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  Carol Martini
2002 NASPE National Secondary School Teacher of the Year
Andover High School
Massachusetts
 
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"If you’re scratching your head wondering what the heck is stacking and how in the world could it add value to your program or curriculum, you might be interested in Carol Martini’s story. She’s a physical education teacher at Andover High School in Massachusetts. When she first heard about stacking she was “100 percent skeptical,” she said. “My first question was, what does stacking have to do with physical education?”

Though reluctant, Carol attended our stacking workshop at the 2002 Southern/Eastern District AAHPERD convention in Baltimore after a former student urged her to go. She was intrigued. She went home and introduced it to her classes, and now she’ll tell you that she and her students are hooked. “My high school kids love it!” Carol has incorporated stacking into a variety of settings at her school. She uses it for warm-ups and cool-downs and in cooperative activities. “It can be very active in a non-traditional manner,” she said.

Carol is a strong advocate of kinesthetic activities. “Stacking appeals to the kinesthetic learner,” she said. She also has taken time to read up on current brain research that confirms the benefits of students activating both sides of their brains and bodies. “With stacking, students are crossing the midline in a really enjoyable and unique activity.”

Ask Carol now how she feels about stacking, and she’ll tell you that she went from a “complete skeptic to a complete addict.”

     
         
 
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