Freshman Health & Physical Education

**Requirement for Graduation in North Carolina**

Health Emphasizes the importance of understanding:

• Physical, mental, social, and emotional elements of the body
• The responsibility of each person in maintaining and promoting good health and safety individually and as a group
• The development of desirable relationships with others.

Physical Education Emphasizes the importance of:

• Cardiovascular Endurance
• Muscular Endurance
• Muscular Strength
• Flexibility
• Body Composition
• Skill Development

Strength & Conditioning

**Our program is derived from giving each individual a chance to become the best athlete they can be.  Not a “lifter”, but an athlete.

Athlete versus “Strength” Athlete

Components:

• Complex Movements
• Multiple Joint Actions
• Functional Strength
• Free Weight Dominant Approach

Advance Physical Education

**9th Grade Health & PE is a prerequisite**

The Course Stresses:

• Physical Fitness
• Body Shaping
• Flexibility
• Muscular Development

The Course Emphasizes:

• Rules and techniques of various sports

Men’s Weight Training

**9th Grade Health & PE is a prerequisite**

This Course Emphasizes:

• A progressive weight training program for males
• Improvement in speed and agility
• Body shaping

Male-Based class

Modern Fitness 

**9th Grade Health & PE is a prerequisite**

This Course Promotes and Encourages:

• High levels of health and wellness in the students.

This Course Emphasizes:

• Increased levels of fitness through the 5 components of fitness
• Skills and knowledge of life-long fitness activities and goals

Female-Based class

Women’s Weight Training

**9th Grade Health & PE is a prerequisite**

This Course Emphasizes:

• A progressive weight training program for females
• Improvement in speed and agility
• Body Shaping

Female-Based class

Sports Medicine I & II

This Course Emphasizes:

• Organizational and administrative considerations
• Legal responsibilities
• Prevention of athletic injuries
• Recognition of lower extremity injuries
• Recognition of upper extremity injuries
• Environmental concerns
• General medical
• Pharmacology
• Rehabilitation and management skills
• General fitness
• Nutrition
• Sports psychology
• Human anatomy and physiology
• Therapeutic modalities and therapeutic exercise
• Athletics and special populations