PHYSICAL EDUCATION 9

Course: 134011/234011 Credit: .5/Year Offered: Year Year Taken: 9

Fee: None Prereq: Freshman

The Freshman physical education course is a year-long offering.  It provides an opportunity for the development of fundamental skills in a wide range of areas and exposure to a variety of activities.  It consists of fun and creative workouts for individuals, partners and groups that use cooperation, learning, cardiovascular endurance, interval training, muscular endurance, muscular strength and other fitness concepts to bring out the best in our students.

HEALTH

Course: 134001/234001 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Semester I or II Year Taken: 10

Fee: $3 Prereq: Sophomore

This course is required for all sophomores and is designed to help students understand how the choices they make now and in the future will impact their overall health and wellness. The topics covered in this course are healthy eating, personal health and wellness, mental and emotional health, alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, as well as interpersonal communication and skills.  Students will be placed into this class based on their last names A-L or M-Z.

HEALTH CORE         

Course: 234261 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Semester II Year Taken: 10

Fee: $3 Prereq: Teacher or Counselor approval

This course is required for all sophomores and is designed to help students understand how the choices they make now and in the future will impact their overall health and wellness. The topics covered in this course are healthy eating, personal health and wellness, mental and emotional health, alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.  This course will focus on topics at the basic level.

ADVENTURE BASED ACTIVITIES

Course: 134061/234061 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I or II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This course is designed to include a number of activities that emphasize group development skills such as problem-solving, initiatives and trust activities.   This course promotes the social skills of communication, cooperation, and leadership development within the class.  It will also include numerous low and high ropes course elements and wall climbing.  The outdoor course includes: Zip line, Pamper jump, Climbing Tower, Dangle Duo, Multi-vine traverse and Cable traverse. Students on the ropes course will be encouraged to take healthy risks within their comfort zone.  There are certain inherent risks and dangers associated with the event; students knowingly and voluntarily accept and assume responsibility for these risks and dangers, and dangers that could arise out of, or occurring during, student participation in the event.

Note: This is a dual credit course.  Student who successfully complete will be eligible for credit through UW-Oshkosh

AEROBICS/SOCIAL DANCE

Course: 234071 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This is a Co-Ed class offered to those who like to move to many styles of music.  The social dance component will include a variety of individual, partner, and group dances.  Some examples include Latin Dances (salsa, merengue, tango, cha cha, and mambo) swing, line dancing, waltz, and others.  Students will also become familiar with proper dance etiquette on and off the dance floor.  The other component included in this course is Aerobic Dance.  This will include High and Low Intensity Aerobics, Step Aerobics, Cardio-Kick Boxing, circuit and stability ball training, HIIT Workouts, and an introduction to Zumba.

BOWLING/GOLF

Course: 234081 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: $45/Sem Prereq: None

This course will teach the students the fundamentals of golf and bowling.  Students will spend third quarter bowling and the fourth quarter working on the game of golf.  At the end of the golf unit, students are given the opportunity to play a round of golf at a local golf course.  Students will be given the opportunity to bowl at a local bowling center most days.   Students are required to pay fees for bowling and golfing.

INVASION GAMES

Course: 134211/234211 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I or II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

Invasion games are team games in which the purpose is to invade the opponent’s territory while scoring points and keeping the opposing team’s points to a minimum, and all within a certain time period. These include games where the ball is being carried or caught across a line, thrown or shot into a target, or struck with a stick or foot into a specific target area. Invasion games are the most strategic types of games with many transferable skills. Some activities may include but are not limited to Soccer, Speedball, Flag Football, Quad Ball, Satryn Ball, and Basketball.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Course: 134101/234101 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I or II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This course is designed to have two parts.  The first phase is the classroom portion.  The students will learn about and initiate leadership skills by participating in many activities that build and enhance leadership skills.  The second portion will involve the student assuming a leadership role within the school or out in the community.  Students will be required to put in a designated amount of hours in their choice of leadership activities.  One option would be for the high school student to be a student leader at the Wausau School Forest for the 5th grade program.  (No sign-up ahead of time, must have West P.E. approval).  Other options for the students to obtain their hours include working with the Badger State Games, Special Olympics, tutoring groups, after school day care, after school youth activities and various volunteer options.

NET GAMES

Course: 134121/2341211 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I or II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This course is a combination of various leisure time activities that include a net. Some activities may include but are not limited to tennis, badminton, eclipse ball, pickleball, takraw, floor hockey and volleyball.  Fitness, hand-eye coordination, speed, agility and improving one's reaction are a few of the benefits that can be gained through participation in these activities.

