Marion Quinn, Supervisor

Lifetime Wellness / PE high school courses

Note: One unit of Lifetime Wellness and .5 unit of Physical Education are required for graduation.  The Lifetime Wellness is taken during a student's 10th grade year. If a student is unsuccessful during the 10th grade year, he/she will be required to wait until their senior year to repeat the class.

The goal of Physical Education I is to provide a variety of activities through four strands:  Cooperative Games/Activities; Individual Sports; Team Sports; and Fitness Activities. Each unit within the strand will be designed to teach the basic skills, rules and strategies necessary to understand and perform a variety of activities. This course is a prerequisite for Advanced Physical Education.

The goal of Advanced Physical Education is to provide progressive skills, techniques and strategies in various activities.

The goal of Lifetime Wellness is for students to learn a lifelong process of positive lifestyle management that seeks to integrate the emotional, social, intellectual, and physical dimensions of self for a longer, more productive and higher quality of life. The unit consists of the following strands: Disease and Prevention Control; Mental, Emotional and Social Health; Nutrition; Personal Fitness; Safety and First Aid; Sexuality and Family Life; and Substance Use/Abuse.

Aerobics emphasizes the importance in improving and maintaining a healthier cardiovascular system. Skills taught in order to achieve this goal include muscular endurance, muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility and body composition. Regular aerobic workouts through the participation in aerobic routines, games and various other activities accompanied by a fitness assessment will be the primary instructional focus of this course.

Conditioning and Advanced Strength Training is designed to allow students to make gains in conditioning, muscle tone, and strength while emphasizing the importance of making an active healthy lifestyle a lifelong practice. Health and skill related activities such as flexibility, speed, agility, coordination and power, along with self-discipline and a positive attitude will be the content focus. Proper nutrition will also be examined and emphasized.