|
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
REQUIRED CLASSES:
HEALTH
This is a required course for 9th grade.
Health is the study of contemporary health problems that
teenagers will encounter now and in the future and how to
deal with them.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
This is a required course for 9th grade.
Physical education class is composed of a variety of
activities stressing the importance of physical exercise,
individual and team sports, and sportsmanship. Rules and
terms of lifetime activities will be emphasized. Units
taught may be badminton, bowling, floor hockey, archery,
pickleball, volleyball, golf, tennis, soccer and dance.
Physical fitness testing will also be required.
PERSONAL FITNESS
Grades 11 - 12
Personal Fitness is an understanding of the relationship
between behavior and health, as well as a means for
assessing that relationship. Personal Fitness is a class
designed to allow each student to set and reach optimal
wellness goals. The goals and standards of the class
curriculum are to have students monitor, assess, and manage
cardiac data, promote wellness, elicit healthy decision
making and healthy behavior, and support realistic goals
based on individual stages of development and current
fitness levels. Each student will use a heart rate monitor
to measure their hearts at work or rest and continuously
note their heart’s response to stimuli.
|
