Physical Education & Health

Physical Education (Preschool-8th Grade)

Physical Education utilizes movement activities for the development of lifetime skills. The physical education classes at St. Benedict School are designed to produce individuals who are aware and knowledgeable and have developed positive skills, attitudes, and behaviors to enhance the student's personal wellness and encourage living a healthy lifestyle.

St. Benedict School uses one of the newest Physical Education curriculums available, SPARK!

“The focus of SPARK is the development of healthy lifestyles, motor skills, movement knowledge, social and personal skills.

It is expected that SPARK Physical Education/Physical Activity students will:

• Enjoy and seek out physical activity.
• Develop and maintain acceptable levels of physical fitness.
• Develop a variety of basic movement and manipulative skills so they will experience success and feel comfortable during present and future physical activity pursuits.
• Develop the ability to get along with others in movement environments (e.g., share space and equipment, employ the "golden rule" of competition-be a good sport, and demonstrate cooperative behavior).”

www.sparkpe.org

Health (K - 8th Grades)

The St. Benedict School Health Education Program works hard to provide students with accurate information and encourages them to be responsible for their own health and behavior. St. Benedict School has chosen the SPARK Health curriculum, Healthy Lifestyle Choices.

"HLC is a cross-curricular program with a behavioral focus that has been proven to significantly increase health knowledge and positively impact youth behaviors. This comprehensive health education curriculum addresses goal setting and decision - making as it relates to fitness, nutrition, conflict resolution, safety and substance-abuse prevention. HLC meets all of the National Health Education Standards.”

Middle School students will also be taught lessons from Resilience Builder Program for Children and Adolescents. These lessons are "designed to help youth bounce back from the challenges in their lives by increasing confidence, self-esteem, self-control, and the use of coping strategies".

All grades will discuss the importance of Mindfulness and will be taught lessons out of the MindUp Curriculum, Brain - Focused Strategies for Learning - and Living.

Grades K-1 - HLC's behavior health curriculum empowers youth with the knowledge and skills to make healthier choices in six critical areas: Life Skills, Conflict Resolution, Nutrition, Substance Abuse Prevention, Safety, and Fitness.

Grades 2-5 - "HLC’s behavioral health curriculum empowers youth with the knowledge and skills to make healthier choices in six critical areas: Decision-making/goal setting, nutrition, fitness, violence prevention, safety, and substance abuse prevention.”

Middle School - "The HLC Middle School Program focuses on teaching important health skills identified in the National Health Education Standards with an emphasis on promoting positive behaviors and helping students to advocate for their own health. The program is divided into units of instruction including:

· Wellness

· Mental and Emotional Health

· Effective Communication and Decision Making

· Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

· Injury and Violence Prevention

· Physical Activity and Nutrition

· Growth and Development

· Diseases

· Environmental Health"

-http://www.sparkpe.org/safe-and-healthy-students/health-education/curriculum/