Note:   This is a dual Credit course.  Students who successfully complete will be eligile for credi throught UW-Oshkosh

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Course: 234111 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This course is designed to expose students to a variety of outdoor skills.  Students will participate in an Archery unit designed to examine the areas of equipment, terminology, shooting techniques, and safety.  Other units may include, but are not limited to, hiking, knots, orienteering, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, fly fishing, ice fishing, mountain biking, disc golf and rock climbing.

Note:   This is a dual Credit course.  Students who successfully complete will be eligile for credi throught UW-Oshkosh

RELAXATION TECHNIQUES

Course: 134141/234141 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I or II Year Taken: 11-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This course is designed to slow you down in this fast paced society.  We will focus on stress management and breathing techniques used for relaxation.  Some specific areas of focus include:  communication skills, time management, goal-setting, exercise, nutrition, and yoga.  Students will be able to identify personal stress patterns and help alter the negative aspect of these patterns.  This class teaches you how to take time for yourself which is a critical part of a healthy lifestyle.

Note:   This is a dual Credit course.  Students who successfully complete will be eligile for credit throught UW-Oshkosh

PERSONAL WELLNESS

Course: 134131 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I Year Taken: 11-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This course is designed to give students the opportunity to put into action the comprehensive health and wellness concepts they have learned throughout the physical education/health curriculum.  Students in this class will:

• Develop a more defined self-awareness.  They will become more aware of their physical, spiritual, emotional, social, intellectual, and occupational selves.  They will develop a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, limitations and capabilities.

• Learn how different aspects of the self are interrelated.

• Have a sense of balance.  Students will determine how much time they should devote to themselves and others.  Of the time students devote to themselves, students will determine how much time they should devote to different aspects of their lives.  Finding balance may mean devoting unequal amounts of time to different areas of their lives.

• Understand how their choices affect themselves and others.

• Know ways to handle problems they encounter in life.

• Be aware of school resources that can help them develop a self- awareness, understand how aspects of themselves are interrelated, achieve balance, make choices and handle decisions in their lives.

SELF-DEFENSE

Course: 234151 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester II Year Taken: 11-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This course is designed for the student wanting to learn basic self-defense techniques.  Basic falling and landing techniques and self-defense moves are covered.  The course will also help teach body control and build the student's confidence in coordination of body movements.  This course will also incorporate basic wrestling techniques and introduction to the various martial arts.

STUDENT INSTRUCTOR SEMINAR

Course: 134181/234181 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I or II Year Taken: 11-12

Fee: None Prereq: Junior or senior and PE Staff written approval

The student instructor course is the most advanced course in which students can participate.  Students with good technique and knowledge will assist teachers in the instruction of other students.  Student instructors will aid in giving individual attention needed by many students.  Student instructors will also assist teachers in some daily procedures such as equipment set-up/take down, equipment maintenance, locker room supervision and help prepare classroom materials. Students must have P.E. Staff written approval prior to enrolling in this class.

WEIGHT TRAINING

Course: 134161/234161 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I or II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

Weight Training  Early bird 

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

6:45am - 7:30 am

Course: 134171/23417     Offered:  Semester I or II      Year Taken:  10-12    Prereq:  None 

Credit: .5/Sem             Fee:   None                Prereq:  None

This course is designed to enhance student knowledge and experience in the realm of strength training. The objective of this course is to provide students with the basic concepts of training and the ability to create, problem solve and modify their own programs.

The first quarter in each semester will focus on learning common exercises as well as the different types of training goals. In addition, students will learn how to begin the process of developing a program. The second quarter in each semester will be devoted to the student creating their own programs and performing them with specific goals in mind along with tracking their own progress.

Students will learn how to record/journal progress as well as how to modify a program to change fitness goals. Lecture sessions will be devoted to the topics of exercise selection/modification, program fundamentals and types, modifying nutrition for specific goals, injury prevention and improving body composition.

Note:   This is a dual Credit course.  Students who successfully complete will be eligile for credit throught UW-Oshkosh

YOUNG ADULT MEDICINE

Course: 134221 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Semester I   Year Taken: 11-12

Fee: $5 Prereq: Ability to give presentation to the class

This course is divided into two units. The first unit covers CPR/First Aid/AED following the American Red Cross guidelines. The second unit presents a series of health related lectures by local physicians and medical professionals. Students become familiar with what constitutes good health and the delivery of health care. Possible areas to be included: pediatrics, family practice, orthopedics, pathology, O.B., dermatology, radiology and hospital experience. We may also take some field trips to medical/educational facilities.