The 13th Annual
March Forward
March 1 - 15, 2024
Rockland County's 2-Week Classroom-based Physical Activity Promotion
New this year!
Suggested daily challenges!
Use hashtag #MarchForwardRC when posting on social media to show how your classroom meets the suggested daily movement challenges. All grades and subject areas can participate.
As a teacher, you already inspire learning in many awesome ways. During #MarchForwardRC, March 1 - 15, 2024, you can highlight how you keep students energized and focused with physical activity by sharing with other educators!
How to participate:
- Post videos, photos, and/or descriptions of your classroom physical activity breaks on your school's social media platform using hashtag #MarchForwardRC. To share statewide, you may add #HealthySchoolsNY.
- Tag another school or colleague to encourage them to participate too.
- Follow the guidance your school or district provides about participation.
- Keep physical activity appropriate for the space and students' ages and abilities. Physical activity should be fun and rewarding and not used as a punishment.
The March Forward Message for Students and Teachers:
- Physical Activity helps to relieve stress.
- Physical activity helps us do better in school.
- Physical activity helps us feel our best.
- Being physically active is a great way to make friends.
- Be physically active for at least 60 minutes each day
"Click and Play" Videos and Other Resources for
Active Classrooms
Elementary School: Go Noodle
Middle school: Jammin Minute
High school (and middle school): Pro Athlete classroom breaks
More ideas: Go to Alliance for a Healthier Generation and search for "physical activity breaks" (free login needed).
Fill Your Gym Bag
- 50 Educational Brain Breaks
- Active Schools
- Destress Monday
- Equity Considerations for Physical Activity in the In-Person or Virtual Classroom
- In-School Activity Breaks by Fuel Up to Play 60
- Physical Activity Cards for All Ages
Stretch Your Knowledge
- Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd Edition
- Tai Chi - Tai Chi for Health Institute and Tai Chi for Kids
- Spark - The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, by John J. Ratey, MD and Eric Hagerman
- The Kinesthetic Classroom Teaching and Learning Through Movement, by Traci Lengel and Mike Kuczala
- Teaching Through Movement Setting Up Your Kinesthetic Classroom, by Stacey Shoecraft
*Contact information for Mr. Amazing: carlo@amazinggracecircus.org
** Contact information for Mariola Strahlberg: shiningmtnny@aol.com
March Forward was created in 2013 by the Rockland County School Health and Wellness Coalition.
For more information about March Forward, email the Rockland County Department of Health School Health Coordinator at steindoc@co.rockland.ny.us or call (845) 364-2360.