Physical Education and Health

202 - FITNESS FOR LIFE 9

1 Credit

Grade 9                                                                    

All ninth grade students must sign up for this course.  Fitness for Life will focus on improving individual fitness levels, in addition to participating in team sports and individual sports.  There is a concentration of learning various strategies and activities that will improve students’ fitness levels.  Students will also focus on decision-making and refusal skills that emphasize choices they make in regards to the 6 CDC adolescent risk category.  The goal of this class is to give students the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve a healthy fitness level and to be able to maintain that fitness level as adults.

204 - PERSONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS 10

1 Credit

Grade 10                                                                   

Physical Education will consist of team sports, individual sports and recreational activities with an emphasis on students learning about keeping themselves healthy through fitness aspects presented in class that they would find useful throughout their lives.  Fitness aspects that would be incorporated include what types of exercise should one do, how much to do, what activities one can pursue throughout their life.