Health/PE

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General Health (All grades; semester course)

Note: This is a graduation requirement; however, students who take 3+ years of JROTC will not need to take General Health to satisfy the graduation requirement.

Course Description: Explores the mental, physical and social aspects of life and how each contributes to total health and well-being. Emphasizes safety, nutrition, mental health, substance abuse prevention, disease prevention, environmental health, family life education, health careers, consumer health, and community health.

General PE (I,II,III,IV- We vary the offerings year-to-year.) (All grades; semester course)

Note: One semester of a General PE course or a Weight Training course is a graduation requirement; however, students who take 2+ years of a varsity sport, OR 1 year of Marching Band, OR 2 years of Advanced Band will not need to take a General PE course or a Weight Training course to satisfy the graduation requirement.

Course Description: Focuses on any combination or variety of team sports, lifetime sports, track and field events, aquatics/water sports, outdoor education experiences, rhythmic/dance, recreational games, gymnastics, and self-defense. Provides basic methods to attain a healthy and active lifestyle.

Personal Fitness (All grades; semester course)

Note: This is a graduation requirement; however, students who take 3+ years of JROTC will not need to take Personal Fitness to satisfy the graduation requirement.

Course Description: Introduces instruction in methods to attain a healthy level of physical fitness; implements a lifetime fitness program based on a personal fitness assessment and stresses strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition, and cardiovascular endurance; includes instruction in fitness principles, nutrition, fad diets, weight control, stress management, adherence strategies, and consumer information; and promotes self-awareness and responsibility for fitness.

Weight Training (All grades; semester course)

Note: One semester of a General PE course or a Weight Training course is a graduation requirement; however, students who take 2+ years of a varsity sport, OR 1 year of Marching Band, OR 2 years of Advanced Band will not need to take a General PE course or a Weight Training course to satisfy the graduation requirement.

Course Description: Introduces weight training; emphasizes strength development training and proper lifting techniques. Includes fitness concepts for developing healthy lifetime habits.