Richie Charles
Dave Heuberger
Steve Lander
Health/Wellness classes cover information related to safe living, stress management, physical fitness, and nutrition. One credit of health education and one credit of physical education are required for graduation. All freshmen are required to take wellness. It is a full year course that fulfills the freshman health requirement (½ credit) and physical education requirement (½ credit).
Karen Marsters
Tim Sustaire
Troy Thompson
An additional semester (1/2 credit) of health must be taken during the senior year. The senior year health requirement may also be fulfilled by one of the following options: Intro. to Child Development, or Marriage and Family Skills.
Wellness
Grade Level: 9
Length of Course: Year
Pre-requisite: None
Credit: ½ Health, ½ PE
Course Overview: Students learn about wellness and study ways to maximize their potential as individuals. Special emphasis is placed on fitness, nutrition, drug education, stress management and interpersonal relationships. This course fulfills ½ credit of health and ½ credit of PE necessary for graduation.
Wellness 10, 11, 12
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: Semester
Pre-requisite: None
Credit: ½ Health Credit (wellness health credit)
Course Overview: This class is designed for students who are lacking their ½ health credit after the ninth grade year. It covers the ½ credit that was missed because of situations like transferring. This is not to be used in place of Wellness or Senior Health.
Senior Health
Grade Level: 12
Length of Course: Semester
Pre-requisite: None
Credit: ½ Health Credit
Course Overview: Students learn the correct procedures for administering first aid and CPR. Interpersonal relationships are explored as they pertain to Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), AIDS, dating, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, and adulthood.
Adaptive Physical Education
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: Semester
Pre-requisite: Instructor Approval
Credit: ½ PE credit
Course Overview: An adaptive physical education course that teaches a variety of skills, rules, fundamentals and strategies will be taught for a variety of individual and team sport activities. Safety and sportsmanship will be emphasized. Activities include, but are not limited to: basketball, soccer, volleyball, badminton, kickball, Frisbee golf, hand-eye coordination activities and other individual fitness movements.
Lifetime Fitness
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: Semester
Pre-requisite: None
Credit: ½ PE Credit
Course Overview: Lifetime Fitness is a low impact cardio & muscular endurance class. Many workouts feature variations of stretching, Yoga, Zumba, low impact muscular & endurance exercises, walking/jogging, and everyday activities to improve lifelong fitness. This course provides students with a basis for continuing a fitness routine at home for life and is welcome for all fitness levels.
Strength and Conditioning
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: Semester (One per Year)
Pre-requisite: Instructor Approval
Credit: ½ PE Credit
Course Overview: This course provides the student the opportunity to engage in activities designed to enhance their ballistic strength, flexibility and aerobic/anaerobic conditioning. This is not a body building class. This class is offered for various grades and ability levels.
Weight Training
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: Semester
Pre-requisite: Instructor Approval for Freshmen
Credit: ½ PE Credit
Course Overview: This course provides students the opportunity to engage in weight training activities to enhance muscle strength and muscle endurance. This class is designed for general body conditioning. (Enrollment limited to one semester per year).
Personal Fitness
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: Semester
Pre-requisite: Instructor Approval for Freshmen
Credit: ½ PE Credit
Course Overview: Personal Fitness is an entry level class designed to improve one’s cardiovascular endurance, muscle endurance, flexibility, and overall body fitness level. Students will participate in a variety of aerobic and conditioning activities, as well as flexibility and strength building exercises. Focus is on developing a lifelong fitness plan and improving one’s cardiorespiratory endurance. This class will take a gradual approach to conditioning, and the individual will work at his/her own pace. (Enrollment limited to one semester per year).
Advanced Fitness
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: Semester
Pre-requisite: Personal Fitness, Strength Training, or Wellness/Instructor Approval for Freshman
Credit: ½ PE Credit
Course Overview: This advanced class is designed to improve a student’s muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, and body composition. Improvement will be through speed and agility training, plyometric, cross-training, running, and other aerobic exercises.
Sports Activities 9/10 or 10/11/12
Grade Level: 9 and 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: Semester
Pre-requisite: None
Credit: ½ PE Credit
Course Overview: The focus of this course is on the development of motor skills and social behaviors through a variety of individual, dual, and team sports. Students will learn basic skills, development, and rules for activities such as: football, soccer, softball, badminton, pickle ball, volleyball, basketball, and other recreational activities. (Enrollment limited to one semester per year.)