Physical Education and Health
Physical education classes are semester classes that focus on participation and preparing students to live healthy active lives.
Students should take the semester course Personal Fitness & Wellness in the 9th grade. It is a prerequisite for many of the other physical education courses. In ninth through twelfth grade, students must take at least one semester of any of the following classes to fulfill their Physical Education graduation requirement: Sports and Fitness, Total Body Wellness, Beginning Strength Training, Advanced Strength Training, Basic Aquatic Skills, or Advanced Aquatic Skills and Lifeguard Training.
Physical Education
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated, Online - Off Campus |
| Online Course Type | First Time Credit |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Personal Fitness & Wellnessis the prerequisite formany courses in Physical Education and should be taken during the 9th grade year. This course focuses on wellness skills, physical fitness assessment, physical fitness activities, and cardio-respiratory activities that promote good health. Other topics covered includenutrition, stress management, consumer health, and goal setting. Additionally, students learn how to develop a personal wellness plan.
Enrollment Notes
Students may take Beginning Strength Training or Basic Aquatic classes during 1st semester if Personal Fitness & Wellness is on the student's 2nd semester schedule.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in an activity specific skill.
- Create a practice plan to improve in a self-selected skill.
- Monitor progress toward personal goals.
- Evaluate personal practices and behaviors that reduce or prevent physical inactivity.
- Exhibit proper etiquette, respect for others and teamwork while engaging in physical activity.
- Recognize the value of physical activity and make it a part of their lives.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Sports and Fitness involve participation in physical fitness activities and exposure to a variety of sport and lifetime-recreational activities. Emphasis will be placed on self-assessment, achievement, and maintaining of personal health-related physical fitness goals.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness and Wellness
Enrollment Notes
Sports and Fitness was created to fulfill the Tier 2 PE credit. Students wishing to take a sports-based PE elective beyond their required PE credit should choose the Team Sports course.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in an activity specific skill.
- Create a practice plan to improve in a self-selected skill.
- Monitor progress toward personal goals.
- Evaluate personal practices and behaviors that reduce or prevent physical inactivity.
- Exhibit proper etiquette, respect for others and teamwork.
- Recognize the value of physical activity and make it a part of their lives.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Team Sports involves participation in activities including: Flag Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Softball, Soccer, Hockey, Team handball, and other activities based on the needs and interest of the class. Skill development, strategy, and rules will be emphasized. Students will have the opportunity to participate in recreational team competition.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness & Wellness and a passing grade in either Sports and Fitness, Total Body Wellness, Beginning Weight Training, Advanced Weight Training, Basic Aquatics or Advanced Aquatics
This class may be taken two semesters for credit and additional times with teacher approval.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in movement and motor skills.
- Demonstrate competency in activities that improve strength, endurance, and flexibility.
- Apply appropriate tactics and strategies in various activities.
- Exhibit proper etiquette, respect for others and teamwork while engaging in physical activity.
- Use communication skills and strategies that promote team/group dynamics.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Lifetime Activities/Outdoor Adventurespromotes participation in activities including: volleyball, softball, frisbee, golf, tennis, badminton, pickleball, bowling, shuffleboard, table tennis, horseshoes, and outdoor recreational pursuits.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness & Wellness and either Sports and Fitness, Total Body Wellness, Beginning Weight Training, Advanced Weight Training, Basic Aquatics or Advanced Aquatics Skills and Lifeguard Training
Enrollment Notes
This class may be taken two semesters for credit and additional times with teacher approval.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in activity specific motor skills.
- Apply appropriate tactics and strategies in various activities.
- Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors.
- Determine personal goals for level of participation and attainment/improvement.
- Exhibit proper etiquette, respect for others and teamwork while engaging in physical activity.
- Assess personal physical activity practices and behaviors.
- Select and participatein physical activities that meet the need for self-expression, personal meaning, and enjoyment.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated, Online - Off Campus |
| Online Course Type | First Time Credit |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Total Body Wellness focuses onenhancing cardiovascular fitness, improving core strength, toning muscles, improving flexibility, understanding and practicing personal nutritional needs, and caring for one’s social and emotional wellness.Activities may include mindfulness, yoga, walking for fitness, Pilates, movements for muscular development, studying nutritional and caloric needs, and team building activities. Students will design a fitness program including all components of health-related fitness.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness & Wellness
Expected Course Outcomes
- Understand the basics of health-related fitness.
- Create goals for improving and maintaining health.
- Examine barriers to making a decision to stay physically active.
- Analyze and compare the health benefits of a self-selected physical activity.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Basic Aquatic Skillsincludes aquatic activities (i.e. water polo, underwater hockey, canoeing), as well as skill acquisition forswimming and diving, basic water rescue, and survival techniques.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness & Wellness
Expected Course Outcomes
- Discuss the benefits of a physically active lifestyle as it relates to college or career readiness.
