The 2025 STACK UP! has ended! First stop was Japan, last stop Hawaii! The number to beat: 752,632 stackers!
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- Ridgely Elementary School 350 Stackers
We Did Various Stations From K-5! Students Had A Blast With All Of The Challenges And The Excitement Was Evident With Every Class..
-- Jj H. (Ridgely, MD United States) - Roch Carrier French Immersion 389 Stackers
We Ran It In The Gym, We Had Stations Set-up And Teachers Brought Their Classes Down. We Have Enough Timers And Mats That We Were Able To Record Some Results For All Students And Have Set-up Speed Leaderboards..
-- Heather V. (Woodstock, ON Canada) - Sam Boardman Elementary 283 Stackers
The Students Loved The Cups.
-- Billie B. (Boardman, OR United States) - The Exploris School: Elementary 248 Stackers
For STACK UP! Day, We Brought Together Two Grade Levels At A Time For A Fun And Collaborative Cup Stacking Celebration. Our 5th-grade Leaders Kicked Things Off With A Presentation Explaining What The STACK UP! Is, Followed By A Student Sharing How He Discovered Cup Stacking This Year And How His “practice Makes Progress” Mindset Helped Him Grow. Three Additional 5th Graders Demonstrated The Full Cycle Stack, And Then All Students Rotated Through Six Engaging Cup Stacking Stations, Building Skills, Confidence, And Teamwork Throughout The Event..
-- Carolyn F. (Raleigh, NC United States) - Meadows Elementary 356 Stackers
We Did 12 Stack Stations For 3 Days Using All Size Of Cups. The Students Were Actively Engaged And All Participating And Striving To Go Fast. We Had Timers At All Stations And They Performed Doubles And Relays. It Was A Great 3 Days..
-- Jill M. (Topeka, KS United States) - Millersville Elementary 150 Stackers
Kids Had A Great Time!!.
-- Wendy W. (millersville, MD United States) - Meadowbrook Elementary School 417 Stackers
They Kids Enjoyed It And Started To Catch On Quickly, Even The Kindergarteners! A School Assembly (that I Didn't Know About Until After Registering For The Stack UP) Took Place On The 18th. I Didn't Know About This Ahead Of Time. A Few Classes Were Unable To Participate In The Stack UP Because Of This Assembly, So My Actual Number Was Much Lower Than I Had Planned For And Registered..
-- Kristen W. (Rapid City, SD United States) - Carole Highlands Elementary 283 Stackers
We Had Fun Helping To Stack For The Record!.
-- Paul W. (Takoma Park, MD United States) - John Tartan Elementary 297 Stackers
Students Thought That Doing Sport Stacking Was Fun And Engaging. Students Were Also Practicing To Beat Their 3-3-3 Times In Class And We Recorded The Fastest Times For All Of My PE Classes To See..
-- Ruswood R. (N Las Vegas, NV United States) - GOTR - Sara Berman 920 Stackers
We Did An After School Day.
-- Sara B. (Las Vegas, NV United States) - Hilltop Elementary 500 Stackers
We Explored Our Timer Mats And Had A Great Integration With Other Units..
-- Karen P. (Glen Burnie, MD United States) - La Vernia Primary School 790 Stackers
It Was AWESOME!.
-- Lorna H. (La Vernia, TX United States) - Barrett Ranch Elementary 172 Stackers
Students Continued Practicing Cup Stacking. Students Challenged Each Other To Be Champion..
-- Eliza S. (Antelope, CA United States) - Albert Bridge School 55 Stackers
During Our Stack Up Day Students Participated In A Few Cup Stacking Videos By Coach Smith, Then Learned/reviewed The 3-3-3 Stacking Sequences And Played Angry Birds, Stackers And Blasters, Indy 500, And Island Stack Tag..
-- Kristeen C. (Brownsville, VT United States) - North Street Elementary School 337 Stackers
WE Started Class With A Stacking Relay Using Large Buckets And Small Cups To Create A Class Pyramid. Then We Had Free-choice Stations With Mats And Timers, Tiny Stack-up Cups, Free Build, And A Battle Arena With Different Stack Combinations On The Dice. The Final Activity Was The "fastest Sheriff In The West", An Evolution-style Game. We Had A Blast. Students Love To Hear They Are Contributing To A World Record Attempt. Thanks For Sponsoring A Fun Event!.
-- Jenni P. (Grafton, MA United States) - Orchard View Elementary 399 Stackers
When Students Entered The Gymnasium For The Physical Education Class We Hyped Up The Fact That They Were Going To Participate In A WORLD RECORD!! We Then Had Our Older Students In Grades 3 -5 Practice The 3-6-3 Stack And Then We Held A Few Races. We Even Had Students In Push Up Positions Complete The Stacks To Work On Their Upper Body Muscles. Then For Our K - 2 Students We Had Them Focus On 3-3-3 Stacks And Then We Held Caterpillar Races With A Single 3 Stack. The Students Started At A Starting Line And As They Upstacked And Downstacked Thier Cups Moved, Like A Caterpillar, Across The Floor To The Finish Line..
