Greg Bert Author

Greg Bert, MA, is a physical education teacher at Black Hills High School in Olympia, Washington, and an adjunct instructor in the education department at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington.

He is a national board-certified teacher in physical education of early adolescence and young adulthood. Bert has three decades of experience teaching high school and middle school physical education as well as community college and university physical education courses. Bert is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD); the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE); and the Washington Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (WAPHERD).

In 2011 Bert received the Meritorious Service Award from WAPHERD. He was also named the NASPE Northwest Regional High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2007 and Washington State High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2004. Bert earned his MA in physical education in 1987 from California State University at Los Angeles. He holds a BA in physical education from the University of Southern California at Los Angeles.

Bert resides in Olympia. In his free time he enjoys playing tennis, fitness training, conducting physical education research, and spending time with his family.

Lisa Summers, MA, teaches physical education at Black Hills High School in Olympia, Washington. She has more than 15 years of experience teaching physical education at the high school level.

Summers is a national board-certified teacher in physical education for early adolescence and young adulthood. She earned a BA in physical education from Western Washington University in Bellingham in 1996 and an MA in education and assessment from the University of Washington at Seattle in 2001.

In 2009 Summers received the National High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award. She was also named the Washington State High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2007. She is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD); the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE); and the Washington Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (WAPHERD).

In her free time, Summers enjoys water skiing, playing soccer, and running. She resides in Olympia.