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It’s Time to Connect Join Your Peers at #SHAPENOLA By Larissa Brickach
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t’s been two years since health and physical educators have been able to gather in person for the SHAPE America National Convention & Expo. Two years of missing what has always been the “can’t miss” event of the year for so many in the HPE community. But this April, that will all change. We’ll be together again — in person. Without a doubt, this will be an opportunity to learn from the best of the best in the profession — to gather the skills and information that will help you improve as a teacher and make a difference in your students’ lives.
But this will also be your chance to really connect with your peers and talk about the challenges you’ve faced over the last two years, knowing they will understand exactly how you feel. There is always a powerful, positive energy at the national convention that inspires attendees long after they’ve headed home — and if there was ever a time when educators needed inspiration and positive energy, it’s now. JOIN US IN NEW ORLEANS This year’s national convention takes place April 26-30 at the New Orleans
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, a beautifully renovated facility next to the city’s popular Riverwalk and close to the famed French Quarter. New Orleans — known as the birthplace of jazz — is a vibrant city where people celebrate life through culture, food and music. It’s the perfect setting for five days of professional development, networking and social interaction … your time to take a breath, find some joy, and celebrate you. Throughout the week, you’ll find specific presentations on adapted physical education, advocacy, coaching and sport, elementary PE, health education, physical activity, PETE/ HETE, research, secondary PE — and of course sessions from SHAPE America’s District and National Teachers of the Year!
“ A brass band blares. A hand-decorated parasol twirls. A ragtag group behind the band waves handkerchiefs to the beat of the drum. Lucky you. You’ve just stumbled across a New Orleans second line. Everyone is welcome to join in. This is the “joie de vivre” everyone talks about in New Orleans. This feeling of pure happiness that swells up in your chest. This is what makes this city so different from anywhere else on Earth.” —New Orleans & Company
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Momentum • Winter 2022