Focuses on application of health skills in the areas of coping with life’s situations, human sexuality, environmental and consumer concerns, personal health appraisal and other health related issues.  The physical education component provides fitness assessment, intermediate advanced skill performance individual and team sports, aquatics, and other lifetime sports.  Application of theory of game play and officiating will be related to selected sports. 

Students must understand, explain, and apply concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention in order to achieve and maintain healthy lifestyles.

 Students must access, interpret, evaluate, and communicate health information and influence of ethnicity, media, and technology.

 Students shall demonstrate competence in the knowledge of and experience in the development of performance skills in a variety of physical activities.

Aquatics will be taught for one advisory; health for one advisory; indoor activities for one advisory; outdoor activities for one advisory.

Health education will consist of reading, writing, reporting, test taking and home assignments.  The course is designed to enable students to acquire knowledge and master required course objective pertaining to any and all of the subjects listed below:

	Human Sexuality
	Sexually Transmitted Diseases
	Nutrition
	Tobacco, Alcohol, and other Drugs and Assimilated Substances
	Decision Making/Refusal Skills
	Consumerism, Health Products and Services
	Suicide, Depression, and Stress Management
	Cancer and Terminal Illnesses

Students will complete the following objectives for each sport covered in the Physical Education component:

	Give historical background
	State the rules of the game or activity
	Describe game play
	State the meaning of terms
	Describe violations and fouls
	Demonstrate basics skills

 The Physical Education activity segment may be chosen from the following sports:

	Touch football
	Soccer
	Basketball
	Badminton
	Tennis
	Volleyball
	Softball
	Dance
	Aerobics
	Weight Training
	Swimming

Attendance and participation is required.  Any absence must be supported by a note from home.  Three unexcused absences in a double-period class or five unexcused absences in a single-period class within an advisory may result in failure.

Medical statements are to be submitted on the first day of class if a student is to be exempt from a Physical Education component.  As part of your personal hygiene, it is mandatory that all students take a shower.