Health/PE

HEALTH

9, 10, 11, 12

0.5 credit

The health education course empowers students to make health-related decisions while meeting the district’s one-semester health education requirement for graduation. The course covers basic health, nutrition, fitness, sexuality, vaping, alcohol, marijuana and other drugs, mental health, stress management, and long-range health planning.  Each health education unit incorporates cognitive, affective, and skill objectives into an activity-centered program. Students are involved in group discussions, interactive hands-on activities, guest speakers, and videos in order to gain basic information to become informed health decision-makers.  Students will also have the opportunity to earn American Red Cross CPR, First Aid, and AED certification.  This course meets the Health Education requirement for graduation.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

9, 10, 11, 12

0.5 credit

This one-semester course offers upbeat, engaging, and motivational activities to diversify your academic schedule.  Fuel your body by participating in a variety of team and individualized sports (badminton, volleyball, yard games, track and field, basketball, flag football, floor hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, cooperative games, and various other indoor/outdoor games and an introduction to weight training).  Through these activities, student objectives will be met in physical fitness, motor skills, knowledge of sports and activities, as well as social and emotional development.  Additional physical activity/lifelong fitness components to be covered include: target heart rate range, stress relief, goal setting, mindfulness, and long-range health and fitness planning.  This course meets the Physical Education requirement for graduation.

TEAM GAMES

10, 11, 12

0.5 credit

Students in Team Games will compete to improve fitness through organized team activities in a “series” format, round-robin play, and unique tournaments.  The course will provide competition in basketball, floor hockey, soccer, 8 Base Kickball, flag football, cooperative games, badminton, Olympic team handball, yard games, volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee, speedball, Obstacle Baseball, and various other indoor/outdoor team games.  Each game will include an emphasis on rules, strategies, teamwork, sportsmanship, and evaluation.  This course may be the biggest “win” in your high school career.

WEIGHT TRAINING AND FITNESS

9, 10, 11, 12

0.5 credit

This course offers instruction and experiences heavily focused on weight lifting with supplemental fitness activities. The emphasis in this class will be achieving a goal level of physical fitness, rooted in strength development. A strength-focused lifting routine will be implemented as the main methodology of the class.