SHAPE PA

🎉 Congratulations to Our SHAPE PA May Challenge Winners! 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our May Challenge and committed to moving, growing, and prioritizing wellness throughout the month! Your dedication to the challenge helped make this initiative a tremendous success.

👏 Congratulations to our winners:
🎁 $25 Amazon Gift Card Winners
• Chad Murren
• Daisy Ling

👟 Grand Prize Winner
• Betty Ann Fish – Winner of a pair of tennis shoes (up to a $175 value)!

Thank you for being part of a community that continues to inspire healthy habits, lifelong movement, and personal well-being. Together, we moved more, stayed mindful, and grew stronger throughout May!

💙💛 We appreciate each and every SHAPE PA member who participated and made this challenge possible. Stay tuned for more opportunities to connect, engage, and support one another in the months ahead!

⛳ Swing Into Summer with SHAPE PA! 🥏

Looking for a great way to connect with colleagues, enjoy the outdoors, and support SHAPE PA?

Join us on June 25, 2026 for a day of fun, friendly competition, and networking in beautiful Mount Joy, PA!

🏌️‍♀️ Golf Scramble
🥏 Disc Golf
🍽️ Buffet Lunch
🤝 Great Company

Whether you’re chasing birdies, tossing discs, or simply joining us for lunch, we’d love to see you there.

Bring a team, invite a friend, or come solo and meet fellow health and physical educators from across Pennsylvania!

📅 Thursday, June 25, 2026
📍 Mount Joy, PA

Register today and help us make this year’s Golf Day our best one yet!

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✨ Final Days: Celebrate the Heartbeat ✨
Finish strong and celebrate your movement and mindfulness journey! 💙💜

You celebrated National Sport and Fitness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month all month long. Now it’s time to reflect, repeat your favorite activities, and bring all 9 M’s together!

Each day, complete the challenges and earn 2 points — 1 for Mission and 1 for Mindful. Record your score and celebrate your growth!

🔗 Take the challenge here: https://tinyurl.com/MayChallenge26

Day 28: Mission & Mindful
🏔️ Mission: Favorite activity repeat — think back on your movement month. What did you enjoy most? Repeat that activity today!
🧘 Mindful: Reflect on your month — what are 3 takeaways from your activities this month?

Day 29: Mission & Mindful
🏔️ Mission: Celebrate your movement journey — share your pulse! Pay it forward by sharing how exercising and moving daily made you feel.
🧘 Mindful: What mental health awareness activity did you enjoy most?

Day 30: Bring All 9 M’s Together
💙 Combine your M’s for the month — movement, momentum, mindset, merge, motivate, maintain, meaning, mission, and mindful.
How do they all connect to your physical and mental health?

You celebrated movement, wellness, and mindfulness all month long. Cheers to you — your heart is stronger!

💙 You are the heartbeat of education.
💜 Stay present. Lead with intention.

☀️ PE & Health Teachers: before summer starts, take a moment to breathe, reset, and celebrate the impact you made this year. You showed up. You inspired. You mattered. 💚

🇺🇸 Honoring the heroes who gave all for our freedom. Today, we remember their sacrifice and legacy. ❤️🤍💙

The May Challenge runs May 1–May 31! 💙💜
Join us for Week 4: Sustain Vitality – Mission & Mindful

Each day, complete the challenges and earn 2 points — 1 for Mission and 1 for Mindful. Record your score at the end of the week and finish strong!

🔗 Take the challenge here: https://tinyurl.com/MayChallenge26

Week 4 Focus: Mission & Mindful
We have a mission. We teach it. We live it. We are the heartbeat of education.
Pause. Breathe. Stay present. Lead with intention.

Day 22: Complete strength training — bodyweight counts! Try push-ups or wall pushes, soup can or milk container lifts, bicep curls, tricep extensions, and leg lifts x15. Then practice box breathing: inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 4, and hold for 4.

Day 23: Walk with a friend — challenge the pace and incorporate arm movements. Then practice gratitude by writing a note of thanks to someone who has helped you.

Day 24: Try a new fitness video — complete a group fitness video you have not done before. Then try a single-task minute: do one task with full attention and no multitasking.

Day 25: Sip water while exercising and stay hydrated. Then complete a 3-2-1 journal reflection: 3 wins, 2 challenges, and 1 intention.

