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Spark News

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2020
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Previous Years
2023

2023

  • School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University announces SPARK Equity Award winners

    April 10, 2023

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2020

2020

  • SPARK Selected As Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) K-12 Physical Education Curriculum

    July 14, 2020

  • SPARK Is Proud to Be Named a Teacher of the Year Sponsor

    January 22, 2020

  • Paul Rosengard, the “Godfather” of SPARK, and his wife, Wendy, establish three endowed funds within SDSU’s School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences (page 12)

    June 16, 2020

2019

2019

  • Gopher Sport announces SPARK leadership team

    April 1, 2019

  • Gopher Sport and San Diego State University announce new partnership with SPARK Curriculum

    February 27, 2019

2018

2018

  • No entries

2017

2017

  • Palm Valley Elementary School Wins SPARK Inclusive Physical Education Workshop Contest

    AZ, 2017

2016

2016

  • New Fulton program aims to get students more active in school

    GA, 2016

  • Motivated Staff Make Active School Changes in Palm Beach

    FL, 2016

  • Let’s Move! Active Schools recognizes Athletes for Hope and Sportime featuring SPARK as Partners of the Year

    Washington DC, 2016

2015

2015

  • Schools get children moving with sports, play & active recreation for kids

    TN, 2015

  • Teamwork Builds an Active School in North Carolina

    Charlotte, NC 2015

  • SPARK Joins Forces with KIDS in the GAME, ICAN Foundation and Supporting Organizations to Combat Rising Issues of Childhood Obesity in Mississippi

    Greenville, WI 2015

  • Working to get kids more active

    Pittsfield, MA 2015

  • Win SPARK Prizes for Your School!

    San Diego, CA 2015

  • Let’s Move! Active Schools Announces SPARK Grand Prize Winner

    San Diego, CA 2015

  • Partnership awards South Middleton $22,250 in grants for new physical education programs

    Springs, PA 2015

  • BlueCross Offers Middle Schools New PE Curriculum

    Chattanooga, TN 2015

  • SPARK Sponsors Event for Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) Members

    Milwaukee, WI 2015

2014

2014

  • SPARK Announces Winners of 25-Day Physical Activity

    San Diego, CA 2014

  • SPARK Teams Up with ICAN Foundation to Rush Past Childhood Obesity with New Orleans Saints Running Back Pierre Thomas

    San Diego, CA 2014

  • Portland (OR) District Redefines Physical Education Programming to Increase Student Physical Activity for the 2014-2015 School Year

    San Diego, CA 2014

  • The Texas Education Agency Approves the SPARK Coordinated School Health Program

    San Diego, CA 2014

  • Teachers Training in New Way for Upcoming Year

    Waynesboro, VA 2014

  • Berkeley Glenn, hospital aim to improve student health

    Waynesboro, VA 2014

  • New academic curriculum gets Valley kids moving

    Waynesboro, VA 2014

  • Editorial: Health is important back-to-school lesson

    Bloomington, IL 2014

  • Park-based afterschool program improves cardiovascular health and physical fitness in children with disabilities

    Miami, FL 2014

  • SPARK program developed by SDSU researchers celebrates 25 years

    San Diego, CA 2014

  • Grant funding, mill levy spur district’s PE improvement

    Denver, CO 2014

  • Fleming County receives PE grant

    Flemingsburg, KY 2014

  • Fitness from the classroom and beyond

    New Jersey, 2014

  • Educators learn to SPARK kids’ interest in physical activity

    LeRoy, IL 2014

Previous Years

2013

  • NAFC-TV’s “Moving Forward” November 15, 2013

    New Albany, IN 2013

  • SPARKscholar Advances Research at the State University of New York at Cortland

    Cortland, NY 2013

  • Covington Independent program instills good habits with help from SPARK

    Kentucky, 2013

  • New program aids in more physical activity among students

    Westminster, Colorado, 2013

  • The SPARK of activity

    New York, 2013

  • Active Learners: Why Kids Need PE

    Parents Magazine, 2013

  • New Afterschool Physical Activity Program Engages Youth to Lead Active & Healthy Lives

    San Diego, California, 2013

  • SPARK Launches Digital Curriculum for Physical Educators

    San Diego, California, 2013

  • Two Colorado Districts Implement SPARK PE Programs to Meet New Standards

    San Diego, California, 2013

  • SPARK fires up physical activity at Annapolis elementary school

    Annapolis, Maryland, 2013

  • Germantown Elementary to SPARK kids into healthier habits

    Annapolis, Maryland, 2013

2012

  • SPARKscholar Advances Research at the State University of New York at Cortland

    2012

  • Be There: 2012 Healthy School Makeover Contest

    Columbus, Georgia, 2012

  • SOWEGA students get active for votes

    Albany, Georgia, 2012

  • New program may be the SPARK to get kids active again

    San Diego, 2012

  • SPARK’s New High School PE Program Lays the Foundation for a Lifetime of Physical Fitness

    San Diego, CA 2012

  • Nebraska School District Lowers Obesity Rate with Help from SPARK

    Nebraska, 2012

  • West Perry lands $43,294 health initiative grant to implement SPARK PE

    Pennsylvania, 2012

 

2011

  • SPARK Teams Up with National Foundation on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition

    Washington, DC 2011

  • BlueCross Names Winners of $10,000 Shape the State Grants

    Tennessee, 2011

  • BlueCross Grants to Jump Start PE at 20 Tennessee Schools

    Tennessee, 2011

  • PE teachers gather for fun training day

    South Carolina, 2011

  • $2.2 million PEP Grant helps Pittsfield Public School SPARK-Up their PE program

    Massachusetts, 2011

  • Noble Elementary Gets Grant Award to Implement SPARK Physical Education Program

    Arkansas, 2011

  • Promising anti-obesity programs in schools

    Colorado, 2011

 

2010

  • Shaping Up PE: The rise in childhood obesity prompts a gym class makeover

    Washington DC, 2010

  • SPARK helps Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County win national award

    Gainesville, GA 2010

2008

  • Exercise Plan for Preschoolers Eyed to Thwart Childhood Obesity

    MA, June 2008

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