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Recess Advocacy
Mission
Educate and advocate for the importance of recess.
Engage with children, families, and educators on recess experiences.
Establish a resource for recess-related advocacy, policy, and best practices for both families and educators.
Engage stakeholders (additional organizations, parents, community members, teachers, principals, etc.) to support recess advocacy work.
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Recess: Right or Privilege?
Experts argue that recess is necessary for a child's social and academic development, and skipping it as punishment for misbehavior or to accommodate more seat time is a serious mistake.
The Recess Advocacy Team Is:
  	
    	 Action for Healthy Kids 
    
 
    	 Allegheny County Health Department 
    
 
       Allies for Children 
    
 
       A+ Schools 
    
 
            ATL Parent Like a Boss (Parent LAB) 
    
 
       Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC 
    
 
       Children's Museum of Pittsburgh 
    
 
       Department of Health and Physical Activity, University of Pittsburgh 
    
 
       Environmental Charter School  
    
       Let's Move Pittsburgh 
    
       Office of the Mayor, City of Pittsburgh 
    
 
       Pittsburgh Cultural Trust 
    
 
       Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy 
      
  Playful Pittsburgh Collaborative 
    
 
       Propel Schools 
    
 
       Trying Together 
    
 
       United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania's fitUnited  
      
         Women for a Healthy Environment 
    
 
  	
  
Looking for resources about recess?
Check out our archive for documents, research, and infographics on the benefits of recess!
