Physical Education

Health/Physical Education 1 & 2

The Health component of these courses is an information-based class. Throughout the year the material presented is both timely and pertinent. Health topics include body structure and function, proper nutrition, peer relationships, and active lifestyles, tobacco and nicotine,  The focus of these classes deals with both basic physical structure and physical health, including nutrition, consumer health, managing stress and making positive choices that affect both physical and mental well-being. The Physical Education component is aimed at creating and maintaining a healthy level of personal fitness. This is accomplished through a basic introduction to sports and individual fitness. Students will participate in both team and individual sports, and will receive instruction on rules, history, and technique of various sporting activities. An active lifestyle is encouraged, with a focus on developing physical fitness and an appreciation for sport and wellness.

*Introduction to Sports Medicine and Athletic Training

This introductory course is designed for students who are interested in the fields of athletic training, physical therapy, medicine, nursing, fitness, physiology of exercise, nutrition, EMT, and other fields related to sports medicine. It is a classroom and lab course that provides students with an avenue through which to explore these fields of study. This course will focus on the basic information and skills important in the care, prevention, and preliminary rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Instruction will include class work and hands-on applications.

Boys’ Advanced Fitness

This course is an elective Health/Physical Education class for boys that emphasizes individual health, fitness, and weight/strength conditioning with the goal of improving overall physical condition.

Girls’ Advanced Fitness

This course fulfills the physical education requirement. It is geared toward the serious fitness trainer, and is not intended for students with poor physical fitness habits. The focus is to improve balance, flexibility, strength, speed and endurance, with an emphasis on developing mental discipline and learning the value of cardiovascular training. 

Basketball Training

The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding and knowledge of basketball history, rules, skills and strategies at all levels of the sport, with an emphasis on team organization, skill and cooperation. Students will learn, practice and demonstrate skills, techniques, and proper weight training and conditioning for participation on basketball teams. Areas of instruction will include warm-up drills/exercise and their importance, shooting, pivoting, passing, rebounding and dribbling, and team defense/offense.

Beginning Horsemanship

This course is designed for students new to riding/horsemanship, and those who have not had any formal lessons. Student will move safely through the introductory principles of horse handling, volunteering at The Therapeutic & Recreational Riding Center. Training in caring for, and riding, including approaching and haltering the horse, tying, leading, lunging, grooming, nutrition and stable care. Students will be familiarized with parts of the horse and tack (equipment and accessories), and will learn how to tack up a horse, and tack care. In the arena, students will receive instruction on how to safely mount and dismount, basic positions, cues, and control of the horse at the walk and trot. Hands-on experiences and in-class lectures will emphasis safety and developing the rider’s balance, confidence, and control.

Intermediate Horsemanship–English or Western

This course is designed to meet the individual student’s equestrian needs for English or Western riding, which will include more advanced riding, colt starting and basic training techniques, stable management and showing horses. The course will include carriage driving and harnessing.

Advanced Horsemanship–English or Western

This course is designed to meet the individual student’s equestrian needs, which will include more advanced riding, basic training techniques, stable management and showing horses.