Physical Education

To participate in the athletic PE program, a student must have already passed PE 1 and play a sport for Sage Creek. Upon successful participation as an athlete for a full season of sport, a student can earn 5 PE credits. Freshmen are not eligible. 

This course offers students an opportunity to learn basic dance techniques, dance history, and dance appreciation. Students need no prior dance experience to enroll in the class. Students will participate in a variety of dance styles including ballet, modern, musical theater, jazz, and social and cultural dance. A performance in the Fall Dance Show is required (although alternatives are conservatively offered). 

Freshmen are required to take Physical Education and cannot earn PE credit through Dance PE, however, freshmen can take dance for Fine Art or Elective credit. 

This course focuses on developing and performing more challenging dance techniques through a variety of dance styles including ballet, modern, musical theater, jazz, hip hop, and social and cultural dance. Students will also learn about alignment, stretch and strengthening, isolations, and dance vocabulary including the dance elements. A performance in the Spring Dance Show is required (although alternatives are conservatively offered). 

Freshmen are required to take Physical Education and cannot earn PE credit through Dance PE, however, freshmen can take dance for Fine Art or Elective credit. 

This course develops advanced dance techniques through rigorous dance conditioning practices and performing more challenging dances in a variety of dance styles including ballet, modern, musical theater, jazz, hip hop, and social and cultural dance. Students also deepen their understanding of alignment, stretch and strengthening, isolations, and dance vocabulary including the dance elements. A performance in the Spring Dance Show is required (although alternatives are conservatively offered). 

Freshmen are required to take Physical Education and cannot earn PE credit through Dance PE, however, freshmen can take dance for Fine Art or Elective credit.

Dance 4 is the class our Dance Company takes and is for advanced dancers with extensive previous experience only. The Dance Company performs at Sage Creek athletic events, spirit events like pep rallies, and performs in community events as well as the Fall and Spring Dance Show. Students refine advanced dance techniques and execute and create sophisticated choreography. 

Independent Physical Education at SCHS will follow Carlsbad Unified School District's Guidelines. Students must have a legitimate activity with a certified coach in a sport that we do not offer. Space in the class is limited. 

Life Fitness is designed to provide students the opportunity to further the lifelong goal of an active, healthy lifestyle. There is a strong emphasis on cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility as well as core strength development. This class is geared more toward individual fitness than athletic performance. Students will also have the opportunity to design Personal Fitness and Nutrition Plans. 

PE 1 is a three-trimester required course for all 9th graders and provides the opportunity to learn and apply core concepts of Health Science and Physical Education. This course develops the knowledge and ability for students to attain and maintain an active, healthy lifestyle. There is a strong emphasis on individual fitness, exercise physiology, biomechanics, motor learning and anatomy/physiology. The course prepares students to pass the state-mandated physical fitness test in the spring and satisfy the state Health Science requirements. 

This course is designed to introduce students to different types of strength training (Weights, Circuit or HIIT, Flexibility) and some nutrition. Students will learn the concepts of basic fundamentals of weight training, conditioning, and flexibility for overall fitness. Students will physically participate in order to build core, upper and lower body strength and develop their cardiovascular endurance. Students will be empowered to make wise choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness, wellness, and movement activity for a lifetime. By the end of the course students will know how to do a variety of lifts and exercises, create a 6 week training cycle, understand the core fundamentals of nutrition and the importance of flexibility. 

*Pending CUSD Board Approval 

This course is designed to introduce students to strength, endurance and flexibility through yoga, Pilates and weight and cardiovascular training. Students will experience the benefits of stretching and breathing techniques, as well as learn the concepts behind strength training using body weight. Students will physically participate in order to build core and upper body strength and develop their cardio endurance. Students will learn the basic fundamentals of body-resistance training for overall fitness and improved flexibility. Course includes both lecture and activity sessions. Students will be empowered to make wise choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness, wellness, mindfulness, and movement activity for a lifetime.