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Athena Analytics Launches the Athena FitnessMark on Ireland AM

Over the past few years we have listened carefully to our schools’ need for a trackable ‘student fitness and wellbeing’ element to our software, specifically to be used during PE class, and so we released a new dynamic software tool called ‘The Athena FitnessMark’. This is all about helping schools to positively encourage, support and monitor the physical fitness and wellbeing of every student in an easy, simple and proactive way.

Ronan Flanagan, PE teacher, Virginia College was the first school to try out the software – he tells us about it in this video.

With Athena FitnessMark, schools can now test, record and monitor the physical fitness of every student, over multiple academic years. Schools can also compare the fitness test results of each student to national benchmarks. Student’s strengths & weaknesses in all key fitness areas are identified in a very easy to interpret manner.

Athena FitnessMark is expected to be revolutionary for schools in terms of monitoring student fitness and helping students strive for ongoing improvements. Not only will it provide huge benefits to school but also to the students themselves. Students can observe their own strengths and weaknesses and how they compare with students of the same year group and gender, giving them ownership of their own fitness and wellness journey from an early age. For some, it may even unlock a hidden potential for a particular sport which may otherwise have gone unnoticed. It may even be the beginning of a student’s path to sporting success and the lifelong happiness, joy and life skills that can be found in the pursuit of any sport.

Here’s what Niall Lynch, Principal of Viriginia College has to say about Athena Analytics:
“Over the past few years, we have worked with Athena Analytics in using their Athena Tracker and prior to that their detailed Athena Leaving Cert Reports. More recently, we have witnessed the development of Athena FitnessMark and are really excited how this can bring value to our school in terms of student fitness tracking. Student’s health and wellbeing are top priorities here at Virginia College and the Athena FitnessMark software will further our commitment to individual student wellbeing.”

Find out more by joining an upcoming information session