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Our new Grant Finder Tool will help you find grants specific to your state and type of program. New grants updated daily!
Featured Grants
Healthy Lifestyles Grant
The Health Foundation of South Florida is committed to promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors, specifically nutrition and physical activity, among children and adults by funding projects predominantly in child care centers, schools, and after-school programs...
Physical Education Quality Improvement Grant
The Colorado Health Foundation invites school districts to submit applications to increase the number of students who engage in moderate or vigorous physical activity by improving the quality of physical education. School districts would receive up to three years of funding for physical education quality improvement...
Testimonials
SPARK is a wonderful program. Its entire focus is to keep students active in a structured activity. The skills progression for each unit is perfect for the middle school. The trainings are always...
It gives great ideas and expands a teachers knowledge of the importance of music and movement, physical activity and...
The training was FANTASTIC!!!! I was worried that 3 days with the same trainer would be a little much, but he was great. I got so much out of those three days!!
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What's New
How NOT To Spend Your PE $$...
Not all Physical Education programs are created equal. Here's how NOT to spend your PE funds...
Four SPARK Schools Win National Award for Healthy Schools
Each year, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation awards the Healthy Schools Program National Recognition Award to schools around the country that have reached an important benchmark in improving the learning and working environments of students and staff...
SPARK Supports White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report
Recently, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Lets Move! campaign to solve the childhood obesity epidemic within one generation. In support of the Lets Move! effort, the Task Force on Childhood Obesity was established by President Barack Obama to develop...
SPARK is a research-based organization that disseminates evidence-based Physical Education, After School, Early Childhood, and Coordinated School Health programs to teachers and recreation leaders serving Pre-K through 12th grade students.
Each SPARK Program strives to foster environmental and behavioral change by providing a coordinated package of evidence-based curriculum, on-site staff development, lifetime follow-up consultation, and content-matched equipment.
Since 1989, SPARK has provided curriculum materials, teacher training, and consultation to over 100,000 teachers and youth leaders, representing many thousands of schools, organizations, and agencies worldwide.
Visit the Resources section of this website for FREE tools including PE lesson plans for elementary physical education, middle school physical education, high school physical education and other physical education resources. You'll also find information on preschool physical education, after school activity ideas and resources for coordinated school health programs.