Physical Education
Fitness
Half Year Course Number: 6022
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Students will gain knowledge of personal fitness concepts through class work and participation in a variety of fitness based activities. Students will develop and implement an individual fitness program including a cardiovascular and weight training component. A notebook containing notes, handouts and student-generated work will be required. Principles of exercise, nutrition, and the areas of fitness will be explored. This course will be closely integrated with health in developing a fit and healthy lifestyle.
*No more than 25 students
Team Sports
Half Year Course Number: 6021
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Students will learn specific team sports, motor skills, strategies, rules and sportsmanship of these activities. Participation, written work, physical performance, and effort will be used to evaluate student progress. Activities will include sports and games that require a team for participation. Working cooperatively and responsibly in a physically active and competitive setting will be required. This course is geared toward the highly active athlete who wishes to improve upon sport specific skills and may have an interest in coaching.
Prerequisites : Fitness
Lifetime & Recreational Sports
Half Year Course Number: 6013
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Students will learn specific skills, strategies, rules and sportsmanship needed to participate in a variety of individual sports and activities. These activities will focus on learning the basics of activities that are geared toward a lifetime of fitness and activity. Participation, physical performance and effort, written tests and a research project will be used to assess each student. This course is recommended for a student who is generally less competitive and active.
Prerequisites : Fitness
*No more than 18 students
Weight Training
Half Year Course Number: 6027
Grades: 11, 12
This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn weight training concepts and techniques used for obtaining optimal physical fitness. Students will benefit from comprehensive weight training and cardiorespiratory endurance activities. Students will learn the basic fundamentals of weight training, strength training, aerobic training, and overall fitness training and conditioning. Students will be empowered to make wise choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness, wellness, and movement activity.
Prerequisites: Fitness, Lifetime & Recreational Sorts & Team Sports
Teacher Approval- Seniors first then juniors.No more than 14 because of safety and space due to olympic style lifting.
PE Olympics
Half Year Course Number: 6028
Grades: 11, 12
This course is designed to provide an elective credit for students who has fulfilled the physical education requirement. Students need to have taken fitness, lifetime and recreation sports and team sports to be allowed to take this course. This course is a combination of ALL physical education curriculum/standards.
Prerequisites: Fitness, Lifetime & Recreational Sorts & Team Sports. Teacher Approval- Seniors first then juniors.
Health
Health
Half Year Course Number: 6010
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
In Health I, students will work toward meeting the Standards for Health Education through topics like Communication Skills, Influences on your Health Nutrition, Stress Management, and Decision Making Skills. Students will discuss prevalence and prevention of common diseases within our community.
Life After High School
Full Year Course Number: 6030
Grade: 11, 12
This course is designed for juniors/seniors preparing for life after high school. Health After High School will offer insight on how to stay healthy during all phases of their life including college and/or working a full-time job. The focus of this course will be to inform students of how to balance obligations to family, school, and work all while staying physically, emotionally, financially, and socially healthy. Topics will include nutrition, sexual health, decision-making, mental health (including stress management), communication skills, and financial responsibility (including health insurance).
Peer Mentoring
Full Year Course Number:
Grade: 11 & 12
Gray-New Gloucester High School has teamed up with Seeds of Independence, a youth services organization, to deliver program Navigate to GNGHS students this year. Navigate is a peer mentoring program designed to help freshmen transition into high school with the support of junior and senior class mentors. These upperclassmen mentors, who have demonstrated success in their own high school career, will lead weekly meetings in which freshmen connect with other students and volunteer adult facilitators to discuss interests, aspirations, and strategies for a successful high school experience.
Based on topics students themselves endorse, adult volunteers and Seeds of Independence staff will facilitate discussions on a variety of ethical issues and problem-solving exercises with the overall intent of recognizing and making good choices that lead to success. These meetings are fun, meaningful, and driven by student interests. They provide a safe space for students to ask questions and hear experiences from respected community members and upperclassmen who have succeeded through various challenges.