Students develop the knowledge, skills, and habits needed to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle. Through a variety of fitness activities, sports, games, and lifetime recreation opportunities, students assess their personal fitness, build movement and conditioning skills, and learn how to safely participate in physical activity. Students may participate in activities such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, swimming, racquet sports, outdoor recreation, fitness training, and other individual and team activities. The course also emphasizes goal setting, fair play, rules and strategies, and the development of a personal fitness plan that students can use throughout high school and beyond.
Note: This course must be taken together with Physical Education Lifetime Activities (0.5 Credit) to meet the full credit requirement.
Weight Training Electives
PWP1210 – Weight & Resistance Training 1A
PWP1220 – Weight & Resistance Training 1B
PWP1230 – Weight & Resistance Training 2A
PWP1240 – Weight & Resistance Training 2B
Students develop strength, endurance, flexibility, and overall fitness through safe and effective weight and resistance training. The program begins with proper weight-room safety, etiquette, lifting technique, spotting, equipment use, and basic muscular strength and endurance. As students progress, they learn how to design and adjust personal training programs using principles such as specificity, overload, progression, variation, and FITT.
Students participate in a variety of training activities that may include free weights, resistance bands, body-weight exercises, plyometrics, medicine balls, machines, and circuit training. Advanced coursework includes monitoring heart rate, target heart-rate zones, body composition, muscular strength and endurance, aerobic and anaerobic fitness, and personal fitness goals. Students regularly assess their progress and modify their training programs to improve performance, conditioning, and overall fitness.
Team Sports 1, 2, and 3 (0.5 Credit Each)
The Team Sports courses build physical fitness, teamwork, strategy, and sportsmanship through a variety of athletic activities. Students strengthen movement skills, coordination, and understanding of rules and gameplay while developing leadership, communication, and a lifelong appreciation for physical activity.
Each Team Sports course (1, 2, or 3) earns 0.5 Physical Education (PEP1010) or elective credits and can be earned through participation in a Kealakehe High School athletic program. All athletic participation must be verified by the Athletic Director and align with the HIDOE Physical Education Content and Performance Standards III. This process allows students to earn credit for their commitment and contributions to Kealakehe athletics while meeting graduation requirements.