Courses

GENERAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION/HEALTH:         Term: S    Grade: 9 - 12                   .5 Credit PE/HE

All students are assigned to this class either in the Fall, or Spring semester and given the opportunity to select the activities they prefer to participate in for the semester from four major areas: Team Sports; Recreational Sports/Games; Net Games; and Weight Training/Fitness.

MORNING PHYSICAL EDUCATION/HEALTH       Term: S      Grade: 9-12               .5 Credit PE/HE

This course is available for students who want or need additional room in their schedule during the regular school day.  This course is considered a General Physical Education/Health course and replaces 901S.   This class begins at 6:25 am and dismisses at 7:15 am four days a  week for one semester.  Doors to the gymnasium open at 6:15am and students should be changed and ready to participate by 6:25 am.  Any student wishing to take this course must provide their own transportation to school.  Because PE is a graduation requirement, students who enroll in this course who are unable to commit to the schedule when the class begins may need to drop their elective course (including CTE programs and World Language) to accommodate Physical Education.

Body Conditioning and Nutrition 1         Term: S            Grade: 9 - 12                 .5 Credit PE/HE

This course is designed to provide students with sports performance and functional fitness instruction in movement training, linear and lateral speed techniques, foot speed and agility, explosive power development, strength and cardiovascular endurance training, flexibility development, and injury reduction and rehabilitation.  Students will learn to design workouts that become progressively more challenging once their basic techniques have been mastered.  This course is particularly suited for students interested in preparing themselves for athletic competition and sports/fitness-related careers, military, police, fire, and other service occupations.

This course is designed to introduce students to total body fitness and nutrition and will teach students to apply the concepts and skills to themselves as individuals and develop core foundational fitness goals to help them increase strength, mobility, agility, and flexibility related to fitness.  Students may also take this course as an elective if they are interested in improving their total body fitness.  Classes will involve strength training, cardiovascular training (high-intensity exercises), agility and core training (kettlebells, Bosu Balls, medicine balls), and flexibility training (yoga, Pilates). Students will be introduced to nutrition concepts related to pre, and post-workout nutrition and how it aids in energy levels and post- recovery.

Body Conditioning and Nutrition 2: HONORS      Term: S     Grades 10-12     .5 Credit PE/HE

Prerequisite: Must have taken Body Conditioning and Nutrition 1 with a B or better.

This course is designed for students interested in increasing total body fitness and a better understanding of fitness concepts and nutritional facts. Classes will involve strength training (weight room), cardiovascular training, High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), agility and core training (kettlebells, Bosu Balls, medicine balls), and flexibility training (yoga, Pilates), and nutrition. There will be more of a focus on understanding the relationship between diet, physical activity, health, and performance. Students will be introduced to fitness concepts such as HIIT, Tabata, Crossfit, Circuit Training, Plyometrics, anatomy, and physiology, as well as how nutrition affects percent body fat/BMI and its effects on performance  and overall wellness

SPORTS MED  1: INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS MEDICINE   Term: S  Grade: 9 - 12        .5 Credit PE/HE

This curriculum is designed for students interested in a career in athletic training, occupational/ physical therapy, nutrition, kinesiology, fitness, physical education, coaching, and other sports health science-related fields. The primary focus will include but is not limited to: the history of sports medicine, the sports medicine team, career exploration including higher education requirements in  the sports medicine field, legal and ethical concerns, insurance and healthcare, sports nutrition and supplements, substance abuse in sports and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), sport psychology: mental health - depression and anxiety in athletes, current health trends/topics in youth sports and society, 

SPORTS MED 2: PREVENTION & WELLNESS            Term: S              Grade 10-12               .5 Credit PE/HE 

Prerequisites: Sports Med  1 or Anatomy / Recommendation of teacher, Health Careers 1 

This curriculum is designed for students interested in a career in athletic training, occupational/ physical therapy, nutrition,  medicine, fitness, physical education, and other sports medicine fields. The primary focus will include, but not be limited to:  the history of sports medicine, the sports medicine team, medical language/terminology, legal and ethical concerns within sports medicine, injury prevention, sports nutrition, protective sports equipment, psychology of injury/illness, mechanisms and characteristics of sports trauma, tissue response to injury, human anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, kinesiology,  bloodborne pathogens, injury assessment, and evaluation, environmental concerns, PED’s and drug abuse in sports, skin disorders and career exploration in sports medicine. 

SPORTS MED 3: HONORS STUDY  OF ATHLETIC INJURIES      Term: FY         Grade 10-12                1.0 Credit PE/HE 

Prerequisites: Sports Med  1 and 2, Anatomy, Health Careers 1 & 2 

The course is a culmination of the Sports Medicine 1 and 2 courses.  This class is designed for students interested in developing a deeper understanding of athletic injuries and rehabilitation. The class will continue to build upon the science of human anatomy and kinesiology while exploring various injuries that occur to the body and ways to care for these injuries.   This course provides students with hands-on learning through basic taping and bandaging, basic injury rehabilitation, warm-up, cooldown, and other injury prevention instructional techniques. Students will also become certified in Adult CPR/First Aid & AED.

YOGA AND MINDFULNESS:                Term: S             Grades 9-12                   .5 Credit Elective PE/HE  

Students will learn and practice different types of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness activities designed to improve the mind-body connection and address social-emotional learning needs, (i.e. self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making).