Day 26: Do a walk to support a cause. Then find a sit spot in nature — stay in one place for 2 minutes and notice what changes around you.

Day 27: Take a nature walk and reset — pick a local trail and walk it. Then place your hand on your heart, take 5 slow breaths, and feel your pulse.

💙 We are the heartbeat of education.
💜 Stay present. Lead with intention.

🎓 Apply for a SHAPE PA State Conference Scholarship!

Are you a health and physical education student eager for professional growth? This is your chance to take a big step toward your future in health and physical education!

Scholarship recipients will gain:
✅ Access to the SHAPE PA Annual Conference
✅ Opportunities to learn from experienced health and physical education leaders
✅ Connections with professionals and peers from across Pennsylvania

The scholarship covers conference registration and includes two days of learning, Thursday dinner, and a SHAPE PA Conference t-shirt!

📌 Apply now: tinyurl.com/26conferencescholarship

💙 Sponsor a Student. Strengthen the Heartbeat of Education.

Through SHAPE PA’s Sponsor a Student program, you can contribute any amount to help students attend the annual conference. Your generosity opens doors to learning, connection, and inspiration for those just beginning their journey in health and physical education.

Why sponsor a student?
✅ Access to the SHAPE PA Annual Conference
✅ Professional development and learning opportunities
✅ Networking with experienced educators and leaders
✅ Inspiration and support as they begin their careers

Every donation helps support student attendance and may be used for registration, meals, lodging, or conference experiences.

📌 Support a student today: www.shape-pa.org/sponsorastudent

You may also specify which student(s) or university you would like your sponsorship to support.

⛳️🏌️‍♂️ Join us for the SHAPE PA Golf Day on Thursday, June 25, 2026 in Mount Joy, PA!

Choose your way to participate:

🏌️ 4-Person Scramble
📍 Highlands of Donegal Golf Club
⏰ 8:00 AM Shotgun Start
💲 $115 per golfer or $400 per team
🍽 Includes buffet lunch

🥏 Disc Golf
📍 Little Chiques Park
⏰ 10:00 AM (9 holes)
💲 FREE (players provide own equipment)
🍽 Lunch option available for $30/person

🍴 Buffet Lunch Only
📍 Highlands of Donegal Golf Club
⏰ 1:00 PM
💲 $30/person

A great day to connect, compete, and support SHAPE PA! Scan the QR codes on the flyer to register.

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The May Challenge runs May 1–May 31! 💙💜
Join us for Week 3: Keep the Pulse Strong – Maintain & Meaningful

Each day, complete the challenges and earn 2 points — 1 for Maintain and 1 for Meaningful. Record your score at the end of the week and keep the challenge going!

🔗 Take the challenge here: https://tinyurl.com/MayChallenge26

Week 3 Focus: Maintain & Meaningful
Maintain balance. Maintain wellness. Maintain the pulse of what matters.
We lead with purpose. We teach with heart. We create meaningful experiences that last.

Day 15: Try interval walking, jogging, or wheeling — 5 minutes even pace, 1 minute quick; 4 minutes even pace, 1 minute quick; 3 minutes even pace, 1 minute quick; 2 minutes even pace, 1 minute quick; 1 minute even pace, 1 minute quick. Then create something — doodle, draw, or do a craft.

Day 16: Play a game such as pickleball, tag, or another favorite activity. Socialize and move while playing. Then try 5-4-3-2-1 grounding: name 5 things you see, 4 things you feel, 3 things you hear, 2 things you smell, and 1 thing you taste.

Day 17: Take a stretch break before bed — reach for the ceiling, reach for your toes, and repeat 3 times. Then, once in bed, bring your knees to your chest and roll side to side 3 times. Finish with a quiet minute reset: close your eyes and take deep breaths.

Day 18: Try a “no sitting” movement day — move more than you sit today. Then complete a guided visualization by imagining your favorite calm place.

Day 19: Walk during phone calls — instead of sitting and chatting, walk and talk. Then share gratitude by naming one thing you are thankful for.

Day 20: Try a flash fitness moment — add random movements throughout your day that get you moving, whether silly or serious! Then practice breathing with a visual by tracing a square or shape with your breath.

Day 21: Dance continuously for 30 minutes. Then go outside and watch the clouds.

💙 Maintain balance. Maintain wellness.
💜 Create meaningful experiences that last.