Mountain Biking
Lifetime: Mountain Biking Unit
In the Mountain Biking unit students will learn the benefits of biking: exploration, socialization, cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength. The unit will teach the importance of balance, reaction time, vision while students have the opportunity to ride their mountain bikes around our track and on designated trails around the school. Students will learn the importance of bike safety, the ABC's checking air, brakes and chain before riding.
Flag Football
The flag football unit will begin with learning proper throwing and catching technique of a football. Students will practice throwing and catching each class for an assessment at the end of the unit. Students will then learn different routes they can use in a flag football game. By the end of the unit students should understand basic rules of flag football including positions and scoring of a game.
Tennis
This beginner tennis course that is designed to introduce students to fundamentals of tennis. Game
rules, etiquette and basic strategy for singles and doubles will be covered. The course will cover skills
such as ball control, forehand/backhand drive, drive/lob serve, forehand/backhand lob, smash, and strategy.
Intro to Fitness and the use of PLT4M
An introduction to the world of barbells! Our primary focus is becoming comfortable with a loaded bar for the first time. Namely, we will be introducing the 3 “power lifts”- aka the Back Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift. These 3 movements are widely considered the foundational strength movements. Not only will learning them be directly beneficial to health and performance through the development of baseline, full-body strength, they will also serve as a great jumping off point for the rest of our weight room movements.
Volleyball
People of all levels of experience are encouraged to enjoy this leisure/recreational activity. This
course will acquaint students with the fundamentals of volleyball. Setting, passing, serving, attacking and
basic team strategies will be taught. Students will be proficient in the rules of the game.
Freshman Healthy Decisions #2
STRESS AND MEDITATION
DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
SEXTING
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
HEALTHY/UNHEALTY RELATIONSHIPS
SEX EDUCATION
*Important to note that sex education is taught in a value free way. We are not trying to change any values that are taught at home. We teach factual medical information.