Freshman
Course Offerings
Required (Choose one):
Healthful Living I:
This course consists of the required high school healthful living essential standards and clarifying objectives approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education and required by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.Physical education components include the progressive development of motor skills and movement concepts along with learning opportunities that promote health related fitness and personal/social responsibility. Health components include analyzing the relation between nutrition and physical activity, understanding the importance and consumer health, learning solid decision-making to prevent use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
Healthful Living I Honors
The Honors Healthful Living I course presents high-rigor learning opportunities to meet the required high school healthful living essential standards and clarifying objectives approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education and required by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Physical education components go beyond the standard Healthful Living I offering using student-led project coursework which demands higher-level knowledge of Physical Education principles. Health components go beyond the standard Health Education offering by blending neuroscientific principles with behavioral health concepts.
Electives:
Team Sports:
This course is designed to include the development of general personal fitness, and active participation in team sports such as basketball, soccer, flag football, lacrosse, volleyball, and softball. Activities are equally divided within the total weeks of instruction. This course includes the history, rules, and terminology with an emphasis on skill development, officiating, game strategies, and leadership.
Weight Training I:
This course is designed for the novice weight-training student. It involves introductory techniques of weight training and cardiovascular conditioning, safety precautions, and injury prevention, and other methods of weight management.
Physical Fitness I:
This course emphasizes regular participation in a variety of enjoyable fitness activities that promote a healthy and wellness-oriented lifestyle. This is an individual health related fitness course in which the students, through active participation, develop knowledge and skills to provide enjoyment in the areas of cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, and muscular strength/endurance.
Healthful Living I:
This course consists of the required high school healthful living essential standards and clarifying objectives approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education and required by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.Physical education components include the progressive development of motor skills and movement concepts along with learning opportunities that promote health related fitness and personal/social responsibility. Health components include analyzing the relation between nutrition and physical activity, understanding the importance and consumer health, learning solid decision-making to prevent use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
Healthful Living I Honors
The Honors Healthful Living I course presents high-rigor learning opportunities to meet the required high school healthful living essential standards and clarifying objectives approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education and required by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Physical education components go beyond the standard Healthful Living I offering using student-led project coursework which demands higher-level knowledge of Physical Education principles. Health components go beyond the standard Health Education offering by blending neuroscientific principles with behavioral health concepts.
Electives:
Team Sports:
This course is designed to include the development of general personal fitness, and active participation in team sports such as basketball, soccer, flag football, lacrosse, volleyball, and softball. Activities are equally divided within the total weeks of instruction. This course includes the history, rules, and terminology with an emphasis on skill development, officiating, game strategies, and leadership.
Weight Training I:
This course is designed for the novice weight-training student. It involves introductory techniques of weight training and cardiovascular conditioning, safety precautions, and injury prevention, and other methods of weight management.
Physical Fitness I:
This course emphasizes regular participation in a variety of enjoyable fitness activities that promote a healthy and wellness-oriented lifestyle. This is an individual health related fitness course in which the students, through active participation, develop knowledge and skills to provide enjoyment in the areas of cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, and muscular strength/endurance.