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Paula Summit (Summit5)
Moderator
Username: Summit5
Post Number: 69
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:48 pm: |       |
Share what you do to run your Hoop For Heart or Jump Rope for Heart events.
What would you suggest to someone just getting started? |
Paula Summit (Summit5)
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Username: Summit5
Post Number: 70
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:51 pm: | |
http://fcis.rhnet.org/~psummit/JRH.html
Here are a couple of different ways I used to do a Jump Rope for Heart event during my classes. |
steve acree (Stephenpe)
Junior Member
Username: Stephenpe
Post Number: 3
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 9:07 am: | |
Ive done JRFH about 23 years now. My
boss lets me take all the pariticapants
outside to the basketball court for 2 solid hours
and we create teams of 6. Someone is jumping at all times on each team. I have lots of loud music with a good beat. Kids even bring in music. I have 2-3 contests and the local paper comes in and writes it up. Kids love it. I take pictures of all the tshirt winners and put it in the local paper. I do grades 2-5 and any 1st graders that can actually jump. Usually about 70 kids total. |
steve acree (Stephenpe)
Advanced Member
Username: Stephenpe
Post Number: 59
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 10:45 am: | |
Just finished 2 JRFH events at the schools
I do PE for. Had my two highest collections
by individuals ever. After thinking about it
I have done JRFH since 1980 or about 26 years.
If I taught middle school I would seriously consider hoops for heart.
btw pariticapants=participants in the prev. post |
Jon Weber (Jon)
Junior Member
Username: Jon
Post Number: 2
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 11:32 am: | |
I did the Jump Rope for Heart my first two years in my district, where I teach at two elementary schools. For the event I actually had to hold it during the class period, so I created several different stations for students to rotate through. They included jump rope, double dutch, vertical jump, long jump, climbing rope, and basketball shooting. This seemed to work very well. This past year I did a different event, the School Walk for Diabetes, and my principals let me hold the event at a separate time, which I like much better. Next year I plan on doing the Jump Rope for Heart again and will hopefully hold the event at a different time from my classes, which will increase the number of students who want to participate. |
Paula Summit (Summit5)
Moderator
Username: Summit5
Post Number: 143
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 9:29 pm: | |
I hope you are aware that when you do a Hoop or Jump Rope event for AHA, your state AHPERD receives money to provide member services including newsletters, state convention, advocacy for health physical education recreation and dance among other things. While doing a walk for Diabetes is a good thing, the two AHA events benefit your profession and the AHA in a huge way. |
Brian K. Wisler (Bwisler)
New member
Username: Bwisler
Post Number: 1
Registered: 1-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 12:19 pm: | |
Hello,
I am looking for new, exciting, and different motivational ideas for my students for this year's jump. In the past, if our school met our goal, I have died my hair purple, shaved my mustache (not my head though--don't want to speed up the balding process), and worn a dress to school.
Any innovative and creative ideas will be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Brian K. Wisler
Sinking Springs Elementary School
York, PA
Physical Education Teacher
bwisler@cysd.k12.pa.us
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Paula Summit (Summit5)
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Username: Summit5
Post Number: 159
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 6:37 am: | |
What kind of information would you want to find on a JRFH/HFH website?
How to organize your first event?
How others organize their events?
Pictures?
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Clare Thomas (Cxt6480)
Junior Member
Username: Cxt6480
Post Number: 5
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 6:17 am: | |
My students did Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart last year for the first time. I started off small, since it was my first year of teaching and I had never participated in this event before. I incorporated JRFH and HFH into my physical education classes. I had 3 stations: 1 - individual jump rope, 2 - basketball shooting, 3 - long rope station, where 2 people turn the rope and 1 person jumps. I allowed the students to work for about 10-15 minutes at each station. They were to keep track of the number of consecutive jumps or baskets they were able to make. At the end of the class, students recorded the highest number at any station (whether it was 10 baskets, or 50 jumps, etc.). Together, we created a "heart wall" in which students wrote their name and their highest number of hoops or jumps on different colored hearts. Every participant's heart was displayed on our "Heart Wall" bulletin board in the cafeteria. It was a simple way to incorporate this wonderful program, and my students really enjoyed the activity! |
jason Ohrel (Hemp_pe)
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Username: Hemp_pe
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 5:30 pm: | |
My classes spend four physical education periods jumping rope for JRFH. I allow them to bring in music that is played during class. They have many options as to how they want to jump. Long rope, short rope, various contest and tag games are going on. School records are posted and many students spend their time attempting to beat old school records. During this unit we also learn about the heart and talk about target heart rate. The students have two weeks to collect money to donate to the AHA. |
Laura Itkin (Litkin)
New member
Username: Litkin
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:48 am: | |
- often times children (even adults) feel like exercise is a dreaded aspect of the day. While most students do not find running laps to be enjoyable, I am sure they find jumping rope and listening to music fun. Even though the students are having fun, they do not realize they are exercising and helping many of their vital organs. Who says exercise has to be dreaded or boring? And to whoever invented this wonderful idea of hoops for hearts, I think it is great!
