Physical education is required of all students in Grades 6 -10. The program includes instruction in health and in physical education where at least 40% of the instructional time shall be devoted to health education.
Physical fitness and skills for individual and team sports skills are taught to promote and to improve physiological growth and development, as well as to encourage participation in fitness activities that are the keys to a healthier, happier, and more productive life. Students are taught skills for wrestling, football, basketball, volleyball, field hockey, soccer, softball, gymnastics, modern dance, recreational games, and physical fitness.
Instruction in health includes safety, first aid, disease control, nutrition, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, emotional health, introduction to physiology, and Family Life Education.

Physical Education/Health 6 (71100000)

Course Description: This course provides students the opportunity to participate in activities requiring teamwork and cooperation. Activities emphasize physical fitness, gymnastics, individual and dual sports, as well as team sports. Health education topics include disease prevention and control, drug education, mental health, nutrition, personal growth and health, safety and first aid, and Family Life Education.

 

Physical Education/Health 7 (71200000)

Course Description: This course represents an orientation period in which students are exposed to a wide variety of physical education activities. Skills are taught through various games and sports where large numbers of students may participate. Topics studied in health are a continuation of the sixth-grade curriculum.

 

Physical Education/Health 8 (72000000)

Course Description: In Physical Education 8, skills and knowledge of rules are stressed with competitive learning situations in football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, field hockey, softball, and overall fitness. Topics discussed in health are the body systems, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, safety, and Family Life Education.