Physical Education Department
Physical Education Department
Course Title Credit Length
Physical Education 9/10 .5 40 Weeks
Physical Education 11/12 .5 40 Weeks
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 9 - 12
Credit - 1/2 each year Length - 40 Weeks Prerequisite: Mandatory
The physical education program provides for a variety of opportunities for movement, selected to match and challenge the student's level of development. Activities and experiences should help the student build a large movement repertoire (Psychomotor Domain), gain in increasing knowledge about movement possibilities (Cognitive Domain), and become aware of and value effective and efficient movement as a lifelong skill (Affective Domain).
The final outcome of the Physical Education curriculum should be an emphasis on the appreciation of lifetime fitness through an understanding of living styles.
Physical Education is Important at Frontier Central High School
The Frontier Central Physical Education Program (9-12) is an integral part of the total education program. It seeks to provide all Frontier students from the highly gifted to the physically challenged, with the opportunity to experience the development of physical fitness, favorable self-image, creative expressions, motor skills, and accepted patterns of personal behavior that includes, but is not limited to: cooperation, initiative, trust, respect, and leadership / teamwork.
At this developmental level, skills initiated at the lower grades are built upon and expanded. The emphasis is placed upon the acquisition of higher levels of ability and knowledge in a greater variety of activities within each area, including swimming, outdoor living and sports (individual and team). The progress will always foster a positive feeling about physical fitness by integrating fitness skill and concepts into each unit of study and through physical evaluations.
Your child, while participating in our program, will have the opportunity each year to select a group of activities in which he / she would like to engage. In addition to this selected required program, your child will have the opportunity to further challenge his / her ability and / or enhance his / her learning and performance by participating in our extensive intramural or interscholastic sports programs.
The participation of your child in the Frontier High School Physical Education Selective Program will have him / her exit our school system prepared to enjoy a lifetime of physical activity.
An attendance / record keeping period takes place at the beginning of each class, with the teacher they have selected for the activity. This teacher will be their teacher for the unit. Once the unit has ended, students will select a new activity and have a new teacher.
ADAPTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION (PE99)
Adaptive Physical Education is a program that is provided to meet the needs of students who are temporarily or permanently unable to participate in a regular physical education program. The activities offered will be adapted or changed to meet the needs and capabilities of each individual student.
Program adaptations are based upon recommendations from the family physician. The classes are small in size and individual attention will be given to each student.
Students classified by the Committee on Special Education (C.S.E.) may not be able to safely participate in the activities of the regular physical education class, and therefore must be provided with an adapted program. This program includes students with either permanent physical or mental handicaps. A written Individualized Education Plan (IEP) must include a prescriptive physical education program for each student.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION SELECTIVE ACTIVITIES
Outdoor Activities:
Team Sport Activities: Soccer, Speedball, Touch Football, Forwards, Ultimate Frisbee, Lacrosse, Softball
Individual Sport Activities: Tennis, Golf, Cardiovascular Activity, Cross Country Ski, Cornhole, Boce Ball, Powerwalking, Jogging, Kan Jam
Indoor Activities:
Team Sport Activities: Volleyball, Floor Hockey, Team Handball, Basketball, Indoor Soccer, Mat Ball
Individual Sport Activities: Archery, Square/Line Dancing, Weight Training, Circuit Training, Aerobics, Ping Pong, Kan Jam, Elementary Games, Cooperative Games, Racquetball, Paddleball, Badminton, Wall Ball, Cornhole
Swimming Activities: Swimming Skills Review, Water Polo, Water Aerobics, Basic Life Saving Techniques, Water Basketball, Canoeing, Obstacle Course
* Each student must successfully complete one unit of swimming in grades 9 and 10. Upon completion of 9/10 grade swimming, the student has the option of participating or not participating in the swimming unit their junior and senior year.