The site provides the basic framework, background and direction that assists educators meet the Federally-required guidelines. The law requires states and school districts to develop a program of accountability based on student performance. Educators will also find additional information including facts about past PEP winners and their programs, grant writing tips and more to use in developing their PEP Grant applications.

According to Polar's Beth Kirkpatrick, a physical education teacher for more than twenty years, and an early proponent of heart rate monitors, ``It has been proven that the way to objectively quantify student PE performance is through a program of technology and reporting, which can be provided by heart rate monitors and fitness evaluation systems.'' Kirkpatrick, a nationally-known speaker, continues to work with schools and teachers to implement the New PE, which integrates health, wellness and fitness.

``We are very fortunate to have President Bush and Mrs. Bush champion new education initiatives. Raging rates of diabetes and obesity are hurting our youngsters. We cannot afford, as a country, to let this continue. We must strengthen the foundation of our future by calling for physical education programs that create a lifetime of wellness. When President Bush signed into law The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, he made it possible for physical education teachers to build, with funds from the PEP bill, fit kids for a healthy America.''

Polar develops and manufactures heart rate monitors used in the physical education programs of more than 10,000 schools. It's HealthFirst division, located in Albuquerque, NM, provides schools with the TriFIT fitness assessment systems, and creates wellness-based software programs. Other applications for the company's products include health clubs, cardiac rehabilitation centers and physical therapy clinics.

The site is sponsored by Polar Electro Inc.
 
 

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