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Health and Physical Education have been integrated to teach effective means of establishing a lifestyle based on healthy attitudes and actions. Fitness for life is an active process of becoming aware of and making positive choices toward a better-adjusted life style. Health has six dimensions: Physical, Emotional, Mental, Social, Spiritual, and Environmental. A modern Health and Physical Education program can and should result in many benefits for students, staff, and community members. These benefits would include healthier, self-confident, more relaxed individuals who are educated in enjoyable and affordable ways to initiate and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION FR./SO.
Semester
2.5 credits
Prerequisite: None
Open to: Fr., So.
Physical Education units for Freshmen and Sophomores include the following:
Fall/Spring Winter
Flag football, jogging/power walking, Basketball, floor hockey, indoor soccer,
outdoor challenge education, tennis, physical fitness testing, volleyball,
physical fitness testing, soccer/speedball, fitness center/aerobics, recreational games
softball, track
PHYSICAL EDUCATION JR./SR.
Semester
2.5 credits
Prerequisite: None
Open to: Jr., Sr.
A semester based class of team sports and team games. Football, soccer, handball, basketball, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, floor hockey, tennis, pickleball, etc. Classes would be centered around team sports and class competitions. Allow for group work, class tournament play, and class roster more geared towards students who are invested in competitive play.
FUNCTIONAL FITNESS AND WEIGHT LIFTING
Semester
2.5 credits
Prerequisite: None
Open to: Jr., Sr.
This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn fitness concepts and conditioning techniques used to increase overall physical fitness. Students will benefit from comprehensive weight training and cardiorespiratory endurance activities. Students will learn the basic fundamentals of strength training, aerobic training, and overall fitness training and conditioning. Course includes both lecture and activity sessions. Students will be empowered to make wise choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness, wellness, and movement activity for a lifetime.
EVERYDAY WELLNESS
Semester
2.5 credits
Prerequisite: None
Open to: Jr., Sr.
Lifetime Fitness and Activity is a high school course for students who wish to participate in physical activities that can generally be pursued throughout one’s lifetime. Students will learn rules and fundamental techniques for a variety of fitness activities. Activities such as walking, running, light weight training will be the focus of the fitness aspect of the course. More individualized (not team specific) activities such as golf, archery, tennis (racquet sports), frisbee, etc will also be taught and featured.
ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Semester
2.5 credits
Prerequisite: Special Education Referral
Open to: All
Adapt means to make suitable, to adjust, accommodate, or modify in accordance with identified needs. These needs may be developmental or environmental. Educators adapt curriculum content, instruction, assessment, and evaluation methodology, and physical environment, but they also help students to adapt. This class would be for any student referred through guidance or special education. Adapted Physical Education may be included in a student’s Special Education Plan.
HEALTH *
Semester
2.5 credits
* GRADUATION REQUIREMENT-Every student MUST take and pass one semester of Health
Prerequisite: None
Open to: So., Jr., Sr.
The topics studied include the following: (a) introduction to health and effective decision-making; (b) mental health (self-esteem, peer pressure, body image, stress); (c) emotional health (depression, suicide prevention, coping with loss); (d) substance abuse prevention (tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs); (e) non-infectious diseases (cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes); (f) human sexuality (reproduction, contraception and sexually transmitted diseases); (g) abuse & violence (dating violence, domestic abuse, harassment, hazing); (h) current health issues.
UNIFIED PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Semester
2.5 credits
Prerequisite: Prior Approval Required
Open to: So., Jr., Sr.
A general semester based class of both team and individual sports and games where students will work alongside students from the Career Ed program. Students will develop skills in a variety of disciplines as well as gain a better understanding of students from all backgrounds.
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