Physical Ed

Health and Physical Education Grades 9-12            

This course will focus on stress management, nutrition/weight management, substance abuse, personal fitness, healthful lifestyles, social wellness, and appreciation for diversity.

COURSE NOTE: This course satisfies the State Board of Education graduation requirement for Healthful Living.

Physical Fitness I Grades 9-12          

This course emphasizes regular participation in fitness activities that promote a healthy and wellness- oriented lifestyle. This is an individual health-related fitness course that addresses cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, and muscular strength/endurance.

Physical Fitness II Grades 9-12          

This course emphasizes continued participation in aerobics, fitness, and weight training. Other topics such as nutrition and muscle physiology are included. Personal improvement through an individualized exercise and nutrition plan is stressed. Flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, body composition, and cardiovascular training are emphasized. 

Physical Education Grades 9-12        

This course is designed to allow students to concentrate in areas of interest developed in physical education. The course will be taught with each unit being presented in greater detail. Emphasis will be placed on skill development, knowledge of the activity, and physical fitness, as well as learning how to set up various programs, officiate various sports, and conduct research in areas of conditioning and weight training. Emphasis will be placed on routines of selected pieces of equipment and on knowledge of routines and scoring methods for each specific routine. Students are provided opportunities in the following areas: warm-up and conditioning activities; individual and dual activities: golf, tennis, weight training, wrestling, jogging and recreational games; fitness testing; and team games: basketball, softball, volleyball and soccer. 

COURSE NOTE: This course does not replace the Health and Physical Education Grades 9-12 graduation requirement.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning I - Female         

This course is designed for the novice weight-training student. Introductory techniques of weight training and cardiovascular conditioning, safety precautions, and injury prevention are addressed. Students will also develop a personal fitness program.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning II - Female          

This course is designed to improve muscular strength and power through progressive weight training techniques. More advanced coursework on the principles of cardiovascular fitness and strength development are addressed in this course.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning II - Female (Honors)         

This course is designed to improve muscular strength and power through progressive weight training techniques. More advanced coursework on the principles of cardiovascular fitness and strength development are addressed in this course.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning III - Female       

This course is for students interested in learning advanced lifting and exercise techniques. The basic principles of exercise prescription, sports nutrition, exercise testing and evaluation, cardiovascular fitness, and strength development will be addressed. The design and implementation of the student’s personal fitness plan is included in this course.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning III - Female (Honors)          

This course is for students interested in learning advanced lifting and exercise techniques. The basic principles of exercise prescription, sports nutrition, exercise testing and evaluation, cardiovascular fitness, and strength development will be addressed. The design and implementation of the student’s personal fitness plan is included in this course.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning I - Male          

This course is designed for the novice weight-training student. Introductory techniques of weight training and cardiovascular conditioning, safety precautions, and injury prevention are addressed. Students will also develop a personal fitness program.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning II - Male        

This course is designed to improve muscular strength and power through progressive weight training techniques. More advanced coursework on the principles of cardiovascular fitness and strength development are addressed in this course.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning II - Male (Honors)          

This course is designed to improve muscular strength and power through progressive weight training techniques. More advanced coursework on the principles of cardiovascular fitness and strength development are addressed in this course.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning III - Male          

This course is for students interested in learning advanced lifting and exercise techniques. The basic principles of exercise prescription, sports nutrition, exercise testing and evaluation, cardiovascular fitness, and strength development will be addressed. The design and implementation of the student’s personal fitness plan is included in this course.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Weight Training and Physical Conditioning III - Male (Honors)            

This course is for students interested in learning advanced lifting and exercise techniques. The basic principles of exercise prescription, sports nutrition, exercise testing and evaluation, cardiovascular fitness, and strength development will be addressed. The design and implementation of the student’s personal fitness plan is included in this course.

Sports Medicine I Grades 9-12         

This course teaches basic first aid and preventive therapeutic techniques. The course will include but not be limited to: first aid, taping techniques, anatomy/physiology, filling out proper forms, most common sports related injuries, and CPR.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Team Sports I       

This course is designed to include the development of general personal fitness, and active participation in team sports such as basketball, soccer, flag football, volleyball, and softball. This course includes the history, rules, and terminology of each sport with an emphasis in skill development, game strategies, and leadership.

Physical Education Local Elective Grades 9-12: Team Sports II       

This course is a continuation of Team Sports I. It is designed to develop a greater in-depth knowledge and practice of advanced team sports skills.