Heart Zones

A new school year is the perfect time to rethink how we assess students in physical education.

Traditional assessments only tell part of the story. Heart Zones Insights gives PE teachers a better way to use meaningful data to understand student effort, progress, fitness, and engagement while helping students take a more active role in their own learning.

With the school year just getting started, now is the time to explore how better assessment can become part of your PE solution.

See what assessment can look like with Heart Zones Insights:
https://www.heartzones.com/insights

First graders learning to understand and regulate their own heart rate? That’s what makes Ben Wells a PE rockstar.

For this week’s Model School Monday, we’re highlighting Ben and Bennett Ranch Elementary in Peyton, Colorado, part of School District 49.

Using the Heart Zones solution, Ben is teaching students as young as first grade to understand their heart rate, recognize activity intensity, and connect movement with what’s happening inside their bodies. He’s even built his own projector cart setup to make real time heart rate data easy for students to see and understand.

It’s an incredible example of what happens when an innovative educator puts the right technology to work. Ben Wells isn’t just getting kids moving. He’s giving them an understanding of their bodies and health that can last a lifetime.

Read the full Model School story:
https://www.heartzones.com/blog/model-schools-3/bennett-ranch-elementary-peyton-colorado-11

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Physical education deserves more than disconnected tools. It deserves a complete solution.

Heart Zones is The PE Tech Company, delivering a powerful, all in one solution that helps schools transform PE through real time data, student engagement, measurable outcomes, and technology built specifically for physical education.

From heart rate and step tracking to fitness progress, wellness insights, and ePE, Heart Zones gives educators the tools to teach smarter, motivate students, and show the impact of their programs with meaningful data.

This isn’t technology added onto PE. It’s a solution built for PE.

For schools looking to modernize physical education, increase student engagement, and make movement measurable, Heart Zones is leading the way.

Discover the Heart Zones solution:
https://www.heartzones.com/the-pe-tech-company

Movement isn’t a break from learning. It’s part of how young brains learn best.

Physical activity does more than build stronger bodies. Research shows that movement can support attention, memory, cognitive function, and academic performance—giving schools another reason to make physical activity a meaningful part of every student’s day.

It’s a powerful reminder that when we give kids more opportunities to move, we’re supporting their brains, their bodies, and their ability to learn.

At Heart Zones, we’re proud to be part of the solution helping schools get students moving.

Read the article:
https://www.lcsun-news.co3m/story/news/education/lcps/2017/09/23/how-physical-activity-can-boost-young-brains/696758001/

Working harder doesn’t always mean getting a better workout.

One of the biggest misconceptions about physical activity is that more intensity is always better. But the right intensity depends on the goal. Recovery, endurance, aerobic fitness, and higher-intensity training all ask something different of the body.

That’s especially important in PE, where the same activity can produce very different levels of effort from one student to another.

The Heart Zones solution gives students real-time feedback about their individual effort and gives teachers objective data to help students understand what their bodies are doing.

The goal isn’t always to get into the red.

The goal is to know why you’re in the zone you’re in.

What if students could actually see their bodies calm down in real time?

Coming this October, Heart Zones is introducing The Chill Zone Game — an emotional regulation solution that combines real-time heart rate feedback with six different recovery strategies.

Designed for K–12 students, The Chill Zone Game helps young people practice calming down after an emotionally charged moment, discover which recovery methods work best for them, and build skills for greater resilience and emotional regulation.

Stay tuned. We’ll be sharing more about The Chill Zone Game soon.

What if technology in PE gave teachers more time to teach, not more to manage?

At Mabry Middle School, part of Cobb County Schools in Marietta, Georgia, PE Teacher Chad Oates says the Heart Zones solution is doing exactly that:

“What I like most about using Heart Zones is being able to refocus my time, attention, and efforts on teaching rather than crowd control.”

By using real-time, personalized data, Mabry has created a more student-centered PE environment while seeing increases in student motivation, cognitive skills, and even laps on the PACER test.

And sometimes the best measure of success is hearing a student say:

“I get it now coach!”

See how Mabry Middle School and Cobb County School District are using Heart Zones to transform the PE experience for teachers and students:

https://www.heartzones.com/blog/model-schools-3/mabry-middle-school-marietta-georgia-3

What happens when schools make movement part of the learning experience?

This article takes a look at how schools are working to balance academics with opportunities for students to move, play, and stay active throughout the school day. It’s a conversation that remains just as relevant today: physical activity isn’t separate from student success — it can be an important part of it.

At Heart Zones, our solution helps schools bring purpose and measurable data to physical activity, giving students real-time feedback while providing educators with meaningful insight into effort, engagement, and progress.

When we give students more opportunities to move, we’re not taking away from learning. We’re helping create students who are more engaged and ready to learn.

Read the full article:
https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2017/09/18/schools-try-balancing-learning-with-play/18791743007/

Our first responders spend their careers taking care of others. Now, Heart Zones is rolling out a new solution designed to help take care of them.

The Heart Zones First Responder Wellness Solution uses real-time heart rate technology and personalized data to help first responders better understand their fitness, improve cardiovascular health, and build the resilience needed for the demands of the job.

We’re excited to bring this solution to fire departments, law enforcement agencies, EMS teams, and other first responder organizations across the country.

If you’re a first responder—or know a department, agency, or organization that could benefit—we’d love to connect. Reach out to learn more about how the Heart Zones solution can support the health, wellness, and performance of those who serve our communities.

Learn more: https://www.heartzones.com/first-responders