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Physical Education Related National Observances

National observances are a great way to reinforce your curriculum: activities, student projects, themes, etc. Check the provided hashtags for resources and example activities on Twitter. Additional national observances can be found at National Day Today and/or National Day Calendar. 

January

• National Compliment Day (#NationalComplimentDay)

• The Great Kindness Challenge (#GreatKindnessChallenge)

february

• ​American Heart Month (Example Activities) (#AmericanHeartMonth)
• Black History Month (#BlackHistoryMonth)
• Global School Play Day (#GlobalSchoolPlayDay)
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week​ (#NEDAwareness)
• National Girls and Women in Sports Day (#NGWSD)

• National No One Eats Alone Day (#NoOneEatsAlone)
• National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention (#TeenDatingViolence)
• Random Acts of Kindness Week (#RandomActsofKindnessWeek)
• World Day of Social Justice (#WorldDayofSocialJustice)

march

• International Women's Day (#EachforEqual)
• National Nutrition Month (#NationalNutritionMonth)
• National School Breakfast Week

• ​Read Across America (#PhysEd Activities) (#ReadAcrossAmerica)
• Sleep Awareness Week (#YourDayBeginsWithSleep)

April

• ​Earth Day (#EarthDay)
• Every Kid Healthy Week​ (#EveryKidHealthyWeek)
• Kid's Yoga Day
• Move More Month
• ​National Biomechanics Day​​

• ​​National Dance Week​ (#NationalDanceWeek)
• National Park Week (#NationalParkWeek)
• National Public Health Week​ (#NPHW)
• National Superhero Day (#NationalSuperheroDay)
• ​​Park Rx Day (#ParkRX)

May

• Bike to School Day (#BiketoSchoolDay)
• Kids to Parks Day​ (#KidsToParks)
• International Water Safety Day (#IWSD)
• Mental Health Month
• National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day​​

• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (#MoveInMay)
• National Physical Education and Sports Week (#SHAPEteachOn)
• Outdoor Classroom Day (#OutdoorClassroomDay)
• ​Project ACES (#ProjectACES)
• ​Screen Free Week (#ScreenFreeWeek)

June

• Global Running Day (#GlobalRunningDay)
• National Get Outdoors Day​ (#GetOutdoorsDay)

• ​Stop Cyberbullying Day (#StopCyberbullyingDay)

July

NA

August

NA

September

• Exercise US
• International Day of Peace (#PeaceDay)
• ​National Childhood Obesity Month​ (#NationalChildhoodObesityMonth)
• National Dance Day​ (#NationalDanceDay)

• National Public Lands Day (#NationalPublicLandsDay)
• Take Your Parent to PE Week (#ParentsLovePE)
• ​Worldwide Day of Play (#WorldwideDayofPlay)

october

• International Walk to School Day (#WalkToSchoolDay)
• ​Lights on Afterschool​ (#LightsOnAfterschool)

• National Bullying Prevention Month​ (#BullyingPreventionMonth)
• ​​World Day of Bullying Prevention​ (#BlueUp)

NOVEMBER

• Family Health History Day (#FamilyHealthHistoryDay)
• International Day for Tolerance​ (#ToleranceDay)
• National Eating Healthy Day (#NEHD)

• ​National S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. Day (#NationalSTEMDay) (Example Activities)
• World Kindness Day (#WorldKindnessDay) (SHAPE America Resources)

December

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities (#IDPD)