Health and Physical Education 9*

• Course #7300
• 1 Credit/Health and PE
• 36 Weeks

Description

• Apply health knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain long-term health and wellness
• Explain the impact of health risks and identify strategies and resources to limit risk
• Demonstrate skills to advocate for personal and community health, including First Aid, CPR and AED
• Demonstrate movement and biomechanical principles in a variety of activities that may include outdoor pursuits, fitness activities, dance and rhythmic activities, aquatics, individual performance activities, and games and sports (net/wall, striking/fielding, and goal/target[s])
• Evaluate current fitness behaviors and demonstrate achievement and maintenance of a health-enhancing level of personal fitness by designing, implementing, self-assessing, and modifying a personal fitness program

Students taking this course also complete the additional graduation requirement of training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AED)

*The age-appropriate curriculum for this course is prescribed by College Board (Advanced Placement), International Baccalaureate (IBDP, IBCP), the Virginia Community College System (Dual Enrollment), the Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning (SOLs), or is developed in alignment with best practices for the specialized elective course content. Instruction designed and delivered for this course is done so in alignment with standards developed by those organizations and institutions. As such, HCPS may not substitute, alter, or omit prescribed course content including that which relate(s) to human sexuality. In accordance with P7-05-008, a detailed list of assigned instructional material that contains sexually explicit content that must be taught during this course is available for parental review in advance of course enrollment. As this is an elective course and the materials may not be altered, Parents wishing to request alternative materials for their student may wish to enroll their student in a different course.