Physical Education

Our Physical Education Program develops physically literate individuals who have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity. Our high school programming focuses on motor skills, concepts and strategies related to physical activity, physical fitness, respectful social behavior during physical activity, and promoting the understanding of the benefits of physical activity.

Courses

Physical Education and Advanced Physical Education
Weight Training

Physical Education and Advanced Physical Education

Units

Motor Skill Performance

Students demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
Students practice and enhance skills such as striking, serving, dance patterns, cadence and timing, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, muscular fitness, aerobic fitness, golf putting/driving/chipping, throwing, and catching. These skills are developed through participation in drills and game situation activities (pickleball, dance, aerobics, golf, croquet, field hockey, and softball).
Students master movement fundamentals to establish a foundation to facilitate continued motor skill acquisition and to build the capacity for successful and advanced levels of performance, furthering the likelihood of participation on a daily basis.

Applying Concepts and Strategies

Students use cognitive information to understand and enhance motor skill acquisition and performance.
Students apprehend the rules of various sports and identify and apply offensive and defensive strategies in game situations.
Students analyze and track their heart rates throughout aerobic activity while focusing on rhythm and cadence.
Students independently and routinely use a wide variety of increasingly complex concepts (e.g., performance trends associated with learning new motor skills).

Engaging in Physical Activity

Students establish patterns of regular participation in meaningful physical activity.
Students engage in a wide variety of activities including fitness walking and team and individual sports to identify options for lifelong pursuits.
Students learn about the immediate and identifiable effects on the body of physical activity as well as the impact of physical activity on the physical and psychological health of the body, social opportunities and relationships, and quality of life.
Students analyze their fitness scores and determine what they can do to help improve their scores.

Responsible Behavior

Students initiate responsible behavior, function independently and responsibly, and positively influence the behavior of others in physical activity settings.
Students participate with all other students, recognize the value of diversity in physical activity, and develop strategies for the inclusion of others.
Students develop an appreciation for differences in performance skills while working with other students in order to include persons from different backgrounds and skill levels in everyday play.
Through gameplay, students enhance teamwork, leadership, responsible citizenship, effective communication and problem-solving.

Weight Training

Elements of Weight Training:

Students demonstrate the ability to use competency in various methods of weight training and conditioning.
Students differentiate among various advanced weight training methods (tri-setting, weight stripping, light to heavy, pyramiding, split, routines, negatives, blitz, super overload, and supersets).
They demonstrate competence in performing advanced weight training exercises, plyometric exercises, and manual resistance exercises.
Students learn about muscle function, proper nutrition, and the physiology of exercise.
Students differentiate among the three energy systems used in muscular activity. They identify, compare, and analyze marketing products of the health and fitness industry including performance-enhancing supplements and current fitness trends.
Students describe the stress adaptation syndrome as it applies to weight training and conditioning.
Students analyze anatomical movement within the various planes of the body and describe the anatomy and function of skeletal muscle.

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