A student must earn one unit of Physical Education to graduate.
PE I Personal Fitness / Comprehensive Health
Credit: 1 Unit
Emphasizes health related fitness concepts and comprehensive health through instruction, practice and application of skills necessary or optimal levels of health and fitness now and for a lifetime. The comprehensive health portion promotes wellness, safety education, health maintenance, and disease prevention. It includes reproductive health, sexual and domestic violence and prevention and CPR/AED instruction.
PE II-IV Sports, Strength, and Conditioning
Credit: 1 Unit
Uses previously learned skills to help achieve more advanced skills in individual, team sports, and lifetime activities. Exposure to a variety of activities will develop healthy practices for higher levels of fitness now and throughout a lifetime. Adds weight training and exercise to previously learned knowledge. Students will understand weight lifting exercises and the parts of the body the exercises train. Conditioning exercises and core exercises will be included. Conditioning and core exercises will be included.
PE V-VIII Advanced Weight Lifting
Credit: 1 Unit
Requires instructor approval. Uses previously learned skills about weight training and exercise to advance knowledge in weight lifting. Students will understand weight lifting exercises and the parts of the body the exercises train.
IB Sports Exercise and Health Science
Credit: 1 Unit / IB Exam Required
This course explores the science underpinning physical performance and provides the opportunity to apply these principles. The course incorporates the disciplines of anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, psychology and nutrition. Students cover a range of core and option topics, and carry out practical (experimental) investigations in both laboratory and field settings. The course offers a deeper understanding of the issues related to sports, exercise and health in the 21st century and addresses the international dimension and ethics related to both the individual and global context.