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Michael Bradley Fields (Fieldsm03)
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Username: Fieldsm03
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 1:10 pm: | |
Jump rope for heart is a great way to get students moving and raising money for equipment at the same time. The most efficient way to maximize space and class time is place jump ropes around the gym (in lines for organization) and have students walk quietly to a rope and sit beside it. One great way to movitivate students is to have each line develop a team name. After this have students complete various amounts of jumps to achieve as a team instead of each person. This also incorporates math (counting jump) and promotes creativity and teamwork. |
leila griggs (Lzg26)
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Username: Lzg26
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 9:01 am: | |
I run my event on two days after school, because I have so many students interested. I have 16-18 stations set up and the students come in and start at a station and rotate around when the music cues. We do trick jumping, basic turning (long and short), some non jump rope stations that involve jumping (pogo balls, up down on top of mats, and going over hurdles). Parent volunteers are key with some great organization for crowd control. We also do it every other year, due to the raising of money since our district is involved in a lot of fundraising events. |
frances (Mcms2011)
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Username: Mcms2011
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Monday, March 07, 2011 - 9:25 am: | |
I have been teaching for 4 years at the middle school level and we have always done jump/hoops for heart. The school has done this event for over 20 years and we make it really simple. We hand out the flyer (envelope with list of prizes) to the students a couple of days before the actual event. We use to give out the prizes from AHA but we found that a lot of students did not pick up their prizes and we ended up with a lot of them at school. So instead we offer our own incentives for bringing in money and the students seem to like them a lot. Bringing in $5 will earn a student a dress pass (students do not dress for PE on a specific day, they still have to participate in the day's activity); $50 will earn a run pass (don't have to run the next scheduled run); and top money for the class will earn a mile pass (don't run the 3rd mile of the quarter). On the day of Jump/hoops students during their PE period will choose between playing basketball or jump rope for their period. Students must only participate in those two things and must keep themselves active at all times. Sixth grade students go on one day and 7th and 8th go on another day. We collect, count and turn in money to an AHA person who picks up the money. This has turned out to be a great system because we do not have to deal with all the prizes that students do not pick up and are left around campus. |
Kathy Norman (Kathy7)
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Username: Kathy7
Post Number: 1
Registered: 4-2012
| | Posted on Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 9:16 am: | |
NASPE – FORUM
AHA – JUMP ROPE FOR HEART / HOOPS FOR HEART
-JUMP ROPE FOR HEART EVENT
This was my 29th year doing the jump rope for heart. When I first started doing the jump, I would do it on a Saturday in March for three hours. We would have sliced apples, sliced oranges and cups of water for the students to enjoy while they participated. There were about 100 participants in all. They had about a month to collect pledges. The students would bring in their pledge sheets, I would sign them during the jump and then they had two weeks to collect from their pledges. It was a lot of fun, but very time consuming. Also, by doing it on a Saturday, the students had to give up their cartoons or whatever for the Heart Association.
Unfortunately, as the years went by I started getting less and less students due to all the programs that started through the local recreation center. That’s when I decided to do it after school. The students now jump on a half-day of school when there are conferences going on. This works great because they are already at school. In fact, I get even more jumpers because it kind of acts like a babysitting service. However, to avoid not getting any money for the jump from students, I make the students turn in their money any time up to the day of the jump. I let the students know that their envelope is their ticket in the door to the jump.
The students come in at 11:00 and start to eat their lunch. The jump runs from 11:30 – 1:00. During the jump I have several drawings for prizes for the students. Some prizes are jump ropes, t-shirts, balls, etc. It takes me a day or two to add up the money and then it’s done. Simply and easy, yet very successful!
During the month of February and up till the jump, I read a heart fact a day to the students and then post them on the wall. We do a lot of heart activities in February, including the heart challenge course, which our district purchased and get rotated around to the three elementary schools. By the time the jump arrives, the room is filled with heart facts, pictures and a lot of knowledge. The students also put a heart on the wall with their name on it for participating in the jump.
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Nancy Brylewski (2234996)
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Username: 2234996
Post Number: 1
Registered: 6-2012
| | Posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 12:20 pm: | |
Reading all of your posts makes me miss my 20 years as an elementary school physical education teacher. While teaching grades k through 4 I ran a very successful Jump Rope for Heart Event. The event was held during the student’s physical education class. All students participated in the actual jumping part and those who wanted to donate as well did. I had a heart healthy jump rope unit that we always started with the DVD promotion from the American Heart Association. Students received their collection envelopes that day and had one month to collect donations. We had several class periods of jump rope stations followed by some whole class games using jump ropes. I always had an added incentive for the top fund raiser in each grade. Once it was a healthy lunch with me, after that it was a swim party in our school pool and they could bring a friend. That worked great. We always raised a nice amount of money for the American Heart Association. I was impressed to read the moderators information on how the American Heart Association gives back to the AHPERD. I did Hoops for Heart grades 7 through 12 and didn't have the success I did with the elementary school. I have read a few ideas on the forum that will help me get my students more motivated next year. I like the additional reward mentioned for the five dollar donation. Our school has a strict dress code and the students will donate to any cause to wear jeans to school. Last year we had the top donators participate in a faculty student volleyball game. We really wanted it to be a basketball game but the administration wouldn't allow it, they felt volleyball was safer. Our liaison with the American Heart Association is also very helpful. We use the kits and informational material in our health classes. |
