Physical Education Electives

| Stretch Your Wellness (sem)

This course serves as an introduction to the wellness activity of yoga and mindfulness. It will introduce a brief history of yoga, the anatomical benefits and the physical practice of yoga as it pertains to relaxation techniques, breathing exercises, specific postures, healthy diet, and positive thinking. 

| Stretch, Flow And Restore 🍎  (sem)

This course will guide the participant from Foundations of Stretch Your Wellness to the unique and varied pathways that yoga encompasses in Stretch and Flow. Participants will build upon their knowledge of the core yogic principles, components of mindfulness, and connections to how yoga and mindfulness promotes lifelong wellness through the analysis of specific yogic styles and unique mindfulness practices Promoting lifelong wellness comes to life in this empowering course! Prerequisite(s): Stretch Your Wellness

| Unified Physical Education and Leadership 1–4 (sem)

This course will allow students with and without disabilities to gain knowledge, experience, and skills in recreation sports, leisure activities, team/individual sports, and fitness in a collaborative and cooperative environment. All students will explore leadership characteristics, communication and listening skills, group work, and critical thinking skills in order to provide support in an inclusive environment. 

| Foundations of Lifetime Sports (sem)

Recreation sports courses provide students with knowledge, experience, and an opportunity to develop skills in more than one recreational sport (such as croquet, ultimate frisbee, bocce ball, table tennis, pickleball, etc.). 

| Lifetime Sports 2–4 🍎(sem)

Lifetime Sports 2, 3, & 4 extends students’ experiences in leisure activities they can pursue throughout life and allows for skill refinement in multiple sport offerings. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Lifetime Sports

| Foundations of Team Sports (sem)

Students will learn rules, terms, historical background and basic skills for a variety of sports. The student will be able to understand team strategy in a competitive situation. 

| Team Sports 2–4 🍎(sem)

Students will improve their knowledge of game rules and basic skills through the refinement of participation and increased depth of knowledge in team strategies, coaching and officiating opportunities. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Team Sports 

| Foundations of Team Sports Baseball (sem)

Students will learn rules, terms, historical background and basic skills of baseball. The student will be able to understand team strategy in a competitive situation. 

| Team Sports Baseball 2–4 🍎 (sem)

Students will improve their knowledge of game rules and basic skills of baseball through the refinement of participation and increased depth of knowledge in team strategies, coaching and officiating opportunities. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Team Sports Baseball

| Foundations of Team Sports Basketball (sem) 

Students will learn rules, terms, historical background and basic skills of basketball. The student will be able to understand team strategy in a competitive situation. 

| Team Sports Basketball 2–4 🍎 (sem) 

Students will improve their knowledge of game rules and basic skills of basketball through the refinement of participation and increased depth of knowledge in team strategies, coaching and officiating opportunities. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Team Sports Basketball 

| Foundations of Team Sports Soccer (sem)

Students will learn rules, terms, historical background and basic skills of soccer. The student will be able to understand team strategy in a competitive situation.  

| Team Sports Soccer 2–4 🍎(sem) 

Students will improve their knowledge of game rules and basic skills of soccer through the refinement of participation and increased depth of knowledge in team strategies, coaching and officiating opportunities. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Team Sports Soccer 

| Foundations of Team Sports Volleyball (sem)

Students will learn rules, terms, historical background and basic skills of volleyball. The student will be able to understand team strategy in a competitive situation. 

| Team Sports Volleyball 2–4 🍎 (sem) 

Students will improve their knowledge of game rules and basic skills of volleyball through the refinement of participation and increased depth of knowledge in team strategies, coaching and officiating opportunities. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Team Sports Volleyball 

| Foundations of Walking Wellness (sem) 

This course is an introduction to the lifetime wellness activity of walking. Students are provided with an understanding of the importance exercise has on the pursuit of healthy living, while logging their effort. 

| Walking Wellness 2–4 🍎 (sem) 

This course extends the students’ opportunity for participating in the lifetime wellness activity of walking. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Walking Wellness

| Foundations of Strength & Conditioning (sem) 

Students are engaged in an individualized program designed to incorporate physical fitness components and improve physical condition. Students will focus on technique rather than the amount of weight lifted. 

| Strength & Conditioning 2–4 🍎 (sem) 

Students will continue a systematic training program to refine techniques for strength and conditioning. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Strength and Conditioning 

| Sports Medicine (sem)

The course is designed for students interested in fields such as athletic training, physical therapy, medicine, fitness, exercise physiology, kinesiology, nutrition, and other sports-medicine related fields. This class includes classroom work as well as hands-on application in order to provide students with an avenue to explore these fields. 

Dance Electives: Meet the FINE ARTS graduation requirement

| Foundations of Dance (sem)

Foundations of Dance focuses on beginning levels of dance technique for a variety of dance styles alignment, dance history, physiology, theory, dancer health, dance careers, choreography, production, performance, and aesthetic criticism. 

| Dance 2–4 🍎 (sem)

Dance 2, 3, & 4 emphasizes increased technical proficiency in dance styles progressing toward focus on dance as a performing art and means of communication. Students continue to increase knowledge of dance history, theory, choreography, physiology, dancer health, production, performance and aesthetic criticism. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Dance or prior permission from the teacher. 

| Foundations of Dance For Athletes (sem)

Foundations of Dance for Athletes focuses on enhancing and refining athletic performance through dance techniques, conditioning, and training in the art of dance. Students will build knowledge of the five components of skill related physical fitness (agility, coordination, balance, power and speed), while also exploring the complementary Elements of Dance (body, energy, space and time).

| Honors Dance Company 1–4 🍎 (sem)

Dance Company classes are performance emphasis and goal-based with students involved in research, choreography, and every aspect of dance production. Technical proficiency, academic knowledge, portfolio building, continued improvement and growth in dance, and public dance performances are expected. For students to receive honors credit, they must participate in the after school component of this course. Prerequisite: Audition REQUIRED

| Unified Dance and Leadership (sem)

This course will allow students with and without disabilities to focus on beginning levels of dance technique and creative movement in a collaborative and cooperative environment. Students will explore leadership characteristics, communication and listening skills, group work, and critical thinking skills in order to provide support in an inclusive environment.