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PHYSICAL EDUCATION | Credit: .5 per semester
Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: None
Course topics include:
MUSCULAR FITNESS:
The course is offered in either ninth or tenth grade. Students learn the principles of weight training, machines and free weights and circuit training. Pre and post assessment allows students to chart their progress. Students complete the course by designing a personal strength program.
ADVENTURE:
The course is offered in either ninth or tenth grade. The course is designed to develop teamwork, cooperative skills, trust and responsibility for one another. Students perform problem solving initiatives both in the gym and on the adventure course. Students are challenged to take risks and to learn the value of working together to achieve a goal.
CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS:
The course is offered in either ninth or tenth grade. The course is designed to teach students the value of cardiovascular endurance as a means of conditioning one physically as well as for disease prevention. Students perform cardiovascular exercise on equipment and in circuits. Students complete the course by designing a personal program for attainment and maintenance of cardiovascular fitness.
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND FIRST AID:
The course is offered to all students. Students receive certification upon successful completion of the class. ACTIVITY CLASSES:
Activity classes are scheduled throughout the semester. The activities offered can include: team games such as basketball or floor hockey, volleyball, cooperative games and individual sports such as: tennis, golf and archery. The activities vary from semester to semester and from year to year. The choices are based on student interests and overall value as a leisure time pursuit.
About Physical Education
About Physical Education
Health related issues among our young people, concerns such as anxiety, depression, diabetes and obesity, are on the rise and will impact their future. Drug and alcohol use and abuse remains a prominent concern. By expanding our focus from Physical Education to Wellness Education, our students will have a better understanding of their personal wellness with the goal of improved health and physical well-being.
Massachusetts has adopted the Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework which includes four strands:
- Growth and Development addresses the study of the structure and function of body systems, including how body systems function as a whole and their interdependence, throughout the human life cycle.
- Physical Activity and Fitness addresses physical development. Knowledge about how the body functions increases awareness of the benefits of physical activity and fitness.
- Nutrition addresses the development of a healthy body composition through the balance of food intake and physical activity and the relationship between food sources and behaviors and growth, current health needs and chronic disease, and healthy behaviors.
- Reproduction/Sexuality encompasses emotional and social elements with a focus on factual knowledge about physical development.
The Physical Health Strand is designed to provide a foundation for good health. The maintenance of the body is related to the development of positive health care behaviors and habits. The purpose of this Strand is to enable students to recognize decisions that all individuals will make with respect to their bodies in daily living and to identify the relationships among actions, conduct, and wellness.
For the past several years, our PE teachers have been creating innovative and meaningful curriculums to address these strands, and they continue to include community partners in their programming.
The Health and Wellness curriculum offers a combination of required and elective activities to all students. Students are required to participate in three semesters of H&W/PE, for which .5 credit is earned per semester. Students receive a numerical grade which is weighted into the G .P .A. This grade is based on preparation, attitude and attendance.
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