Physical Education

This class encourages students to understand the link between physical activity and body movement in an athletic and non-athletic setting.  This class will hopefully convince even the least athletic student that physical activity has immediate benefits of lowering levels of body fat while increasing lean body mass, increasing self-esteem, and reducing stress as well as being fun and inexpensive.  This course utilizes our existing weight room, track, Flex space, and gyms. Students will be building their own weight training program by the end of the semester.

Strength & Conditioning II will promote and enhance an individual’s well-being and fitness.  This class is designed to continue the progression of strengthening the heart, possibly positively altering an individual’s body composition, developing and strengthening skeletal muscles, and increasing flexibility.  Workouts will be with a wide variety of equipment such as medicine balls, stability balls, wobble boards, heart rate monitors, weights, and more.  This class will focus on the latest fitness trends seen in health clubs today and continue to allow students the opportunity to enhance their personal weight-training program.  Strength & Conditioning II will allow students the opportunity to work on plyometrics, agility, and speed drills during class and be able to get most of their lifting workouts completed within the class period as well.

This course will be an advanced course that will focus on human performance and build on the foundational concepts learned in Strength & Conditioning I & II.  It will be a course that is focused on the student who is more likely to use these concepts and skills in athletics and/or the student who is interested in using this knowledge post-high school.  There will be an increased emphasis on developing personal programs and understanding how to manipulate their program to help students meet their goals and needs.  An understanding of basic anatomy and physiology will allow the students to kinesthetically learn how to accomplish their personal goals.

This is a combination of individual and dual sports that provide a release from stress and enjoyable use of leisure time.  Positive experiences in these activities provide motivation to develop and maintain a healthy physically active lifestyle.  Activities will include but are not limited to, tennis, sponge tennis, pickleball, badminton, golf, disc golf, Frisbee games, and other competitive game activities.

Students will experience the pleasure of participating in physical activities in competitive settings.  They will learn to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of teammates and provide opportunities for everyone to enjoy success within skill limitations.  A competitive spirit is essential for this class.  Activities will include but are not limited to, soccer, lacrosse, ultimate Frisbee, team handball, flag football, basketball, softball, volleyball and other competitive games.

It's a coed gym class with an attitude!  This course will emphasize fitness for life and we will be taking a closer look at understanding metabolism and how the foods we eat impact our workout and energy levels.  The curriculum will focus on students' interests in a variety of aerobic activities set to music.  We will be utilizing the Whitewater Aquatic and Fitness Center, dance studio, and pool in this course as well.  Units will include:

◼ Use of heart rate monitors      ◼ Composing an aerobic routine     ◼ Step aerobics and water aerobics       ◼ Zumba, Yoga and Pilates

◼ Low level aerobics, high level aerobics, and a combination of the two      ◼ Use of handheld weights, resistance bands and stability balls

◼Interval and circuit training

This course will continue the Varied Aerobics curriculum by using a variety of aerobic activities to help each individual work towards obtaining a higher level of fitness.  We utilize heart rate monitors to record and track each individual’s daily workout.  We chart our progress and analyze each individual’s workload.  We will continue to use the dance studio, pool, and fitness center as part of the curriculum.  We will also take a closer look at nutrition and the impact it has on an individual’s overall fitness.

This semester course is designed to develop interest and knowledge in a variety of dance techniques.  Students will learn a variety of dances such as salsa, cha cha, square, swing, line dances, and folk, as well as have a voice in other types of dances that will be taught throughout the semester.  We will also emphasize fitness for life with a variety of aerobic dances such as Zumba.