Health & PE
Health and Physical Education 9
Grade 9 Credit 1
Students will participate in classroom instruction and in individual and team activities designed to develop attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary to maintain personal fitness for a lifetime. Fifty percent of the course focuses on classroom instruction in personal fitness, nutrition, mental health, First Aid CPR AED, family relationships, disease prevention and control, and substance abuse prevention. Selected Family Life Education (FLE) topics are included in this course.
Health and Physical Education 10
with Classroom Driver Education
Grade 10 Credit 1
Recommended: Successful completion of Health and Physical Education 9
Students continue to participate in classroom instruction and in individual and team activities designed to develop attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary to maintain personal fitness for a lifetime. Forty percent of the course focuses on classroom instruction in health concepts, and classroom driver education. Classroom driver education consists of a minimum of 36 hours of classroom instruction and the 90 minute Partners for Safe Teen Driving presentation. Classroom Driver Education includes topics such as motor vehicle laws, vehicle controls, influences on driver behavior, adverse conditions, responsible driving behaviors, time and space management, and basic maneuvers. This course follows the Virginia Standards of Learning for Driver Education classroom instruction. As mandated by the Virginia General Assembly, a 90-minute Partners for Safe Teen Driving presentation is also required for classroom completion. The parent/guardian and teen driver must attend this presentation together (§22.1-205 of the Code of Virginia). Students will not be issued a Driver Education classroom completion card (DEC-1) until this requirement is met.