Course Descriptions

FITNESS FOR LIFE (606301)  

Length: Semester Available for: 10-12 grades

Required for Graduation

This required course is designed to help each student adopt a personal lifestyle of regular physical fitness. The focus is on selecting activities for fitness on an individual and group basis.

PE 9 (606201)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

Students will be college and career ready, as demonstrated by the ability to plan and implement different types of personal fitness programs, demonstrate competency in lifetime activities, describe key concepts associated with successful participation in physical activity, model responsible behavior while engaged in physical activity, and fill a need for self-expression, challenge, social interaction and enjoyment.

SPORTS FOR FUN  (606401)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

This course offers students the opportunity to engage in beginning sports play. Students will learn proper rules, team strategies, and functional play of a variety of sport activities. Course activities will include, but are not limited to basketball, volleyball, softball, and soccer. Notes and quizzes are possible.

BASKETBALL/FLAG FOOTBALL (606402)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

This course offers students the opportunity to engage in beginning sports play. Students will learn proper rules, team strategies, and functional play of Basketball and Flag Football. 

RAQUET/NET SPORTS (606403)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

This course offers students the opportunity to engage in beginning sports play. Students will learn proper rules, team strategies, and functional play of a variety of racquet/net sport activities. 

BEGINNING SOCCER (606404)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

This course offers the basic instruction in technique, strategies, rules, and enjoyment of soccer. No varsity soccer players are permitted to take this class. The purpose of this course is to help introduce students to soccer and the fitness benefits that go with it. Students will be introduced not only to skills but playing outdoor soccer, indoor soccer, and futsal. There are no prerequisites required for this class. The emphasis of this course will be on developing individual and team skills and tactics through skill specific drills and game play. MAJOR THEMES: passing, dribbling, shooting, footwork, positions/game play.

BEGINNING SWIMMING (607001)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

Basic water skills are taught along with development of the basic strokes and lap swim.

BEGINNING WEIGHTS (606801)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

For beginners only. This class is for students with little or no experience in the weight room. This class will teach the strengthening of muscle groups and the development of lifting programs to keep students physically fitness. 

ADVANCED WEIGHTS (606806)

Length: Semester Available for: 10-12 grades

Prerequisite: Beginning Weight Training

Students will be expected to apply knowledge gained in beginning weights to create and manage their own personal plan and being self- driven throughout their work.

YOGA (606471)

Length:  Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

Students will learn about the limbs of yoga, anti-anxiety tips, breathwork, meditation techniques, and chakras. We will explore a variety of poses ranging from simplistic stretches to peak poses. This class is meant to be a period where students feel safe, respected, and calm.

COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS

• MEN ATHLETICS- FALL (606601)

• WOMEN ATHLETICS- FALL (606602)

• MEN ATHLETICS- SPRING (606603)

• WOMEN ATHLETICS- SPRING (606604)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

This course is offered to any student who is currently on an athletic team or has aspirations of trying out for an athletic team at Cyprus. This upcoming year, student athletes that take this class will also be signed up to take an athletic independent study and a weights class during the same period. The timing of the athletic season will determine which section student athletes will be attending. Student athletes that sign up for this class should expect to take the class for an entire year to help prepare them for their current season and future athletic seasons.

COMPETITIVE SWIMMING - MEN (607060)

Length: Year     Available for: 9-12 grades

This class is offered during 1B.

This course is offered to any student who is currently on the swimming team or has aspirations of trying out for the swimming team at Cyprus.  The course will focus on aerobic and anaerobic conditioning in the pool; technical aspects of the competition strokes; improving strength, athleticism and feel for the water; and mental and academic skills vital to swimming fast.  Student athletes that sign up for this class should expect to take the class for an entire year to help prepare them for their current and future seasons. 

COMPETITIVE SWIMMING - WOMEN (607070)

Length: Year     Available for: 9-12 grades

This class is offered during 1A.

This course is offered to any student who is currently on the swimming team or has aspirations of trying out for the swimming team at Cyprus.  The course will focus on aerobic and anaerobic conditioning in the pool; technical aspects of the competition strokes; improving strength, athleticism and feel for the water; and mental and academic skills vital to swimming fast.  Student athletes that sign up for this class should expect to take the class for an entire year to help prepare them for their current and future seasons.  

DANCE 1A: BEGINNING DANCE (5000001)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

Can count for PE or Art credit.

This dance course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression and meaning, performance, history and elements of dance. Within this class, we work on building movement vocabulary, investigating the creative process, and developing individual and group choreography.  This class will NOT perform in a concert.

DANCE 1B: HIP HOP (500011)

Length: Semester Available for: 10-12 grades

Can count for PE or Art credit.

This dance course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, performance, history and elements of dance. Within this class, we work on building movement vocabulary in hip hop including breaking, old skool, steppin etc, and developing individual and group choreography. This class will NOT perform in a concert.

LATIN/SOCIAL DANCE (500311)

Length: Semester Available for: 9-12 grades

Can count for PE or Art credit.

This dance course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, choreography, performance, history and elements of dance. In this class, students will learn various cultural and social dances, including (but not limited to) bachata, merengue, cha cha, rumba, east coast swing, waltz, fox trot, line dancing, & hip hop. This class will NOT perform in a concert.

DANCE 2 (500100)

Length: Year Available for: 9-12 grades

Can count for PE or Art credit.

Prerequisite: Beginning dance or equivalent or teacher approval

This dance course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression and meaning, performance, history and elements of dance. Within this class, we work on building movement vocabulary, investigating the creative process, and developing individual and group choreography. This class will perform in one end of year dance concert.

DANCE 3 (500200)

Length: Year Available for: 11-12 grades

Can count for PE or Art credit.

Prerequisite: Dance 2 or equivalent or teacher approval

This dance course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression and meaning, performance, history and elements of dance. Within this class, we work on building movement vocabulary, investigating the creative process, and developing individual and group choreography. This class will perform in one end of year dance concert.

CYPRUS DANCE ENSEMBLE/DANCE 4 (500250)

Length: Year Available for: 9-12 grades

Can count for PE or Art credit.

Audition Only 

Dance Ensemble is a choreography/performance dance group. Dance Ensemble is a dance class that will have 2 extra performing opportunities in addition to performing in the Spring Dance Concert & Performing Arts Assembly. This class will also get to go on a field trip to see a live performance of a professional dance company and work with a guest choreographer. Dance Ensemble will have NO rehearsals outside of class time. This is a great opportunity for those that want to be part of a performing group but are busy with other things. This dance course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression and meaning, performance, history and elements of dance. Within this class, we work on building movement vocabulary, investigating the creative process, and developing individual and group choreography.

DANCE COMPANY (607500) 

Length: Year Available for: 9-12 grades

Can count for PE or Art credit.

Audition Only

Dance Company is a choreography/performance dance group. The focus of Dance Company is on dance as an art form with an emphasis on contemporary dance. Dance Company has a required state core that works on building dance knowledge and skill in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression, performance, history, culture, life skills, and connections to other curricular areas. This is a unique opportunity for you to experience dance in a way uncommon in a studio dance class but directly related to dance in a university or in a professional setting. Dance Company members will have the opportunity to be inducted into the National Honor Society for Dance Arts, which includes receiving cords to wear at graduation. Dance Company members can also participate in sterling scholar auditions and college scholarship auditions. Our biggest projects during the year will be participating in UDEO State Dance Festival and putting on a Spring Dance Concert where Dance Company members will have the opportunity to choreograph. If chosen to be on Dance Company, you will automatically be registered for the 4th period class. Practice will go until 3pm on the day of Dance Company class!