Traverse City Walks, Bikes & Rolls to School Day is a community-wide, multi-school celebration of National Walk & Roll To School Day. This year, Traverse City Walks, Bikes & Rolls to School Day is Wednesday, October 9th. As with most things in life, walking, biking or rolling to school is best with friends, so pleaseContinue reading “2024 Traverse City Walks, Bikes & Rolls to School Day is October 9th”
Category Archives: School Wellbeing
2024 Traverse City Bikes To School Day is May 8th
Traverse City Bikes to School Day is a community-wide, multi-school celebration of National Bike & Roll To School Day. This year, Traverse City Bikes to School Day is Wednesday, May 8th. As with most things in life, biking to school is best with friends, so please make sure to invite your crew. WHAT IF IContinue reading “2024 Traverse City Bikes To School Day is May 8th”
Humans of TCAPS’ School-Based Mentorship Program
Shortly after We Fight was created in December, 2021, Stephanie Slawnik pitched the idea of lunch-time mentors to connect with students during lunch. The Lunch Buddies program was created and piloted at Traverse Heights Elementary and Central Grade School in 2022/23 to help: In the 2023/24 school year, Lunch Buddies expanded to all ten TCAPSContinue reading “Humans of TCAPS’ School-Based Mentorship Program”
Elevate Northern Michigan #5 Set For November 29th at Northwestern Michigan College
Elevate Northern Michigan is a summit series focused on boosting knowledge, shifting attitudes, decreasing stigma, and building support for youth mental health by learning about: I hope that aspiring youth leaders leave this summit with a better understanding of the skills required to project their voice and tackle systemic change with the youthful determination thatContinue reading “Elevate Northern Michigan #5 Set For November 29th at Northwestern Michigan College”
Coach Traverse City: Filling a Gap in Northern Michigan’s Capital
Coach Traverse City is a community of quality adults who help coach youth elementary school-based sports in Northern Michigan’s capital. Why Coach Traverse City? Many school-based elementary sports are coached by parents of kids who play. Sometimes, parents cannot coach because of work/family/other commitments. Teams have been canceled recently because there hasn’t been anyone toContinue reading “Coach Traverse City: Filling a Gap in Northern Michigan’s Capital”
Equity, Innovation, Empowerment: Roadrunner Nation to Help Level the School Wellness Playing Field in Northern Michigan
This summer, Jay Berger, Mary Van Valin and I created Roadrunner Nation to help Traverse City’s Traverse Heights Elementary: – Level the playing field regarding equitable access and opportunities to critical co-curricular things like field trips, recess equipment, and after-school activities, including sports and arts scholarships – Strengthen the school-community connection to improve wellbeing and safetyContinue reading “Equity, Innovation, Empowerment: Roadrunner Nation to Help Level the School Wellness Playing Field in Northern Michigan”
2023 Traverse City Walks To School Day is October 4th
Traverse City Walks to School Day is a community-wide, multi-school celebration of National Walk To School Day. This year, Traverse City Walks to School Day is Wednesday, October 4th: 📍Bridgeway (Oak Park)📍Central Grade📍Creekside (New Campus)📍Eastern📍Immaculate Connection📍TCAPS Montessori📍Traverse Heights📍Trinity Lutheran📍Willow Hill Elementary School As with most things in life, walking to school is best with friends,Continue reading “2023 Traverse City Walks To School Day is October 4th”
Terrific Tuesdays: Structured Play Program to Improve Wellbeing at Central Grade School
2023/24 INFO COMING SOON! After a successful Marvelous Mondays pilot at Traverse Heights Elementary this winter, we’re excited to expand to Central Grade School this spring. Terrific Tuesdays provide fun, structured play at Central Grade School during lunch recess to increase physical activity, encourage positive behaviors, and improve wellbeing. Do you have one hour aContinue reading “Terrific Tuesdays: Structured Play Program to Improve Wellbeing at Central Grade School”
Marvelous Mondays: Structured Play Program to Improve Well-being at Traverse Heights Elementary
Marvelous Mondays is a pilot program that provides fun, easy, structured play at Traverse Heights Elementary during recess. This program organizes play with Traverse Heights’ Roadrunner Club (community volunteers) to increase physical activity, encourage positive behaviors and improve well-being. Terrific Tuesdays provide fun, structured play at Central Grade School during lunch recess to increase physicalContinue reading “Marvelous Mondays: Structured Play Program to Improve Well-being at Traverse Heights Elementary”
Good Works Lab 