Health and Physical Education

Health & Wellness, a course based on Indiana’s Academic Standards for Health & Wellness, provides the basis to help students adopt and maintain healthy behaviors. Health education should contribute directly to a student’s ability to successfully practice behaviors that protect and promote health and avoid or reduce health risks. Through a variety of instructional strategies, students practice the development of functional health information (essential concepts); determine personal values that support health behaviors; develop group norms that value a healthy lifestyle; develop the essential skills necessary to adopt, practice, and maintain health-enhancing behaviors. This course includes the application of priority areas in a planned, sequential, comprehensive health education curriculum. Priority areas include: promoting personal health and wellness, physical activity, healthy eating, promoting safety and preventing unintentional injury and violence, promoting mental and emotional health, a tobacco-free lifestyle and an alcohol- and other drug-free lifestyle and promoting human development and family health. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills of health and wellness core concepts, analyzing influences, accessing information, interpersonal communication, decision-making and goal-setting skills, health-enhancing behaviors, and health and wellness advocacy skills.

• Recommended Grade Level:  9 – 12

• Recommended Prerequisites:  None

• Credits: 1 credit, 1 semester course

• Fulfills the Health & Wellness requirement for the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors, Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas

Physical Education I focuses on instructional strategies through a planned, sequential, and comprehensive physical education curriculum which provide students with opportunities to actively participate in at least four of the following: team sports; dual sport activities; individual physical activities; outdoor pursuits; aquatics; gymnastics; and dance, all which are within the framework of lifetime physical activities and fitness. Ongoing assessment includes both written and performance-based skill evaluation. Individual assessments may be modified for individuals with disabilities, in addition to those with IEP’s and 504 plans (e.g., chronic illnesses, temporary injuries, obesity, etc.). See 511 IAC 7-27-9, 7-27-11.

• Recommended Grade Level:  9 – 12

• Recommended Prerequisites: None

• Credits: 1 credit per semester; 2 credits REQUIRED for graduation

• Fulfills part of the Physical Education requirement for the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors and Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas 

• Recommended: Classes are co-educational unless the activity involves bodily contact or groupings based on an objective standard of individual performance developed and applied without regard to gender. 

Physical Education II focuses on instructional strategies through a planned, sequential, and comprehensive physical education curriculum which provide students with opportunities to actively improve physical conditioning. Weight Training and Conditioning offers students the opportunity to develop muscular strength, coordination, agility, and physical endurance. Use of the weight equipment, conditioning and aerobic activities are offered on alternating days.

• Recommended Grade Level:  9 – 12

• Recommended Prerequisites:  Physical Education I and approval of varsity coach*;

• Credits: 1 credit per semester

• Counts as an Elective for the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors and Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas; Does not fulfill a PE requirement

• Recommended Grade Level:  10 – 12

• Required Prerequisites:  Two required credits of PE

• Non-athletic Team Weight Training does NOT require approval of coach

• Credits: 1 credit per semester

• Counts as an Elective for the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors and Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas;  Does not fulfill a PE requirement

• Recommended Grade Level:  10 – 12

• Required Prerequisites:  2 required credits of PE

• Credits: 1 credit per semester

• Students will have access to Lifesaving Certification/Water Safety

• Counts as an Elective for the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors and Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas; 

• Does not fulfill a PE requirement

• Recommended Grade Level:  10 – 12

• Required Prerequisites:  2 required credits of PE

• Credits: 1 credit per semester

• Students will participate in a variety of physical activities to improve cardiovascular fitness.

• Counts as an Elective for the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors and Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas; 

• Does not fulfill a PE requirement