Health & Physical Education
The Health and Physical Education program is designed to provide students the knowledge and skills that will enable them to practice, achieve, and maintain physically active and healthful lives. A variety of fitness, recreational, sport, and lifetime activities are used to help students favorably impact their lives and those around them.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.5 Weight: ST
Length: Semester
Traditional: 12000 Periods/cycle: 5
Online/Asynchronous: 12000O Periods/cycle: 0
This course examines essential skills to make beneficial individual health choices as well as maintaining the health of others. Emphasis is placed on first aid, CPR techniques, nutrition, exercise, and drug and alcohol awareness. This course guides students in making important life decisions in the psychological, physiological, social, emotional, and mental aspects of their lives. Students acquire a deeper understanding of nutrition and their personal daily nutritional needs. Digital citizenship topics help students develop a positive digital footprint while focusing on the use of technology and its effects on overall health. Students will also learn about contemporary social health issues that affect individuals. Finally, students will analyze the interdependence existing among the body systems. This course counts towards the Health graduation requirement.
LIFELONG ACTIVITIES
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.2 Weight: ST
Length: Semester
Traditional Periods/cycle: 2
Course numbers:
Fall semester (13100F)
Spring semester (13100S)
This course emphasizes the value of maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. Activities that can be continued throughout a lifetime are the main focus of this course. The course will be broken down into the below units. Net and Wall Games and Team Games units will focus on team-based sports for competitive play and strategy of game play. Emphasis will be placed on strategic thinking, sport strategy, advanced skills, refined techniques, and competitive play. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
Net and Wall Games - Activities include tennis, badminton, volleyball and pickleball.
Team Games- Activities include soccer, base games, end zone games, basketball, and Tchoukball.
Fitness and Activities - Activities include frisbee golf, yard games and fitness-based activities. Opportunities will be provided to develop skills and sustain levels of fitness by allowing students to learn skills they can use at any age.
WEIGHT TRAINING & CONDITIONING
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.2 Weight: ST
Length: Semester
Traditional Periods/cycle: 2
Course numbers: 2 days/cycle, fall semester (13525)/ spring semester (13526)
This course allows students the opportunity to learn the benefits of strength training. It would also allow for speed and agility development. The course teaches students weight room safety and how to lift properly without injuring themselves. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
YOGA
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.2 Weight: ST
Length: Semester
Traditional Periods/cycle: 2
Course numbers:
Fall semester (13130F)
Spring semester (13130S)
This strength and flexibility course focuses on fundamental yoga poses. The course offers a moderately vigorous intensity but can be modified for students of all abilities and needs. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
COMPETITIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Grade(s): 10-12 Credit(s): 0.2 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Traditional Periods/cycle: 2
Course numbers:
Fall semester (13129F)
Spring semester (13129S)
This course is designed for those students who have a desire to participate in a more challenging/competitive environment than the regular Physical Education class. Competitive Physical Education will focus on leadership, team building/teamwork, problem solving, participation, sportsmanship and sport strategy through various games/activities. Students will acquire knowledge and skills in recreational, athletic and lifetime activities throughout the planned units of this course. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
HYBRID PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.2 Weight: ST
Length: Semester
Hybrid: Periods/cycle: 1
Course numbers:
Fall semester (13126F)
Spring semester (13126S)
This course allows students the opportunity to meet once a cycle and provides basic instruction and activities in physical development. The course is designed to give students the opportunity to develop their personal fitness/workout routines outside of school. All students are screened twice a year in five areas of physical fitness measuring muscular strength and endurance, cardio-respiratory endurance, speed, agility and flexibility. School equipment is available but limited. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
ESSENTIALS OF PERSONAL TRAINING
Grade(s): 11-12 Credit(s): 0.6 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Traditional: 13418 Periods/cycle: 3
This course allows students the opportunity to meet once a cycle and provides basic instruction and activities in physical development. The course is designed to give students the opportunity to develop their personal fitness/workout routines outside of school. All students are screened twice a year in five areas of physical fitness measuring muscular strength and endurance, cardio-respiratory endurance, speed, agility and flexibility. School equipment is available but limited. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETIC COACHING EDUCATION
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.4 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Traditional: 13417 Periods/cycle: 2
This course is designed to give students a first hand look into what it takes to be an athletic coach. Students will gain the knowledge and practical skills necessary to excel as a coach in the dynamic world of athletics. This comprehensive course is designed to provide aspiring coaches with the essential tools to communicate with stakeholders, strategies to build a positive culture and techniques to develop leadership skills that will inspire the future generation of athletes. Students will discover their own coaching style and apply it to the sport that they choose. Students will have the opportunity to make a positive impact while gaining experience that will help their career. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
SPORTS OFFICIATING
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.4 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Online/Asynchronous: 13415 Periods/cycle: 2
The course is designed to develop the knowledge and mechanics of the rules which govern various sports. The three sports covered will be: soccer, basketball and baseball/softball. Students will be able to officiate high school interscholastic sports upon completion of course requirements and testing through the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
TCHS-PICKERING PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.4 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Online/Asynchronous: 13128O Periods/cycle: 0
Throughout this course students will learn about the principles of fitness and how to train properly. They will pick their own activities, analyze how these principles apply directly to themselves and learn how to adjust the program as needed. This course is scheduled for students attending TCHS-Pickering only. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
CYBER PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.4 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Online/Asynchronous: 13128S Periods/cycle: 0
Throughout this course students will learn about the principles of fitness and how to train properly. They will pick their own activities, analyze how these principles apply directly to themselves and learn how to adjust the program as needed. This course may be scheduled for cyber/hybrid students only. This course counts towards the Physical Education graduation requirement.
Health/Physical Education Electives
ATHLETIC TRAINING 1
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 1.0 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Traditional: 13315 Periods/cycle: 5
The purpose of this course is to prepare and train students to assist in preventing and treating first aid issues. Students will also learn to tape, wrap, and care for athletes. Record keeping procedures, as well as the organization and administration of a high school athletic training program will also be a part of the curriculum. Practical experience with sports teams is also part of the curriculum. This is an elective course; it does not count towards the Health or Physical Education graduation requirement.
ATHLETIC TRAINING 2
Grade(s): 10-12 Credit(s): 0.6 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Prerequisite: Athletic Training 1
Traditional: 13325 Periods/cycle: 3
Athletic Training 2 will build on the knowledge obtained from the original athletic training class. This class will allow students to analyze, create and engage in the various strategies used by ATCs and PTs to evaluate, treat and rehabilitate athletes from the day of the injury, all the way through the athletes return to the full participation in their sport. This is an elective course; it does not count towards the Health or Physical Education graduation requirement.
SPORTS MANAGEMENT
Grade(s): 9-12 Credit(s): 0.6 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Traditional: 13416 Periods/cycle: 3
This course provides an overview of the principles, practices, and challenges in the field of sports management. It covers topics related to sports administration, marketing, event management, finance, ethics, and more. This is an elective course; it does not count towards the Health or Physical Education graduation requirement.
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY
Grade(s): 10-12 Credit(s): 0.4 Weight: ST
Length: Year
Traditional: 13413 Periods/cycle: 2
Online/Asynchronous: 13413O Periods/cycle: 0
Sports Psychology focuses on the performance aspect of life and how one’s mindset can either propel or hinder achievement. This course utilizes psychological knowledge and skills to examine optimal performance and well-being of students and athletes by addressing developmental and social aspects of sports participation, classroom performance and systemic issues associated with sports settings. This is an elective course; it does not count towards the Health or Physical Education graduation requirement.