R = Fulfills graduation requirement at grade level
E= Elective and the year the student is eligible for course
Students must take .5 credits of P.E. 3 out of 4 years of high school totaling 1.5 credits for graduation
Course #: 560 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 9 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course: None
Students participate in a variety of team games, individual and dual sports, basic swim and safety skills, and muscular strength and endurance activities. Emphasis is placed on the five components of physical fitness.
Course #: 570 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 9 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course: None
This course centers on the social, mental, emotional, and physical aspects of health, wellness and provides students with a solid foundation to make responsible decisions in all areas of their health. The intended result is the development of healthy behaviors, which will lead to a wellness lifestyle.
Course #: 562 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course: None
This class provides a series of activities that will assist the student in obtaining necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills concerning their physical, intellectual, social, and emotional fitness throughout life.
Competitive Level - Competitive games is structured for higher skilled and motivated individuals who enjoy high intensity activities.
Both classes will consist of 8-10 conditioning days and 4-5 game units. Game units may include: speedball, lacrosse, flag football, hockey, team handball, and basketball. Classes will also include a weekly workout throughout the trimester.
Course #: 564 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course: None
Personal fitness is a class focused on the process of creating personal fitness goals, choosing appropriate assessments, and collecting data to reflect on the fitness based activities worked on in class. Students will have the opportunity to create their own workouts that focus on their personal fitness goals throughout the trimester. Fitness based activities included, but are not limited to Pilates, Ballates, basic Vinyasa Yoga, Power Yoga, Piyo, fitness walking, walk/jog track workouts, weight training circuits, total body and core workouts, T25/P90X, fitness dance workouts.
Course #: 565 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 (If a student has taken PE 9 they can take S&E)
Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course: None
Students can anticipate comprehension and proficiency of muscular strength and endurance along with the development of proper form and technique, agility, explosiveness and flexibility for use in a competitive setting as well as for overall fitness.
Course #: 567 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course: None
This course will include individual and team activities, along with fitness training students can use the rest of their adult life, and outdoor activities when the weather is appropriate. The goal is to help students identify activities they can participate in throughout their adult lives to maintain a healthy fitness level. Students will participate in individual workouts and recreational activities throughout the week. Recreational based activities - Tennis, badminton, softball, volleyball, frisbee golf and pickleball.
Course #: 561 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course: None
This class provides a series of activities that will assist the student in obtaining necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills concerning their physical, intellectual, social, and emotional fitness throughout life.
Recreational level - Recreational games is structured for lower skilled individuals who enjoy a game setting in a less competitive environment.
Both classes will consist of 8-10 conditioning days and 4-5 game units. Game units may include: speedball, lacrosse, flag football, hockey, team handball, and basketball. Classes will also include a weekly workout throughout the trimester.
Course #: 568 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course:
This course trains individuals in lifesaving skills and the knowledge needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. Students will become certified in First Aid, CPR, and AED. This course provides the necessary training to become a certified professional lifeguard through the American Red Cross. Students must demonstrate a minimum-level of swimming proficiency through successful completion of the American Red Cross swimming pre-test prior to being allowed to take this course.
Students MUST pass the course pre-test in order to stay in the course. The pre-test will be completed on the first day. It includes:
300 yard continuous swim using front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both. Swimming on the back or side are not permitted. Goggles are allowed.
Tread water for 2 minutes without support and without stopping. Only legs can be used. Candidates will place hands under their armpits. The head must remain about the surface of the water.
Timed event 20 yard swim with surface dive and retrieval of 10lb brick at a depth of 7-10 ft. Brick must be held with both hands and swam back to starting point with face at or near the surface so the “victim” is able to get a breath. Candidates should not swim the distance under water. Goggles are NOT allowed.
Students need to be 15 by the end of the course. Course fee: $ 42(non-refundable).
Course #: 569 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course:
This course trains students to teach swimming lessons to people of all ages and abilities. Students will learn to break swimming skills into drills with progressions. Class management, water safety, technique analysis, and lesson/unit development are practiced in student teaching sessions. Students will also work to improve their own swimming technique in all the strokes in the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim program. Students must demonstrate a level of swimming proficiency equal to the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Level 4 Stroke Performance in the Front Crawl, Back Crawl, Breaststroke, Elementary Backstroke, Sidestroke, and Butterfly prior to being allowed to take this course. Students need to be 16 by the end of the course. Course Fee: $42 (non-refundable).
Course #: 573 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5
Recommended Course: None
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge to improve or maintain health and wellness throughout their lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on the seven dimensions of wellness and how the information relates to the individual, community, and school. In addition, the student will explore and identify the social and interpersonal factors of health that contribute to the development of individual value systems, goals, and health-related decisions. This is a project based class in which students will learn how to assess their wellness, make a plan, implement the plan and advocate for others to do the same.