability" approach is part of an overall ordinance passed by the Monona City Council and may break fresh ground in the nationwide effort to reduce schoolyard bullying among children and teens.

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June 1 Peaceful Playgrounds News and Grants Newsletter





Peaceful Playgrounds Video
U.S. Map Stencil Winners Announced
Saucony Youth Running Program Grants
Playground Tip of the Month
Sample Course for Playground Supervisors
Time to Replenish your equipment pack?
Coupons
Playground Supervisor Training
Stencil Clearance

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HI. I’m Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, President and Founder of Peaceful Playgrounds.

I’m here today to talk to you about why I invented the  Peaceful Playgrounds Program.

When I was an elementary school principal I had a long line of students outside my door each day. So I set out to determine what goes wrong on the typical school playground and then to put solutions into place. We identified 5 problems and put 5 solutions to th…
Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Program


The Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Program, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has announced a grant funding opportunity for non-profit community health care organizations implementing evidence-based, community-education programs that promote wellness and healthy lifestyle choices to prevent and reduce the impact of obesity in children.

Safeway Foundation

The goals of this funding are to empower innovative programs to expand and enhance services, increase capacity, and/or incorporate new strategies to support healthy body weights among children and adolescents; evaluate the impact of existing programs; and identify promising approaches that could be replicated, adapted, and implemented in diverse communities nationwide. The program seeks to fund nonprofit organization…