Students will …
Demonstrate the ability to cope with frustration and failure in a responsible, positive and constructive manner.
Demonstrate self responsibility, discipline and courtesy.
Participate regularly in moderate physical activities for the development and maintenance of health-related fitness.
Choose to adopt positive health practices in all aspects of one’s life.
Participate in activities with fairness, integrity and honesty.
Students will know …
The rules, strategies and appropriate behaviors for selected physical activities as both a participant and spectator.
That participation in group physical activity provides for the development of interpersonal skills, such as cooperation, communication, respect, engendering leadership/fellowship and the nurturing of trust.
That the intrinsic rewards of competition outweigh the extrinsic and are not dependent upon the outcome.
How to assess one’s health-related fitness, and as a result, design a personal fitness program in accordance with the principles of training and conditioning.
The implications of and the benefits from positive health practices in one’s life.
Students will value…
The importance of positive health practices.
Physical activity as an essential element in one’s lifestyle.
The worth of self and others.
The need for encouragement, sensitivity, and compassion.
Fair play and play by pre-established rules.
The benefits and rewards of competition regardless of the outcome.
FITNESS GOALS
By the twelfth grade students will …
Establish personal fitness goals and formulate strategies to achieve them.
Know that personal preference, performance and activity preference will change over one’s life cycle.
Value commitment to fitness activities as an important part of one’s lifestyle.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
By the twelfth grade students will…
Participate in problem resolution when conflict occurs.
Know the appropriate sportsmanship behavior by self, group and fan.
Value the courage to act from a moral perspective regardless of popularity.
SKILL
By the twelfth grade students will …
Participate in individual and group challenges that will require higher-level thinking and further develop one’s understanding of self worth and confidence.
Understand that practice and effort is directly related to skill improvement and mastery.
Appreciate that skill proficiency is needed to enjoy participation in activity.
Acquire skills in a wide range of sports and activities.
Demonstrate proficiency in four activities and competency in three.
SAFETY
By the twelfth grade students will:
Be able to monitor one’s self in game situations by understanding and adhering to rules germane to the activity.
Will value physical activity as a means of prevention and therapy.
Will identify and address safety concerns within a playing area or with regard to equipment.
D. REQUIRED INSTRUCTION
All students in grades K-12, including students with disabilities, special health care needs and in alternative educational settings will receive physical education in accordance with the mandates set forth by the New York State Education Department (Regulation 135).
• All pupils in grades K-2 shall attend and participate in physical education a minimum of 120 minutes a week.
• All pupils in grades 3-6 shall attend and participate in physical education no less than three days a week (120 minutes).
• All pupils in grades 7-12 shall attend and participate in physical education for no less than three days per week in one semester, and no less than two days per week in the other semester (120 minutes).
• Physical Education should not be withheld from students for purposes of punishment.
• Physical activity will not be used as a form of punishment (e.g., running laps)
• Students shall not sit out of physical education class as response to inappropriate behavior, unless the behavior is deemed unsafe.
• Students who have a medical excuse will participate in activity as per physician’s recommendations and/or modifications.
Physical education make-ups should involve some form of physical activity.