PE & Health

Gresham HS Health and PE Department's

COURSE OFFERINGS

🎯 Physical Education & Health Department Mission

Health and PE classes emphasize healthy living through positive lifestyle decisions, physical activity, fitness, competition and social development. The PE program aids student development through regular physical activity. These activities are aimed at physical skill attainment, physical fitness, social skill development and the knowledge and understanding of how all of these relate to a healthy lifestyle. The Health courses emphasize healthy living concepts, health-related skills and a critical examination of various lifestyle decisions and their consequences.

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🍎 PE & Health Department Teaching Staff

Adam Meyer

Chris Koenig

Connor Yegge

Lucy Gilges

Mike Molony

Tim Mowery

📚 Course Catalog

Health 1 Freshman

HEALTH 1 (Required)
0.5 HE Credit Grade 9

Course Overview:
This course emphasizes health concepts and skill-building activities that explore both long and short-term behavioral consequences. The course is aligned with district, state and Nation Health Education Standards and focuses on development of health skills in the content areas of: health and wellness, social emotional learning, safety and first aid, nutrition and physical activity, comprehensive sexual education and substance use and abuse.

Health 2 Sophomore

HEALTH 2 (Required)
0.5 HE Credit Grade 10

Course Overview:
This course builds on Health 1 and emphasizes health concepts and skill-building activities that explore both long and short-term behavioral consequences. The course is aligned with district, state and National Health Education Standards and focuses on development of health skills in the content areas of: health and wellness, social emotional learning, safety and first aid, nutrition and physical activity, comprehensive sexual education and substance use and abuse.

General Comments:
Students will complete a Career Related Learning Experience (CRLE) to help meet the personalized learning graduation requirements.

Adaptive PE

LEARNING STRATEGIES PE
1 PE Credit Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Course Overview:
Adaptive Physical Education is a diversified program of developmental activities, games, sports and rhythms, suited to the interests, capacities, and limitations of students with disabilities who may not safely or successfully engage in unrestricted participation in the vigorous activities of the general physical education program. Adaptive physical education is designed to aid students with handicaps to achieve physical, mental, emotional and social growth commensurate with their potential through a planned program of regular and special physical education and recreational activities.

Special Requirements:
Students will be screened by the instructor after being referred by general PE instructors, nurse, special educator and general faculty. The instructor will determine the participants in the class through a screening process that would like to involve all students needing special help, even if they have already passed PE. This class meets the graduation requirement for required physical education credit.

Aquatics

AQUATICS
0.5 PE Credit Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Course Overview:
This class focuses on aquatic activities to provide students with necessary skills to ensure short and long-term benefits for an active and healthy lifestyle. The course helps students develop positive attitudes toward movement activities, fitness habits, team and individual activities and their own health behaviors. As part of the course students will have instruction on individual swim techniques, aquatic games, aquatic fitness training, pool organization and maintenance and leading swim instruction for other students.

Special Requirements: Students are required to provide their own swimsuit and towel.

Recreational Basketball

Recreational Soccer

Strength and Conditioning

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
0.5 PE Credit Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Course Overview:
Course goal: Increase muscle strength and fitness, while at the same time promoting each student's ability to apply what they learn in a pursuit of lifelong fitness. This class will focus on developing safe/functional lifting techniques. Periodization training (loading and unloading of muscle groups) will promote strength and fitness gains over time.

Team Sports

Walking for Fitness

WALKING FOR FITNESS
0.5 PE Credit Grades 11, 12

Course Overview:
Students will participate in fitness walking outside on the athletic fields, in the school building and in the surrounding community to develop cardio-respiratory fitness. Appropriate fitness clothes and shoes for walking are required. A light rain jacket is recommended as the class will walk outside in light rain. This class meets outside as long as the temperature is near 50 degrees.

Yoga/Core Fitness

YOGA/CORE FITNESS
0.5 PE Credit Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Course Overview:
Students are introduced to the values and skills of Yoga. Yoga/Core Fitness includes basic Yoga philosophy and exercises for increased flexibility, improved health, relaxation, and reduced stress in daily living. In addition, students will participate in core fitness exercises to strengthen the body’s core muscles.

Bodies in Balance (Formerly Girls Strength and Conditioning)