-- Michael W. (Winchester, VA United States) - Prairieville Primary School 832 Stackers
We Had 4 Different Stations And All Enrichment Teachers Brought Their Students To Participate During Their Class Time. We Have 5 Enrichment Teachers Each Hour Per Grade Level 5th-K.
We Had The Stations On The Basketball Court.
We Did Table Relays With Timers, Big Cup Stacking With The Bean Bags, Triple Up Triple Down Relay And The Rock, Paper, Scissors Activity.
All Seemed To Enjoy And Our Class Time Is 55 Min Each..
-- Heather Y. (Prairieville, LA United States) - Monteith Elementary 300 Stackers
Started With Relay Stacking. Then Played The Final Countdown. Finished With Battle Stax And Speeding Tickets..
-- Ron K. (Grosse Pt Wds, MI United States) - Reamstown Elementary School 271 Stackers
I Did Stations And Had My Shorter Classes Building With 3 Cups During Station Directions. I Had Them Build Pyramids, Use Jumbo Stacks, Relay Race To Stack, Compete With Timers, Build Stalagmites At Rainbow Stations And Winners Got To Use The Teeny Tiny Stack, Copy StarWars Cup Images From YouTube, And Build A Rainbow Wall! Students Had Fun Moving To New Stations And My Super Active Students Were Sweating From The Relay Stations!.
-- Tamara A. (Reamstown, PA United States) - Minter Bridge Elementary 315 Stackers
We Had Tables Set Up Around The Gym And Students Practiced The Different Stacks And Could Rotate Through Our Mats And Timers..
-- Jennifer M. (Hillsboro, OR United States) - Goodman Elementary 405 Stackers
We Hade Five Stations Set-up. 1. Regualr Cup Free Building 2. Coloring Cup Contest 3. Table Stacking With Timers (w/Coach) 4. Cups & Cardio Videos 5. Jumbo Cup Stacking-Free Build.
-- Geri M. (Arlington, TX United States) - Bonner Springs Elementary 130 Stackers
What A Great Three Days For Our Students! Students Participated In Four Centers Including A Big Build With A Banner Signing, Spin-a-stack Challenge, Stack-connect-4 Challenge, And A Timer Station Going For A Personal Best. We Even Had The School Record In The 3-3-3 Stack Broken!.
-- Beau B. (BONNER SPGS, KS United States) - Riesel Foster Elementary 347 Stackers
We Stacked Pre-k Through 6th Grade! We Did Stations And Had Grade Level 3-3-3 Competitions!.
-- Miranda B. (Riesel, TX United States) - The International School At Mary Mae Jones 429 Stackers
We Had 27 Stations Set Up And The Students Looked At Pictures Of How Cups Were Stacked And They Stacked Theirs Like The Picture. We Used Regular Speed Stacks And Jumbo..
-- Amber J. (Bentonville, AR United States) - Fort Lincoln Elementary School 421 Stackers
The Students Had Fun With Different Relay Races. The Star Relay And RPS Relay Were There Favorites!.
-- Shannon C. (Mandan, ND United States)
Registered Locations (18)
- United States (822,649)
- Canada (10,751)
- United Kingdom (1,573)
- Spain (1,260)
- Switzerland (525)
- Japan (369)
- Hungary (300)
- Denmark (255)
- Poland (200)
- Belgium (163)
- Singapore (68)
- Indonesia (65)
- Germany (55)
- Netherlands (48)
- Malaysia (30)
- Philippines (30)
- Oman (25)
- Korea (25)
Final Instructions for November 18th, 19th and/or 20th
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To be counted as part of the record attempt, you are committing to 25 or more* stackers who will each stack at least 30 minutes on November 18th, 19th and/or 20th. In addition to yourself, a witness must be present to verify your results. Each stacker only counts once even if they stack multiple days.
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Stacking may take place anytime on November 18th, 19th and/or 20th. Time and place are of your choosing and may be done during different class periods and/or before or after school. Sport Stacking activities at your STACK UP! event can be as simple as having participants stack on their own, to as structured as you want to make it. We recommend having a sense of order and fun. Both the OPEN Curriculum and Speed Stacks Curriculum offer tried and true activities that will help make your event a success.
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SIMPLE ONLINE VERIFICATION! Only verify once after your entire group is done stacking. You must VERIFY your results to be counted. This will be done with the link you received earlier this week or by manually selecting your school. (This same link was also part of your email confirmation) Your unique link will direct you to the STACK UP! Verification Page where you and your witness can verify your results.
Important Note
We require that all schools and organizations must have 25 or more stackers to register, participate and be counted. (Individuals and families wanting to participate must be part of a group of 25 or more with adult organizer and witness.)
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