Heart Zones

09/04/2026

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹… 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗯?

In honor of Labor Day, we want to hear about your working life before the classroom.

Fast food? Retail? Lifeguard? Babysitter? Something completely unexpected?

Drop your first job in the comments. Bonus points if you tell us what you got paid!

09/03/2026

What happens when students start their school day by moving?

In Sonoma, students began their mornings with 15 minutes of physical activity, helping them get energized and ready for the classroom.

It is a simple idea with a powerful message: movement is not separate from learning. It can help prepare students for it.

That belief is a big part of the why behind Heart Zones. We help schools make movement meaningful, engaging, and measurable.

Read the story:
https://www.sonomanews.com/2017/10/02/sonoma-students-start-the-day-with-movement/?artslide=0

Weather permitting, Sassarini Elementary School students begin every day with 15 minutes of group exercise and learning, set to music.The school’s innovative My School in Motion fitness program began as a pilot last year and has been…

09/02/2026

Funding should not prevent schools from giving students a more engaging, data driven physical education experience.

There are several ways schools and educators may be able to fund a Heart Zones solution. Federal programs such as Title I, Title II, and Title IV may be available, along with education and wellness grants, upcoming school or district budgets, local foundations, hospital systems, community organizations, business partnerships, and DonorsChoose projects.

Finding the right option can feel overwhelming, but you do not have to navigate the process alone. The Heart Zones team can help you explore potential funding sources, identify grants that may fit your school or district, and determine the best path for bringing Heart Zones technology to your students.

Explore funding options and learn how we can help:
https://www.heartzones.com/funding

09/01/2026

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

08/31/2026

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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08/28/2026

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

08/28/2026

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/

08/26/2026

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.

08/25/2026

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.

08/24/2026

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