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Health and Physical Education Department


Graduation Requirement:

-One (1) credit of physical education is required. .5 credit must be in Personal Fitness. The students fulfill the other .5 credit with Team Sports

The Physical Education Department of La Salle High School administers a varied program of activities designed to develop in the student a positive attitude toward him or herself as a physical being. Health Education focuses on the education of the student in the maintenance of mental and physical health. In keeping with our Catholic philosophy, we try to teach the students to respect themselves and others.

Course Number: 0800300 HEALTH/LIFE MANAGEMENT
La Salle Number: 802 Credit: .5
Pre-requisite(s): None

Life Management is a course designed to enhance a student’s knowledge and understanding of his/her physical, emotional, and mental functions. The course includes but is not limited to the following topics: drugs, alcohol, tobacco products, nutrition, diet, physical fitness activities, peer pressure, career choices, problems of society, time management, money management, cultural differences, family structure, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases.

 

Course Number: 150130 PERSONAL FITNESS
La Salle Number: 809 Credit: .5
Pre-requisite(s): None

Physical Fitness is a course designed to enhance a student’s ability to participate in, perform in, and enjoy group and individual activities. The course includes, but is not limited to, the following activities: aerobic exercise, anaerobic exercise, team sports, strategy of sports, body strengthening, muscle stretching, personal hygiene. The course will also include a fundamental study for an understanding of the rules and techniques of individual sports.

 

Course Number: 1503350 TEAM SPORTS I
La Salle Number: 810 Credit: .5
Pre-requisite(s): None

This is a survey course whose purpose it is to: acquire knowledge of team sports play; develop skills in selected team sports and maintain and/or improve health-related fitness.

 

Course Number: 1501340 Beginning Weight Training
LaSalle Number: 816 Credit: .5
Pre-Requisite: Personal Fitness

The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop basic-level knowledge of weight training activities and fitness and to maintain or improve an individualized level of fitness.

 

Course Number: 1501390 Comprehensive Fitness
LaSalle Number: 832 Credit: .5
Pre-Requisite: Personal Fitness

The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop their understanding of fitness concepts, design a personal fitness program, and develop an individualized level of health-related fitness.

Course Number: 0800320 First Aid and Safety
La Salle Number: 850 Credit: .5
Pre-requisite: Health/Life Management

The purpose of this course is to enable students acquire skills in first aid, emergency care, and personal safety. The content shall include, but not be limited to, the following: safety; first aid procedures; adult, child and infant CPR; community resources and services; career and public service opportunities.

 

Course Number: 1900300 Driver Education/Traffic Safety - Classroom
La Salle Number: 894 Credit: .5
Pre-requisite: None

The purpose of this classroom course is to introduce students tot eh highway transportation system and to teach strategies that will develop driving knowledge related to today’s and tomorrows motorized society. It will also provide an in-depth study of the scope and nature of accident problems and their solutions. The content shall include, but not be limited to, the following: vehicle control and traffic procedures; defensive strategies for driving; natural laws and their application to driving; energy efficient and safe enjoyable vehicle ownership; physical and mental factors; legal and moral obligations; knowledge of motorcycle operations and interactions in the system; planning for safe travel to include map studies; effects of alcohol and other drugs on driving performance.