This course covers such topics as personal hygiene, mental health, physical fitness, nutrition, smoking, alcohol and other drugs, and diseases of humans. Special emphasis will be placed on the building of self-esteem and its relationship to good mental and physical health.
Grade 9 - Required 1 Trimester

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

This course consists of the following: weight training and conditioning, fitness testing, basketball, softball, pickle-ball, badminton, floor hockey, bowling, volleyball, soccer, aerobic exercise and dance. Students are fitness tested and tested on skill and rules after each unit.
Grade 9 - Required 2 Trimesters
Grade 10 - Required 1 Trimester

WEIGHT TRAINING

Students in this course will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of muscle systems, nutrition, stretching and lifting techniques necessary for creating and following a weight-based fitness program. Daily workouts and training notebooks will determine grades. This physically intensive course may be taken simultaneously with any other physical education course, and students participating in extracurricular sports are encouraged to take it during the season.
Grades 11, 12 1 Trimester

ADVANCED PHYSICAL EDUCATION

This course will focus on fitness for life. It consists of the following activities: weight training and fitness conditioning, tennis, volleyball, bowling, softball, pickle-ball and aerobics. Students will be tested on skills for the game, as well as on strategies.
Grades 11, 12 1 Trimester