HEALTH/PE FLOW CHART
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HEALTH/PE COURSES
3506HE Health & Wellness
Recommended Grade: 9
Required Prerequisites: None
Recommended Prerequisites: None
Credits: 1 semester course, 1 credit per semester
Fulfills the Health and Wellness requirement for all diploma types
Course Description: Health Education is a one-semester course that focuses on developing knowledge, concepts, skills, behaviors, and attitudes related to student health and well- being. Topics of learning and discussion are: (1) Growth and Development; (2) Mental Health and Emotional Health; (3) Community and Environmental Health; (4) Nutrition; (5) Family Life; (6) Consumer Health; (7) Personal Health; (8) Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs; (9) Intentional and Unintentional Injury; and (10) Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
3542 Physical Education 1
Recommended Grade: 9-10
Required Prerequisites: None
Recommended Prerequisites: None
Credits: 1 semester course, 1 credit per semester
Fulfills the Physical Education requirement for all diploma types. The Class of 2028 and before are required to earn 2 PE credits. The Class of 2029 and after are required to earn 1 PE credit.
Course Description: This class is an introduction to various sports and physical activities such as speedball, soccer, flag football, volleyball, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, softball, floor hockey, weight lifting, aerobics, badminton, archery, wrestling, pickle-ball, and dancing. The class will include physical assessment tests, supervised activities and games along with the development of individual skills and team concepts. Coordination, flexibility, agility, muscular strength, and cardiovascular fitness will be emphasized throughout the program.
3544 Physical Education 2
Recommended Grade: 9-10
Required Prerequisites: Physical Education 1
Recommended Prerequisites: None
Credits: 1 semester course, 1 credit per semester
Fulfills the Physical Education requirement for all diploma types. The Class of 2028 and before are required to earn 2 PE credits. The Class of 2029 and after are required to earn 1 PE credit.
Course Description: This class builds upon and expands curriculum covered in Physical Education 1.
3560A1/3560A2 Advanced Physical Fitness
Recommended Grade: 10-12
Required Prerequisites: Completion of 2 semesters of Physical Education and an IHSAA physical form on file prior to participation
Recommended Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester
Counts as an elective requirement for all diplomas
Course Description: This course will serve as an advanced strength and conditioning course for non athletes. It will focus on specific training for bodybuilding, weight loss, cross fit, and general fitness as well as recovery from training. Advanced Physical Fitness will focus on development/progress of goals put in place by kids that want to increase more intense training versus organized game or recreational sport. Weightroom, sprint training, active recovery, and exercise training will be based on individualized student goals and different units of types of training.
3560R1/3560R2 Recreational Physical Fitness
Recommended Grade: 10-12
Required Prerequisites: Completion of 2 semesters of Physical Education
Recommended Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester
Counts as an elective requirement for all diplomas
Course Description: This course will serve as an advanced physical education class. It will focus on learning how to play, officiate, and compete in recreational sports and games. Recreational Physical Education will focus on allowing kids the opportunity to play more competitive games, learn more in depth rules and regulations, and play more advanced sports and games that couldn’t be done with Freshman Physical Education. Opportunities such as officiating, exposure to multicultural games, and higher level competition will all be a large part in this course.
3560S1/3560S2 Athletic Performance
Recommended Grade: 10-12 (9th grade only if competing at varsity level of sports)
Required Prerequisites: Completion of 2 semesters of Physical Education (or signed off from athletic coach) and an IHSAA physical form on file prior to participation
Recommended Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester
Counts as an elective requirement for all diplomas
Course Description: This course will serve as an advanced strength and conditioning course for athletes. It will focus on specific training for all sports provided by the school as well as recovery and treatment for those athletes that are in or out of their sport season. Athletic Performance will focus on development for the In Season differences compared to the out of season differences for athletes. Weight room, sprint training, active recovery, and exercise training will be based on individualized sports and athletes.
3500S1/3508S2 Sports Medicine
Recommended Grade: 10-12
Required Prerequisites: Health, Biology I
Recommended Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester
Counts as an elective requirement for all diplomas
Course Description: This course is to provide students with information on how to prevent, recognize, and treat injuries that commonly occur in sports and physical activity. As students gain this practical experience, they will be laying foundation for continued study in athletic training or other health related fields, such as nursing, physical therapy, paramedics, and medicine. The topics covered in the course are based on skills recommended by the National Athletic Training Association, the regulatory body for Athletic Trainers in the United States.
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