Health and Physical Education

In PE 9, students will learn about the benefits of physical fitness and importance of daily physical activity as they prepare for and perform the CT Fitness Test.  They will also learn and develop the basic skills and fundamentals of various sports and games.  Through game play, they will understand the importance of teamwork, cooperation, offensive and defensive strategies, and good sportsmanship.

This course provides training in many areas of health, including, but not limited to wellness dimensions, mental and emotional health, substance abuse, growth and development, nutrition, exercise and fitness, diseases and disorders, human sexuality, and safety, communication, and CPR/first aid.  Students learn to differentiate between healthy behaviors and risk behaviors in each of these areas, as well as the difference between protective factors and risk factors.  Students learn how a single behavior affects the whole person and the outcome of any given situation.  Topics studied with the above areas of health include decision making skills, goal setting skills, stress management skills, mental health disorders, nutritional choices, the effects of advertisement and the media, Red Cross CPR and First Aid, sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS, reproduction and contraception, sexual harassment, and healthy/unhealthy relationships.

Students are required to take one semester of Health 2 during their junior or senior year. 

This course will be classroom based. Students will learn about more advanced and age appropriate health topics that are relevant to their grade level. The course will include lessons involving critical decision making, goal setting, healthy relationships, sex education, substance abuse, distracted driving, fitness and nutrition, current health issues, and ways to continue to live a healthy lifestyle beyond high school.

This is a course designed to focus on personalized fitness planning, as well as a nutritional learning piece.  This course will take place in the fitness center and will include learning about various styles of fitness.  These styles of fitness will include but are not limited to, high intensity interval training (HIIT), yoga, split routines, core training, TRX, CrossFit, strength training, endurance training, mobility, flexibility, etc. The goal of this course is for students to become comfortable with fitness and learn how to build and write their own fitness routines based on personal goals.  

*All students are required to earn 1 full credit of Physical Education in order to graduate.   Students are required to take .5 credit their freshman year and they can take the other .5 credit in any semester of their remaining years left.   They can choose to take Team Sports or Personal Fitness as their second PE requirement. 

This course will include but is not limited to, ultimate frisbee, soccer, speedball, cooperative games, floor hockey, team handball, volleyball, tennis, baseball, basketball, badminton, tennis, kickball, and wiffle ball.  Students will learn the skills and terminology associated with each sport, game strategies, fitness concepts and how to develop teamwork and good sportsmanship. Personal exercise options such as strength and conditioning training and walking for fitness will also be available in between units.