Our children here in Greenwood Lake deserve a recess time of at least 30 minutes every day! Students in all grades benefit from longer recess to improve focus and attention in the classroom, enhanced social skills, increased physical activity, better mood regulation, and overall cognitive development. Offering a break from structured learning and allowing significant time for unstructured play is imperative for healthy development. These benefits can be felt in ALL students, grades pre-K through 8. While academic time is absolutely crucial for development, the importance of significant time playing cannot be overlooked. Our children deserve more than the 20 minutes they receive each day to socialize, play, and move. There is even legislation being proposed by Senator Skoufis to set recess guidelines of at least 30 minutes per day. Until this legislation is passed, it is on us to take this topic on for the benefit of our children. The proposed legislation can be found here: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6...

Please sign and forward to other parents of our community so we can help to enact positive change for our students, both present and future.