- Evaluates risks and safety factors that might affect physical activity preferences throughout the life cycle.
- Analyze the factors that influence opportunities to obtain safe, accessible and affordable products and services that support physical activity practices and behaviors for oneself and others.
- Assess personal physical activity practices and behaviors.
- Demonstrate competency and/or refines activity-specific movement skills.
- Applies aquatic terminology.
- Uses movement concepts and principles (e.g., force motion, rotation) to analyze and improve the performance of self and/or others in a selected skill.
- Demonstrates competency in performing activities that contribute to improving each of the five components of health-related fitness.
- Creates a practice plan to improve performance for a self-selected skill.
- Apply appropriate tactics and strategies in various activities.
- Evaluates - according to their benefits, social support network and participation requirements - activities that can be pursued in the local environment.
- Applies best practices for participating safely in physical activity, exercise (e.g. injury prevention, proper alignment, hydration, use of equipment, implementation of rules.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Advanced Aquatic Skills & Lifeguard Trainingis the American Red Cross Lifeguarding Today curriculum thatincludes the opportunity forlifeguard andCPR certification for the professional rescuer. Cardiovascular endurance and proper stroke technique is emphasized. To be eligible for Lifeguard Training, studentsmust be 15 years of age on or before the final scheduled class session.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness & Wellness
Completion of Basic Aquatics with a grade of "C" or better or be able to perform course requirements with instructor approval
Enrollment Notes
Students will be charged a fee by the Red Cross to complete their certification. This course may be taken two semesters for credit.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Identify and evaluate roles, characteristics, and responsibilities of a professional lifeguard.
- Identify and analyze facility operations and aquatic injury prevention.
- Identify and demonstrate proper surveillance techniques and emergency action plan.
- Recognize water emergencies.
- Develop an understanding of water rescues.
- Demonstrate all the steps of a water rescue.
- Prepare to provide care and assess a victim.
- Recognize and respond to breathing emergencies.
- Recognize and respond to cardiac emergencies.
- Recognize and respond to first aid emergencies.
- Care for head, neck or spinal injuries.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Beginning Strength Training teaches students how to actively participate in strength development as well as cardiovascular conditioning. The class examines aspects of body composition and nutrition to support being a healthy, active person.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness & Wellness
Enrollment Notes
Students may take 1st semester if Personal Fitness & Wellness is on the 2nd-semester schedule.
This class may be taken two semesters for credit and additional times with teacher approval.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency and/or refine activity-specific movement skills.
- Demonstrates competency in performing activities that contribute to improving components of health-related fitness.
- Applies the terminology associated with exercise and participation in selected individual-performance activities.
- Uses movement concepts and principles (e.g., force motion, rotation) to analyze and improve performanc
- Designs a fitness program, including components of health-related fitness,
- Evaluates the validity of claims made by commercial products and programs pertaining to fitness and a healthy, active lifestyle.
- Summarize how a person can incorporate strength training into daily life (without relying on a structured exercise plan or special equipment).
- Applies best practices for participating safely in weight training (e.g. injury prevention, proper alignment, hydration, use of equipment, implementation of rules.
- Demonstrate effective peer resistance, negotiation, and collaboration skills to avoid being physically inactive.
- Analyze the benefits weight training.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Advanced Strength Training is designed for the experienced weightlifter. The class requiresdaily activeparticipation in a strength enhancing program (i.e., squats, cleans, presses, etc.) and speed development. Free weights will be used on an extensive basis to achieve stated goals. Program design, nutrition, and safety are also addressed.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness & Wellness and Beginning Strength Training or teacher approval
Enrollment Notes
This class may be taken two semesters for credit or more with teacher approval.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency and/or refines activity-specific movement skills.
- Demonstrates competency in performing activities that contribute to improving components of health-related fitness.
- Applies the terminology associated with exercise and participation in selected individual-performance activities.
- Uses movement concepts and principles (e.g., force motion, rotation) to analyze and improve performance.
- Designs a fitness program, including components of health-related fitness,
- Evaluates the validity of claims made by commercial products and programs pertaining to fitness and a healthy, active lifestyle.
- Summarize how a person can incorporate strength training into daily life (without relying on a structured exercise plan or special equipment).
- Exhibits proper etiquette and respect for others.
- Applies best practices for participating safely in weight training (e.g. injury prevention, proper alignment, hydration, use of equipment, implementation of rules..
- Demonstrate effective peer resistance, negotiation, and collaboration skills to avoid being physically inactive.
- Demonstrate how to effectively ask for and effectively offer assistance.
