Semester
.25 PE Credit

This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn weight training concepts and techniques used for obtaining optimal physical fitness. The curriculum will emphasize physical conditioning, knowledge of muscle groups, appropriate techniques, and correlation of movements. The content will be mastered through physical fitness testing, cardiorespiratory exercise, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and conditioning drills. This class will follow a weight-training program specifically designed to develop overall strength, explosiveness, and speed for athletics. Students will receive knowledge in proper lifting techniques, stretching, and the correlation of lifts to the muscle groups to enhance athletic performance. Students will be empowered to make wise choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness, wellness, and movement activity for a lifetime.  The weight training class will be sports-specific as established by the physical education teacher.

Semester
1 Elective Credit

Students will use fundamental qualitative analysis to study the human body’s responses to exercise. Topics include respiratory response to exercise, metabolism and energy production, body composition, healing rate of tissues, and cardiovascular conditioning. Students will use therapeutic exercise and the application of modalities to restore or facilitate normal function or development. Developing and implementing exercise test protocols and emergency procedures will be emphasized. 

Semester
1 Elective Credit

Students will complete comprehensive fitness evaluations and develop individualized training programs. Students will administer lab and field tests of cardiovascular endurance, body composition, joint flexibility and muscular strength, power, and endurance. Emphasis is placed on assessing body composition, neuromuscular flexibility, agility, balance, coordination, and proprioception. Additionally, students will identify components of physical fitness and communicate how physical activity impacts health and wellness.

All PE courses count for PE credit towards graduation
All PE classes will include the following State of Ohio PE Standards

• Standard 1: A physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

• Standard 2: A physically literate individual applies knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies and tactics related to movement and performance.

• Standard 3: A physically literate individual demonstrates the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.

• Standard 4: A physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

• Standard 5: A physically literate individual recognizes the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and/or social interaction.

Semester
.5 Health Credit

Health combines the concepts, topics, information, and skills formerly offered in physical education and health. The integration of these subject areas helps students foster an awareness and understanding of these interrelationships through the study of the components of wellness, including personal fitness, mental health, relationships, alcohol prevention, tobacco prevention, Infectious disease, non-infectious disease, decision making CPR, H.O.P.E. and nutrition.

Semester
.25 PE credit 

This course is designed to provide an overview of stress and its impact on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and wellness. Coping strategies, relaxation techniques, healthy eating behaviors, aquatic fitness, physical fitness, fitness games and physical activities for stress reduction including yoga, diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, visualization, Pilates, Zumba and other fitness activities will be explored.    

Semester
1 Elective Credit

This course focuses on the applications of rules for constructing and defining medical terms with an emphasis on building a working medical vocabulary. Topics include using the appropriate abbreviations and symbols for anatomical, physiological and pathological classifications and the associated medical specialties and procedures. Students will decipher medical terms through the identification and use of word elements with an emphasis on derivation, meaning, and pronunciation. Further, students will interpret and translate medical records and documents. 

Semester
1 Elective Credit

Students will increase their knowledge of comprehensive health and wellness. Students will be able to identify the components of fitness and communicate the relationship between physical fitness, physical performance, injury prevention, and nutritional intake. Students will evaluate an individual’s state of nutrition based upon the impact of personal choices and social, scientific, psychological and environmental influences. Further, students will calculate an individual’s kilocalorie burn rate and recommend an ideal diet and physical fitness plan. 

Semester
.25 PE credit

This course will highlight the significance of lifetime physical fitness, individual and team sports, and sportsmanship. The class will introduce a variety of fitness activities that can be used for a lifetime to live a healthy lifestyle. These activities may include walking, running, swimming, plyometrics, yoga, Zumba, fitness testing, and weight training. The class will introduce individual and team sports to help with skill development, strategies and tactics, rules, and scoring of each activity. These sports may include ultimate frisbee, badminton, volleyball, basketball, soccer, tennis, pickleball, and dance. Students will learn sportsmanship and social skills while working with a partner or team during the activities in this class. The class will focus on overall wellness and all students will be evaluated based on daily participation, responsible personal and social behavior, and knowledge of strategies and rules.

Two-Year Program With Ability To Earn Industry-Based Credential
Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools Satellite Program

The Sports Medicine program specialization is designed for college tech prep and career technical education students in grades 11 through 12.  Students are provided instruction in fundamental knowledge, skills, abilities, values, and attitudes in entrepreneurship, leadership, and employability skills. The course of study portion of this pathway reflects the academic and technical competencies for secondary education students.  The technical focus includes functional anatomy, medical terminology, treatment, injury recognition and prevention, as well as biostatistics in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. Students are also given laboratory experience in Sports Medicine.

Semester
.25 PE Credit

This course is designed to offer students a variety of water-related activities such as lap swimming, water aerobics, water polo and water volleyball. Participating in these activities will allow students to gain fitness conditioning and refine their swimming strokes.

Students who have participated in interscholastic athletics (basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, wrestling, girls volleyball, football, field hockey, baseball, softball), marching band, drill team or cheerleading for at least two (2) full seasons as defined in the New Albany High School handbook; while enrolled in grades 9 through 12 and as documented by the athletic director, assistant principal, or guidance counselor may be excused from the high school physical education requirement.  Students electing such an excuse shall complete one-half (1/2) unit of at least sixty (60) hours of instruction in another course of study which is designated by the Board as meeting the high school curriculum requirements.

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