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Strong Middle School - Melvindale, Michigan

Strong Middle School, located in Melvindale, Michigan, continues to make big technology changes. Coach Marissa Cox and her teaching partner Mike Hill are pioneering the change in Physical Education...

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Apr 20, 2023

Pacific Trails Middle School - San Diego, California

“This generation of students is all about technology. Teaching them how to do proper heart rate training is a tool they will have with them for the rest of their lives.” Austin Olson, Pacific Trails Middle School PE Teacher

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Mar 11, 2023

Arboretum Elementary School - Waunakee, Wisconsin

" Why? Why take a risk and try for the first time, something new, something different? " That’s what veteran elementary Physical Education teacher Rod Holler must have been asking himself 8 years ago ...

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Feb 22, 2023

Frontier Middle School - Kansas City, Missouri

Over the 33 years Sandy Moore taught Physical Education, whenever she asked for programs, equipment, funds for conferences, and more, her administration always said “if it’s good for kids, let’s do it.”

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Aug 24, 2022

Mound Westonka High School - Minnetrista, Minnesota

" We met with Heart Zones , Garmin, and Polar… Maybe 7-8 years ago, the Mound Westonka district began looking at heart rate monitors to help their students evaluate and assess activity objectively... "

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Jun 27, 2022

Farmington School District - Farmington, Missouri

" During a district wide physical education collaboration, our staff noted that we needed a change and physical education needed to be made a top priority in the Farmington School District... "

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May 11, 2022

Houston Middle School - Germantown, Tennessee

" The simplicity of implementing them into our PE programs and the potential of measuring when students are in best frame of mind for learning is what I love most about Heart Zones. " - Betsy Spurlock, PE Teacher at Houston Middle School

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Jan 2, 2019

Stillwater Area High School - Stillwater, Minnesota

“ Heart Zones has given us a means to assess effort and activity levels objectively in a formative and summative manner. We are also able to use the reports to help teach critical thinking skills in PE. ” - Darrell Salmi, PE teacher at Stillwater Area High School

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Aug 21, 2017

Grand Avenue Elementary - Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin

" Our children know how to identify a healthy resting heart rate for their age. The emailed reports have led to some great home discussions... What our kids are learning about heart health will benefit them for the rest of their lives. " - Maria and Aaron Andres, Parents of Grand Avenue Elementary Students

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Jun 6, 2017

Lincoln High School - Lake City, Minnesota

" It is amazing to go into a classroom and see all students working extremely hard toward reaching their own personalized goal. This personalized approach to learning is a model for the direction that technology is taking us in all classrooms. " - Greg Berge, Lincoln High Principal

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Feb 6, 2017

St. Matthew's School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

As the first Catholic school to use heart rate technology and only the second in Iowa to use Heart Zones, St. Matthew's and PE teacher Heath Mueller have been incredible pioneers for the Smart PE Movement since 2015.

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Jun 8, 2016

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