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Health and Physical Education
Health and Physical Education Courses
Physical Education Health
Grades 9-10 Grade 10
Course Number 739 Course Number 734
Semester Course - 0.25 credit Semester Course - 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
Estimated Fee: $11.00 Estimated Fee: $14.75
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education Education
The 9-10 Physical Education program This course will encourage students to
consists of a comprehensive coeducational develop and maintain positive health habits.
curriculum with major emphasis on team and They will be exposed to negative health
group-related activities. Individual sports behaviors that could have a domino effect on
and lifetime recreational activities are offered their own lives. The students will receive
at various times throughout the year to factual information to dispel societal
provide a well-rounded course of study. misconceptions concerning various health-
Students will have swimming. Individual related issues. The topics covered are mental
physical fitness will be stressed as an integral and emotional health, smart social media use,
part of each unit of instruction. A climate is personality, suicide prevention, cancer,
established to provide a safe setting for prescription drug dangers, opiods, drugs,
positive interaction among students. alcohol, vaping, dating relationships, STIs,
physical health, organ donation, CPR/AED
This course may be used to meet half of the and Stop The Bleed Training.
physical education graduation requirement
or may be taken twice to fulfill the physical
education graduation requirement. Food and Nutrition with
Physical Education
th
9 grade students must take at least 1 Grades 9-11
semester of PE within four years. Students Course Number CC739
may then waive their other half of the PE Semester Course – 1.00 credit
graduation requirement by completing two Prerequisite: None
full seasons of athletics, cheerleading or Estimated Fee: $71.00
marching band. No credit or grade will be Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education
earned for the Physical Education waiver.
Participation in athletics, marching band, or This year long course provides students with
cheerleading prior to the 2014-2015 school an understanding of the principles of
year does not apply. nutrition, and the relationship of nutrition to
health and wellness. The class format is
comprised of lecture/group work, project
based learning, physical activity days, and
nutritional cooking labs. Various topics will
be discussed such as factors that influence
food choices, nutrients and nutrition
guidelines, physical health and fitness, food
safety and preparation of foods, cost
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