Endeavour PTSA is a proud to sponsor YMCA Play EveryDay at Endeavour starting this week, at recess on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We’re welcoming back coach Candler Curtis. To learn more about this program, please visit Play Everyday! | YMCA of Greater Seattle (seattleymca.org). Please let the our PTSA know how your kiddos are enjoying this program.

YMCA Play Everyday! makes recess a fun, fitness-focused event where all kids are invited and encouraged to play along. Play is critical to social, emotional, and physical health but many kids aren’t getting enough.

At recess, a Y play coach facilitates the YMCA Play Everyday! program which focuses on health and skill related fitness with a mindset of inclusion. Play coaches facilitate group games and sports for kids of all ages and skill levels.

Program Facts

  • 1 in 5 youth are overweight or obese
  • 76% of youth don’t get the recommended 60 minutes of moderate activity 5 days per week
  • 1 in 4 students has been bullied at school

 

Program Goals

  • To help more kids get the exercise they need to be healthy throughout their lives
  • To help kids feel confident, welcome and safe at recess and in the classroom

 

Program Success

  • More students are engaged in active play; especially those that typically struggle to find a group or place to fit in
  • Students learn new skills and games to help them be active at recess
  • Schools report a significant decrease in behavior incidents during and after recess, including incidents that require staff intervention.