9th - Health & Fitness

Grade: 9

• Learn about nutrition, mental health, drugs, alcohol, tobacco use, and human sexuality

• Set personal fitness and health goals

• Daily journal writing

Grades: 9 – 12

• This program strives to provide a safe learning environment where students feel they can participate, grow and learn and can become healthy individuals.

• Students with significant health issues

• Grade will be based on Participation / Personal Improvement

• Four units:

• Foundations of Personal Health

• Aerobics and Conditioning

• Individual Sports

• Team Sports

Grades: 9 - 12

• Increase your physical fitness and cardio-respiratory endurance, strength and flexibility

• The major emphasis will be walking for fitness

• Learn how to self-assess your fitness level, and set fitness goals

• Students are assessed and graded on standards that include walking for distance and speed

• The class will be walking outside, rain, or shine, warm, or cold.

• All weather clothing and an umbrella are requirement

Grades: 9 - 12

• • A variety of lifelong sports, exercise, conditioning, and activities

  • Team and individual activities will be emphasized

  • Weekly conditioning

  • Students are assessed and graded on standards that include sportsmanship, gamesmanship, and physical fitness

Grades: 9 - 12

• • Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Volleyball

  • Weekly conditioning

  • Students are assessed and graded on standards that include sportsmanship, gamesmanship, and physical fitness

Grades: 9 - 12

• Improve your speed, power, and agility through daily training in plyometrics, sprints, weight training, and other agility course work

• Student athletes are encouraged to sign-up

• All classes are conducted at 'practice tempo

Note: This class utilizes the weight room 2 days a week. Students are assessed and graded on Standards in speed and agility skills (40 yd dash, Pro I agility, Vertical jump, Standing Long Jump) and weight training lifts (Power Clean and Snatch)

Grades: 9 – 12 (Instructor permission)

Prerequisite classes: Speed, Power & Agility or Weight Training

Advanced level weight training class designed for athletes. Be prepared to work hard as this class is taught at practice tempo.

Grades: 9 - 12

• • For students dedicated to improving strength, speed, and power

  • Course will incorporate weights lifting, jump training, sprint training, medicine ball, and more

  • Students are assessed and graded on standards in speed and agility skills (40 yd dash, Pro I agility, Vertical jump, Standing long jump, and Seated medicine ball throw) and weight training lifts (Power Clean, Bench Press, and Front Squat)

Grades: 9 - 12

Designed for all students wishing to improve their over-all strength, appearance, and body image through resistance and cardio-respiratory training.

Course Format

Each week we will cover the following components:

• • RESISTANCE TRAINING – where your muscles work against some form of resistance such as - weights, bands, or the weight of your own body

  • CARDIO TRAINING – you will work towards improving your aerobic capacity

    • Exploration of areas of flexibility, balance, and explosive power through other types of exercises

    • Students are assessed and graded on Weight Lifting Standards that include Bench Press. Front Squat and CrossFit along with a Step Aerobics assessment.

Grades: 9 - 12

Intercurricular Student Organization: SkillsUSA

CTE Equivalency

• Students gain the knowledge and skills essential for healthy choices for the life span:

  • Relationships and personal responsibilities

  • Family and social health, mental health

  • Effects of drugs and alcohol

  • Human development and nutrition