PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT COURSE OFFERINGS HEALTH: The health curriculum, or life skills curriculum as it is now called, is designed to foster self-responsibility and the skills to promote a long responsible life. The focus is on student decision-making by giving the information students need to understand various aspects of health and wellness, and to provide the instructional strategies to help students evaluate information so that they can make wise health and life style choices. The 9th grade curriculum focuses on self esteem and the building of positive self-worth. Also included in the unit is decision making, values clarification and communication skills. Alcohol and drug awareness is discussed as well as the state mandated AIDS education. The 10th grade curriculum consists of Driver Education theory, drug, alcohol, tobacco education and AIDS education. The 11th grade curriculum includes mental and emotional health, drug, alcohol, tobacco education, and AIDS education. The 12th grade curriculum focuses on family life issues, relationships, parenting, the study of physical and social problems in our society and AIDS education. Health instruction is augmented with guest speakers, film and videos, oral and written reports, weekly current events discussions, periodic quizzes and a final examination. Health is regarded as an academic subject with honor roll requirements and status. Students who are medically excused for the year must take health during the quarter in which their grade is scheduled. PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Physical education is designed to foster a greater cognizance of the major role of exercise and fitness. Team sports and game activities will be included. In addition to the main fitness objectives, team. Emphasis is on health and fitness practices that will affect the students' total well being and lead to a lifetime of good health and personal happiness. The focus will be on improving the personal fitness levels of all students in all grades. Written tests, skill tests, together with degree of participation, preparation for class, and attitude, will determine a student's mark.— MEDICAL EXCUSES From 3 days to 4 1/2 weeks the student must present a: 1. Doctor's note to nurse* (time frame for excuse). Nurse's notification to physical education teacher and the Health and Physical Education Director. B. More than 6 weeks (same procedure as "Less than Six Weeks"but with one exception): A student may select an elective subject in place of the medically excused physical education program. This must be arranged through Guidance and the Health & Physical Education Director must be notified. *Doctors' notes must be presented prior to implementation of the medical excuse program. ‘
GRADE 9 HEALTH	Self Esteem, Decision-making tools, Communication Skills, Family Living, Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco Education, AIDS Education, DARE Education
GRADE 10 HEALTH	Driver Ed Theory, AIDS Education, Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco Education
GRADE 11 HEALTH	Emotion's Effect on Behavior Emotion's Effect on Physical Mental Mechanisms, Neuroses Psychoses Treatment of Mental Illness Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Education Family Living AIDS Education
GRADE 9 PHYSICAL EDUCATION	Team Sports, Beginner: Basketball, Field Hockey, Floor Hockey, Football (flag or touch), LaCrosse, Soccer, Softball, Speedball, Volleyball Individual Sports: Aerobic Exercise , Jogging , Physical Fitness , Track & Field , Weight, Training
GRADE 10 PHYSICAL EDUCATION	Team Sports, Beginner: Basketball, Field Hockey, Floor Hockey, Football (flag or touch), LaCrosse, Soccer, Softball, Speedball, Volleyball, Frisbee Individual Sports: Beginner, Aerobic Exercise , Jogging , Physical Fitness , Track & Field , Weight Training
GRADE 11 PHYSICAL EDUCATION	Team Sports, Intermediate: Floor Hockey, Football (flag or touch), Soccer, Softball, Volleyball, Frisbee Individual & Lifetime Sports, Intermediate: Aerobic Exercise , Badminton , Frisbee , Physical Fitness , Tennis, Weight Training C. Electives, Intermediate: Aerobic Dance, Basketball, Dance (Folk & Social), Line Dance, Project Adventure
GRADE 12 HEALTH	Sexuality Family Living Child Abuse AIDS Parenthood Death & Dying Physical Fitness Consumerism Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Education
GRADE 12 PHYSICAL EDUCATION	Team Sports, Advanced: Football, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball, Floor Hockey B., Individual & Lifetime Sports Advanced: Aerobic Exercises, Badminton, Frisbee, Physical Fitness, Tennis, Weight Training Electives Advanced:, Aerobic Dance, Basketball, Dance (Folk & Social), Gymnastics (Apparatus), Wrestling, Line Dance, Project Adventure

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