Coeur d’Alene Public Schools recognizes the importance of physical education in addition to continued encouragement to make healthy lifestyle choices. The concepts of physical education and health are based upon the acquisition of knowledge and skills that are the foundation for engaging in physical activity. The mission of these programs is to empower all students to sustain regular, lifelong physical activity as a foundation for a healthy, productive, and fulfilling life. Physical Education and health are a sequential educational programs with specific expectations in elementary, middle, and high schools. It is based on the activities undertaken in each course that builds an active, caring, supportive, and non-threatening atmosphere in which every student is challenged and successful.

The purpose of health and physical education is to provide health-related and skill-related fitness concepts and skills in order to create an environment that promotes the development of lifelong movers. Health and physical education students will be provided with the necessary tools to make good decisions regarding all components of their health and wellness. The physical education program content will focus on skill development addressed the Idaho Content Standards. Courses will emphasize multiple instructional strategies to :

• provide every student with a variety of challenges that will contribute to the development and maintenance of their physical, cognitive, and affective well being;
• provide with the foundation for making informed decisions that will empower them to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle;
• and reinforce that physical fitness and health is a lifelong process, which is the primary responsibility of the student, shared by home, district and our community.