PE and Health

Physical Education
Moodle

Health-note: Health courses do not satisfy the physical education requirement, but are considered a valuable source of knowledge to maintain a life style of wellness.

  • Health I-(1/2 unit, Grades 9-10) This required class is a part of a comprehensive health curriculum which has been offered throughout the student's educational process. Major areas of emphasis will be mental health; physical fitness and safety; substance use and abuse; nutrition; contagious diseases; and human growth and development.
  • Physical Education I-(1/2 unit, Grade 9) Physical Education I is a required course for the ninth grade that will emphasize physical fitness and team sports. The following activities will be included in this course: fitness training, flag football, soccer/speedball, basketball, and volleyball.
  • Strength Training and Conditioning-(1/2 unit, Grades 10-12) Strength Training and Conditioning is a course that satisfies the second required 1/2 unit of physical education. This is an entry-level course designed to provide an emphasis on strength training and conditioning safety, etiquette, and technique. The student will also learn basic strength and conditioning concepts and principles. The course will also make the connection between training and performance. The activities focus on improving athletic performance by developing, maintaining, and improving strength, endurance, flexibility, speed, power, and agility.
  • Exercise and Nutrition-(1/2 unit, Grades 10-12) Prerequisite: Successful completion of one unit of credit in physical education The required PE program is more sports oriented with some fitness testing. This course is designed to take a more in depth study of exercise and nutrition as they relate to the different health related fitness areas. The emphasis will be on how to develop a safe personal program to maintain ideal body weight and life time fitness.
  • Team Sports-(1/2 unit, Grades 10-12) Team Sports is a course that satisfies the second required 1/2 unit of physical education. This course emphasizes physical fitness and team sport activities. Students will learn the history, strategy, and rules of various team sports as well as develop and improve their physical skills and techniques. Sports include: soccer, football, basketball, and volleyball.
  • Advanced Team Sports-(1/2 unit, Grades 10-12) Prerequisite: Successful completion of one unit of credit in physical education including the course Team Sports This course will involve advanced skill techniques, game strategies, recognition of various offensive and defensive play and officiating techniques. Students will be expected to increase their skill level as well as their knowledge of rules and strategies. Physical fitness will also be emphasized. Activities include soccer, football, softball, basketball, and volleyball.
  • Lifetime Activities-(1/2 unit, Grades 10-12) Lifetime Activities is a course that satisfies the second required 1/2 unit of physical education. Along with an emphasis of physical fitness, this course provides the student with a basic foundation of rules, strategies, and skill techniques in recreational lifetime activities. These activities include: softball, racquet sports, and volleyball.
  • Lifetime Fitness-(1/2 unit, Grades 10-12) Lifetime fitness is a course that satisfies the second required 1/2 unit of physical education. This course emphasizes participation in activities that develop, maintain, and improve cardiovascular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and muscular strength and endurance. The student will learn basic lifetime fitness concepts and principles. Activities include aerobic dance, fitness walking and/or jogging, and muscular strength/toning exercises. Activity level will be light to moderate.
  • Advanced Strength Training and Conditioning-(1/2 unit, Grades 10-12) Prerequisite: Successful completion of one unit of credit in physical education including the course Strength Training and Conditioning. This course is designed to provide the interested student with the opportunity to stay involved in strength training and conditioning activities. This course builds on previously learned physical training concepts with more advanced information on exercise physiology and biomechanics. The student will also engage in more rigorous and strenuous physical activity designed to improve athletic performance by developing, maintaining, and improving strength, endurance, flexibility, speed, power, and agility.
  • Fundamentals of Coaching-(1/2 unit, Grades 10-12) This course is designed to introduce students to the basic fundamentals of coaching young athletes. The course also helps prepare students for a possible career in coaching. Students will develop and refine their own coaching philosophy through field experiences, class activities, and individual and group research. Emphasis will be placed on learning the psychology of young athletes, leadership and communication skills, practice and game preparation, and sport pedagogy.