PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND WELLNESS PROGRAM

The District 200 physical education program operates under the assumption that fitness, quality , and good nutrition are life-long goals, and the foundation for achieving those goals can be realized through daily practice in the high school years. District 200 expects all students to pass the equivalent of eight semesters of physical education. Health education counts the equivalent of one semester of the requirement and driver education may also substitute for one semester.

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Freshman Sophomore Responding to Physical Physical Emergencies Two Semesters Selected Education and Education and (RTE) from Senior Electives: Wellness Wellness - Competitive Team and/or Sports - Dance Health Education Designer - Group Fitness Plan - Intermediate Team and/or (DFP) Sports - Lifetime Sports & Driver Education Fitness - Self-Defense - Strength and Cardio Training

ADAPTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION (I) COMPETITIVE TEAM SPORTS (I) Length: Multiple Semesters Length: Multiple Semesters Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade: 12 Adaptive Physical Education is designed to Competitive Team Sports engages participants provide a variety of activities and teaching in rigorous athletic team activities and procedures that are adapted to the specific competitions. Students are expected to compete physical limitations of individual students. on a daily basis in seasonal team sports that may Students, through medical verification and/or include flag football, soccer, basketball, floor special education identification processes, must hockey, and softball. Students must be familiar be unable to participate in a regular Physical with the rules of the games, and they should Education program because of short or long- have mastered fundamental skills and strategies term convalescence, physical injury, or of the identified sports. Students will also work permanent, non-corrective disability. in exercise sessions for muscle fitness, cardio- respiratory fitness, and personal wellness.

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DANCE (I)  A Social Security number must be secured Length: Multiple Semesters before beginning this course. Grade: 12 Dance includes instruction in a variety of dance  House Bill #418 (Public Act 88-188) forms. Students practice dance movement that dictates that in order for a public or private includes jazz, modern, tap, ballet, and popular school student to be eligible for enrollment recreational dance styles. Culturally diverse in Driver Education, he/she must have dance and movements are introduced and received a passing grade in at least eight (8) practiced within the context of various routines. courses during the previous two (2) semesters. The change also applies to commercial driving schools, which must DESIGNER FITNESS PLAN (DFP) (I) verify through a written confirmation form Length: One Semester with the high school that the student has met Grade: 11 this requirement before enrolling him/her in Designer Fitness Plan (DFP) includes a their commercial school. background of knowledge necessary to provide each student with a comprehensive, personal fitness-training program. Basic concepts relating FRESHMAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION to , anatomy and AND WELLNESS (I) will provide the student with the framework Length: Two Semesters necessary to understand general fitness training Grade: 9 concepts. Personal assessments, goal sets and Freshman Physical Education and Wellness program design will allow each student to includes an introduction to the principles of “fit monitor individual progress. The course will for life,” the primary goal of the District 200 provide specific exercise prescriptions, logged secondary level physical education program. workouts, personal goal setting and analysis of Units of study include personal health and current nutritional choices along with fitness assessments, creating wellness profiles, implementation of a personal nutritional plan. developing guidelines for appropriate life-long exercise, and participation in a variety of physical skill activities that include traditional DRIVER EDUCATION (I) sports and games. Additional classroom Length: One Semester instruction includes units and/or activities Grade: 10 related to violence prevention, personal safety, Driver Education is a three-phase correlated mental health, communication skills, listening program that fulfills the state requirement for skills, coping skills, and strategies for self-help. obtaining a driver's license before a student's Seasonal activities are included as part of the 18th birthday. The classroom phase emphasizes program and vary dependent on weather the theory of good driving practice and safety conditions and availability of facilities and precautions. The development of good attitudes outdoor resources. toward driving will be stressed. The simulator phase introduces the student to proper driving techniques, giving exposure to a variety of GROUP EXERCISE (I) simulated driving conditions. The car phase Length: Multiple Semesters permits practice and perfection in the skill of Grade: 12 driving. Group Exercise provides students with opportunities to participate in group-fitness Important Additional Driver Education exercise workouts that will improve their Information: personal fitness levels in flexibility, muscle fitness, and cardio-respiratory health. Workouts  Driver Education requires a $250.00 per will include: yoga, Pilates, step aerobics, cardio student fee. kick boxing, cardio resistance training, basic core training, and dance instruction. Students

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will also be involved in the participation and RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES (RTE) tracking of weekly fitness-training (I) programming. Length: One Semester Grade: 11 This course is subject to a consumable fee. HEALTH EDUCATION (I) Responding to Emergencies (RTE) instructs Length: One Semester students about the fundamentals of first-aid, the Grade: 10 required skills for cardio pulmonary Health is a district requirement for graduation resuscitation certification, and the most current completed during the sophomore year. Topics practice in how to respond to physical, life- are divided into three units of study that include threatening emergencies. In addition to mental health, drugs and substance abuse, and emergency care lessons, the course emphasizes human relationships. Each unit includes the value of a safe and healthy life-style in assigned readings, classroom lecture and preventing injury and illness. The course discussion, and regular homework assignments. includes lecture, discussion, and training The course challenges students to think simulations of emergency situations. critically, by developing problem solving and decision-making skills that enhance personal health choices. SELF-DEFENSE (I) Length: Multiple Semesters Grade: 12 INTERMEDIATE TEAM SPORTS (I) Self-Defense is designed to help students Length: Multiple Semesters develop greater awareness of their surroundings, Grade: 12 learn preventative and precautionary measures to Intermediate Team Sports offers a basic avoid becoming a possible victim of crime, and experience in popular team sports. Topics and acquire basic knowledge in self-defense tactics activities include history of sport, basic rules, to use if preventative measures fail. equipment requirements, and basic skills and Cardiovascular conditioning, flexibility, and strategies. Students participate in team muscular will be conducted competition in seasonal sports including flag twice weekly to fulfill a complete self-defense football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, program. badminton, and softball.

SOPHOMORE PHYSICAL EDUCATION LIFETIME SPORTS AND FITNESS (I) AND WELLNESS (I) Length: Multiple Semesters Length: One Semester Grade: 12 Grade: 10 This course is subject to a bus transportation fee Sophomore Physical Education and Wellness (South only). expands on the concepts, skills, and practices Lifetime Sports and Fitness seeks to achieve experienced in the freshman program. While lifetime health and fitness through a fitness, nutrition, and personal health remain the combination of recreational sports participation, focus of sophomore program, students begin to fitness training and wellness concepts. This develop and evaluate their individual activities course introduces students to those physical and fitness programs. Body composition, weight activities that can provide life-long participation. control, diet and nutrition, and high-risk Units such as bowling, cross country skiing, behaviors are all topics addressed and developed rock climbing, biking, walking, , in the sophomore program. The program golf, and cardio fitness develop and maintain includes classroom activities as well as through recreational sports traditional physical activity and varies by season participation. and facility availability throughout the school year.

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STRENGTH AND CARDIO TRAINING (I) framework necessary to understand general Length: Multiple Semesters fitness training concepts. Personal assessments, Grade: 12 goal sets, and program design will allow Strength and Cardio Training includes a students to monitor their progress. The instructor background of knowledge necessary to provide for all students, along with the individual each student with a comprehensive, personal program design, will plan specific exercise fitness-training program. Basic concepts relating prescriptions. Students will keep a folder to exercise physiology, anatomy, and including daily-logged workouts, goal sets, and kinesiology will provide the student with the assessments.

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