PLAAY Summit
A Conference for Leaders of Youth
February 23-24, 2018
Featuring a slate of field experts from around the state, the PLAAY Summit provides teachers, parents, nurses, coaches, administrators and other leaders of youth with a conference to address the multi-factorial areas of adolescent health.
PLAAY Day
A Half Hour of Synchronized Activity
February 22, 2018
PLAAY Day is Alaska’s first simultaneous student physical activity event. Schools and other organizations from across the state will engage elementary students in a half hour of organized — and synchronized — physical activity.
Letter from our Director
Welcome to PLAAY! We have been busy and we are excited about the planning and development phase for PLAAY 2018!
We’ve been invited to speak at several education meeting/conferences in the month of October to let them know about PLAAY and our scheduled events for February 2018. We will have an early-bird discount for PLAAY Summit open for registration by October 21, 2017.
We are excited to announce that David Marsh will be our VIP and Keynote speaker for PLAAY Summit 2018. David and his wife Kristin will make their first visit to Alaska on Feb 21st and will start the next morning to cheer for the kids on PLAAY Day Feb 22nd. David was the US Women’s Swimming Head Coach in the Rio Olympics in 2016. Currently, David is the Head Coach at the Univ. of California San Diego. David and Kristen are coming to be part of PLAAY and to work with Anchorage area youth swimming and their coaches during scheduled “coaches clinics” during his visit. A BIG Thanks to the Area Council Swimming group to help co-sponsor David and Kristin’s venture north. View an Alaska greeting from David here.
United States Olympic skier Holly Brooks will be our “Official Emcee” for PLAAY Day 2018. Holly is excited to be part of PLAAY and help us connect kids and communities all throughout out our great state. Our PLAAY Day cast is returning with a theme of “Winter Olympics” for our LIVE session at 10 am on the 22nd.
On the 23rd. PLAAY Summit will begin at noon with our Key Note address from David Marsh. After David’s Keynote, we’ll have a full-slate of local experts to reach and teach about dynamic and challenging health and social issues.
As always, our PLAAY Summit will have professional development credit for the Anchorage School District as well as nursing continuing education hours as determined by the ANTHC accreditation process (Hours TBD).
Sincerely,
Wally
Director of PLAAY
~coolest title in AK~
Wallace Wilson, PLAAY Director
wally@alaskasportshall.org
PLAAY is possible with generous support from our sponsors.
