Walton Education Foundation

The Goal: To improve the following- Cup stacking with "Speed Stacks" is an exciting individual and team sport that promotes hand-eye coordination, quickness, and concentration. Cup stacking helps students use both sides of their bodies and brains to develop important athletic and lifelong skills. Sport Stacking is a fitness based sport that students from all backgrounds and abilities can do. Cup stacking can also help raise student's self esteem! When students cup stack they are crossing the "midline" of their bodies and developing new connections in their brains. These new connections help to spur brain-growth which in turn improves and promotes greater academic achievement!

Physical Education standards that cup stacking accomplishes: 1.) PE.1.C.2.5- Recognizing the importance of practicing to improve performance. 2.) PE.1.R.6.3- Identify the benefits of learning new movement skills.

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"We Have the Need for Speed"!! Learning to "Speed Stack" in Physical Education!

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School:
Van R Butler Elementary 
Subject:
Teaching Quality 
Teacher:
Darlene Smith 
 
Chelsey Jewell, Cassie Key, Carey Nick 
Students Impacted:
998 
Grade:
K-5 
Date:
September 22, 2021

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Gulf Power - $1,395.00

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 1000

The students loved the speed stacking equipment!  Students learned the fundamental of stacking, worked on timing and participated and encouraged and helped others.  I felt like it was a great activity for us because it is so different than a lot of our other games.  Students worked solely on their fine motor skills and critical thinking skills which was a need in our Physical Education classes.  The speed stacking was different- and the kids that may not excel so much in sports- this was a great opportunity!.  Hand eye coordination was greatly imporved over time...The feedback from our students was tremendous!  Several of our students even told us that their parents were ordering them speed stacking equipment for home use!

-such a great impact to our program!  Thank you Walton Education Foundation and Gulf Power for making our students education a priority and an enjoyment!

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

The Goal: To improve the following- Cup stacking with "Speed Stacks" is an exciting individual and team sport that promotes hand-eye coordination, quickness, and concentration. Cup stacking helps students use both sides of their bodies and brains to develop important athletic and lifelong skills. Sport Stacking is a fitness based sport that students from all backgrounds and abilities can do. Cup stacking can also help raise student's self esteem! When students cup stack they are crossing the "midline" of their bodies and developing new connections in their brains. These new connections help to spur brain-growth which in turn improves and promotes greater academic achievement!

Physical Education standards that cup stacking accomplishes: 1.) PE.1.C.2.5- Recognizing the importance of practicing to improve performance. 2.) PE.1.R.6.3- Identify the benefits of learning new movement skills. 

 

What will be done with my students

By purchasing the (2) Sport Pack Cup Stack sets, the (13) extra Speed Stack Sets and the (8) Stackmat Pro-G4 (with timers)-students will be able to successfully improve their hand eye coordination, self esteem and a proven track record of academic achievement! Students will be able to set goals to increase their speed at cup stacking as well as compete with various students and other classes to improve their performance of cup stacking! Each student will learn different cup stacking strategies and various formations and pyramids. Students will learn how not only to stack cups and be timed but also learn how to increase their speed on the take down! Our students will be able to compete/practice in the gym individually or by class! Students will improve their reaction time and cup stacking skills- these skills can also help carry over to improve reaction time needed for various other sports! 

 

Benefits to my students

Sport stacking not only promotes physical fitness, but also academic learning. Students that sport stack on a regular basis have shown increases in test scores and levels of concentration. This is achieved by students using both their right and left sides of their brain! All students can learn a variety of strategies to increase a build up of cups and a take down of cups! Students can focus on individual as well as class competitions. In receiving this grant-students will be provided timers so they can see their improvement in cup stacking practices and competitions!

General Improvements by practicing/competing with cup stacks:
-hand eye coordination
-improvement of reaction time
-improvement of academic learning- (cup stacking: studies show cup stacking activities improve reading test scores and cross-patterning brain development
-Its an action based learning activity!
-improve student's overall self esteem

**Our students would love receiving this grant for Physical Education! Cup stacking is innovative, fun, and learning based! Our students would love it!! 

 

Budget Narrative

In receiving this grant- we will receive a total of 73 sets of cups and 20 timers/mats! This will be enough for each individual Physical Education class! The company "Speed Stacks" Inc. is the the official cup stacking company for the "World Championship Cup Stacking". -- Free shipping/handling, no taxes.
-With ordering 2 sport packs- it will contain 60 official speed stacking cups in rainbow colors with timers/mats and a cup stacking case to hold all equipment! The order will also contain 13 speed stacking cups and (8) stackmat pro timers/mats!.Grant request contains a total of 73 sets of official cup stacking cups and 20 timers/mats! Total of $1395.00- no tax or shipping and handling
Warranty: Every sport pack sets and individual cup sets come with a free lifetime replacement of broken cups!
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A bonus is free shipping and a guarantee on any equipment purchased-if there is any issues such as cracks in cups due to usage, or damage to mats/timers- the company will replace free of charge!
 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 (2) S 3 Sport Pack 30 sets-$500 each $1,000.00
2 (13) extra Speed Stack Sets-$15 $195.00
3 (8) Stackmat Pro-G4 with timer-$25 $200.00
  Total: $1,395.00

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