- Analyze the benefits of strength training.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
PE Mentors / Moving Together combines students of all abilities to participate in developmentally appropriate activities including lifetime activities, physical fitness, and sport. Students work together to increase competence and confidence in a variety of physical activities. Through ongoing leadership opportunities, members of this course are empowered to help create a more inclusive and accepting school environment for all students.
Course Prerequisite
Successful completion of Personal Fitness & Wellness and either Sports and Fitness, Total Body Wellness, Beginning Weight Training, Advanced Weight Training, Basic Aquatics or Advanced Aquatics
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in an activity specific skill.
- Understand the rules of the game.
- Communicate progress toward fitness and nutrition goals.
- Exhibitproper etiquette,respect for others and teamwork while engaging in physical activity.
- Demonstrate, encourage, and provide feedback.
- Understand the strategies and tactics needed in order to help guide other students during the game/activity.
- Help students work towards a goal.
- Effectively communicate instructions.
- Adapt an activity to meet the needs of students.
- Solve problems and think critically.
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Elective |
Course Description
First Aid/Responding to Emergencies is the American Red Cross, First Aid/Responding to Emergencies curriculum and focuses onbeginning first-aid care. The course includes an emphasis on the prevention of injuries and illness with a focus on personal safety. Students have the opportunity to earncertification in Responding to Emergencies, which includes First Aid and Community CPR, to act as the first link in the emergency medical system.Students are charged a fee by the Red Cross to complete their certification.
Course Prerequisite
This course does not count as a Physical Education requirement credit.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate how to respond to cardiac emergencies.
- Demonstrate how to respond to breathing emergencies.
- Understand disease transmission.
- Demonstrate first aid techniques for bleeding control.
- Apply first aid techniques for shock.
- Identify and evaluate injuries.
Health
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated, Online - Off Campus |
| Online Course Type | First Time Credit |
| Credit | 0.5 Physical Education and Health |
Course Description
Health Education fulfills the Health Education graduation requirement and is based on the Missouri Health/Physical Education standards. Students are advisedto take this course in 9th or 10th grade. Units include: structures of, functions of and relationships among human body systems; principles and practices of physical, mental, social, and emotional health (such as, but not limited to, personal health habits, nutrition, stressmanagement); diseases and methods for prevention, treatment, and control; methods used to assess health, reduce risk factors, and avoid high-risk behaviors (such as violence, tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use); consumer health issues (such as the effects of mass media and technologies on safety and health); and responses to emergency situations. Studentsreceive 30 minutes of CPR instruction and training in the proper performance of first aid choking maneuvers.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of structures and functions of the body systems.
- Demonstrate understanding ofthe interrelationships of the body systems.
- Explain impact personal behaviors have on body systems.
- Analyze the external health factors that influence behaviors.
- Identify the importance of emotional and mental health on overall health.
- Investigate various infectious and chronic disease.
- Identify various infectious and chronic diseases. Evaluate the importance of healthy relationships and behaviors.
- Recognize emergency situations and respond appropriately.
Driver's Education
Course Details
| Offered at | Eureka High Lafayette High Marquette High Rockwood Summit High |
|---|---|
| Grade Levels | 09, 10, 11,12 |
| Course Length | Semester |
| Delivery Method | Traditional Seated |
| Credit | 0.5 Elective |
Course Description
This course is designed to meet the minimum instruction standards of the National Conference on Safety Education as prescribed by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which includes sixty hours of classroom instruction. This course will assist students in building a firm foundation of knowledge and skill for safe and efficient driving. The purpose of Driver Education is to produce better driving citizens by developing familiarity with the vehicles operation and maintenance; knowledge of traffic laws, signs, and controls; ability to cope with hazardous or emergency situations; and safe driving practices based upon all these, plus the rights of others. Units on how emotions, attitudes, drugs, and alcohol affect driving will also be covered.
Enrollment Notes
This course does not count as a Physical Education credit.
Expected Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate and describe pre and post driving procedures.
- Describe knowledge of procedural steps for moving the vehicle forward and back.
- Identify and demonstrate functions of vehicle equipment.
- Understand and describe the orderly visual search pattern.
- Demonstrate and describe knowledge of procedural steps for starting the engine and stopping the engine
- Define, Recognize, and identify the purpose of pavement markings.
- Define, Recognize, and identify the color, shape, and meaning of traffic control devices.
- Demonstrate and describe knowledge of basic vehicle maneuvers.
- Understand and develop a plan of action to prevent substantial negative effects of distractions while driving.
- Define and understand defensive driving.
- Understand the significant consequences of alcohol and other drugs as it relates to the driving task.
- Explore the effects of drowsy driving and the impact emotions have on one’s driving.