PE/Health

Meets graduation requirements: PE

This course provides an introduction to proper movement and nutrition. Students will learn and participate in a variety of activities, vigorous physical exercise and develop skills for lifelong health and well-being. 

Meets graduation requirements: PE

This course continues to develop proper movement and nutrition for lifelong health and well-being. Students will focus on a variety of team activities as well as vigorous physical exercise to develop skills for fitness outside the classroom. 

Meets requirements: PE/EL

Meets UC a-g requirement: f

In Beginning Dance, students will be introduced to dance as an art form, a physical activity, a language, and an academic discipline. The focus will be on the development of beginning to intermediate skills through the study and performance of various techniques and styles of dance including Jazz, Musical Theater, Ballet, Contemporary, and Modern. Influences from famous dancers and choreographers will be emphasized.  Students will have the opportunity to choreograph using the qualities and elements of dance and will showcase their cumulative knowledge in a recital. This course combines the practice of dance technique with the history of dance, as well as the scientific foundations of movement.

Meets graduation requirements: PE/EL

CrossFit is an intense and challenging class with a focus on improving fitness.  The course expands students´ understanding of nutrition and functional movement.  The CrossFit prescription of “constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement” is applied to the structure of the class with a combination of metabolic conditioning, weightlifting and sport to help students achieve their fitness potential.  Students will leave the CrossFit class with a proficiency in Olympic Weightlifting (Clean and Jerk + Snatch).  ROMWOD (Range of Motion Workout of the Day) and HeadSpace (Mindfulness Training) are utilized to develop flexibility and mental well-being.  The hard work that goes into this class is rewarded with exceptional results.  This class can be taken to satisfy the second year of the physical education requirement and can be taken multiple times.  Watch this video for more information about CrossFit.

Meets graduation requirements: PE/EL

The content articulates the knowledge, skills, and confidence students need to maintain meaningful physical activity throughout their lifetime. The course sequence provides a blueprint for delivering the content in a manner that equips students to make a successful transition from physical education instructional programs to participation in physical activity during adulthood. The adult lifestyle demands that individuals initiate and monitor their own participation in a physical activity. 

This course is a combination of strength, speed, agility, and aerobic development. It is developed for intermediate, to the advanced weight lifter, emphasizing Olympic style lifts. The strength training phase will involve a program designed to improve strength, quickness, power, and speed. The speed development phase will include plyometric training, agility training, basketball skills and drills, football skills and drills, and competition. The aerobic phase will include activities that will increase cardiovascular fitness and muscular endurance. Students will have the ability to develop their own physical fitness plan and have the opportunity to assess their own level of fitness and adjust their workout strategies for achieving their lifetime fitness goals.

Advanced Conditioning: Students who play high school sports that would like to train for their sport as their PE class or as an elective should now choose Advanced Conditioning to enroll in a PE credit  course that is focused on performance training.  This course is not just for Football players.  This course is not required in order to play a sport at Vista.

If you plan to be on a Winter or Spring sports team, you  should take the class TERM 1 to prepare for your upcoming season.  Those teams are: Football (on team in 24-25), Track, Wrestling, Soccer, Basketball, Softball, Lacrosse, Baseball,  Boys Tennis, Swim, Boys Golf, Boys Volleyball and Cheer.To enroll in the course TERM 1 you will select Course 4: Advanced Conditioning 

If you plan to be on a Fall sports team you should take the class TERM 2 to train in your off season for the following year.  Students who plan to be on the following  teams in the 2025-2016 school year: Football, Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Girls Volleyball, Flag Football and Cross Country should take the course TERM2.

To enroll in the course TERM 2 you will select Course 4: Advanced Conditioning Spring

Meets graduation requirements: PE/EL

This is a challenging course based on developing proper mechanics and functional movement. Students will learn the fundamentals of weight training and participate in functional strength training. Metabolic conditioning and Olympic Weightlifting will also be developed. The participant’s goal should be to gain strength, speed and endurance through the term while understanding how nutrition can provide a foundation for improvement. This class can be taken to satisfy the second year of physical education requirement and can be taken multiple times.