By Jeannie Russell Amid the collective trauma of the past pandemic year, one of the few positive outcomes to emerge was a notable increase in …
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Feeling empowered and equipped to bring high quality humane education to your community just became easier! We are proud to announce the launch of the …
By Jeannie Russell HEART has just completed our year-long Compassionate Communities Award Competition in collaboration with the NYC Mayor’s Office and the NYC Department of …
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By Kyle Liao When many of us think of educational games, we may remember classics such as Oregon Trail or Where in the World is …
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By Liz Walch My service-learning students at the Academy for Global Citizenship are great at coming up with BIG ideas. And they not only have …
This past April, HEART program managers, Kristina Hulvershorn and Mickey Kudia, presented at the Association of Professional Humane Educators’ National Humane Education Conference in Seattle, …
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Social and emotional learning (SEL) has become one of the biggest trends in education and rightfully so. When students learn about their emotions and social …
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By Liz Walch When I teach the lesson on dog and cat homelessness and overpopulation as part of HEART’s Taking Action For Others program, there …
By Chris Parrucci As people all around the country are deciding who they want to be the next President of the United States, some HEART …
By Chris Parrucci When one thinks of summer, images of beaches, backyards and relaxing vacations come to mind. For HEART campers around NYC, their summers …
After learning about the plight of dogs in puppy mills, eighth grade HEART students at Courtenay Language Arts Center in Chicago decided they wanted to …
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Holidays are some of the most image-invoking occasions around. Think about Christmas, and what image comes to mind? A Christmas Tree? Santa Claus? How about …
For the past few weeks, K-2nd grade students in HEART’s Helping Others Club in Chicago have been learning about what companion animals need to be …
Over the past few weeks, HEART students in Chicago have been learning about helping companion animals. Our students learned about how there are approximately 6-8 …
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Sadly, every year in our country between 3-4 million dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters. This upsetting statistic is what motivated hundreds of our …