Smith Middle school teacher grant winner

0 Comments | Dayton Daily News, Nov 19, 2009 | by Margo Rutledge Kissell

VANDALIA — Linda Skinner, physical education teacher at Smith Middle School, recently received notice that she is a recipient of a McDonald’s $500 MAC grant.

MAC grants offer financial support to help teachers “Make Activities Count” for their students.

Skinner will use the money to purchase about 15 heart monitors for students to wear during physical education class. The students will then use a chart to determine their target heart rate and the proper zone their hearts should be working in for best results, said Bethany Reiff, public relations coordinator for Vandalia-Butler City Schools.

Different activities will be used that pull in math skills and physical fitness.

Reiff said students will use stop watches, combined with the monitors, to determine how long they are in the proper heart rate zone
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