Physical Education Syllabus 2021-22
Course Description: one-half credit per semester; grades 9-12
Physical Education is a co-educational program designed to help students progress from basic skills to more complex strategies regarding sports activities. Fitness components will be evaluated on a regular basis in order to ensure that students maintain an optimal level of fitness. Grading will be based on: participation, skill, and knowledge. GPA: Students have the option to take PE for GPA. They will indicate this on a form during the first two weeks of school. Parental signature is required!
Learning Outcomes:
Required Materials:
Each student is responsible to dress in their orange school-issued PE t-shirt and their black school-issued PE shorts everyday. In addition, student are required to wear tennis shoes to class everyday. If a student has been prescribed an inhaler for asthma or exercise-induced asthma, they are required to have the inhaler with them in every class. Failure to have these materials will result in loss of participation points (refer to No Dress Policy). Sweatpants and sweatshirts are allowed in winter months or by special request.
Attendance Policy:
Each day students can earn 10 Participation Points and 10 dress points towards their grade. The student must be present and on task throughout the entire class period to earn all 20 points.
Tardy Policy:
Attendance will be taken in the West Gym bleachers immediately after the tardy bell has rung. If you are not in your squad at this time, you will be issued a tardy.
After attendance you will be released to the locker rooms to change into your PE clothes. You will have five minutes to return to the assigned activity area for warm up exercises. Failure to return within five minutes can also result in a tardy.
In the first week of school you will be issued a combination to use on your assigned locker. It is your responsibility to have this combination with you each day. If you ask a PE instructor to look up your locker combination, it will result in a tardy.
The tardy policy per student handbook is as follows:
No Dress Policy:
If a student fails to bring their PE clothes to class, the following due process will be followed:
Medical Policy:
If a student misses PE due to an illness or injury, they will be allowed to make up their participation points. The student needs to talk directly to the instructor to come up with a plan to make up points. Points can be made up in a variety of ways: written assignments, adapted programs (walking rather than running), coaching or officiating rather than participating. However, it must be explicitly stated in the doctor’s orders that a student is allowed to participate in an adaptive manner. Otherwise a written assignment will be assigned for liability reasons - no exceptions!!
Students on medicals will dress (if physically possible) and remain with the PE class.
Cell Phone Policy:
Physical education is a cell phone free zone, unless it is a cardio workout day. To protect the privacy of those changing clothes in the locker rooms, any cell phone that is being used in this area will be an automatic dean referral. Failure to comply will result in immediate disciplinary action and dean referrals.
Additionally teachers may deduct points for various reasons including but not limited to: tardiness, no dresses, inactivity, off-task/disruptive behavior, insubordination, lack of effort, unsafe behavior.
In addition, students will be graded each semester in the following areas:
Course Topics:
Suggestions for success:
Upperclass PE is designed to give students a safe environment to improve or maintain fitness in five specific areas (cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility and body composition). The expectation is that student show improvement, not that they reach a predetermined norm or criteria.
In addition, WCHS strives to engage students in strategic instruction in team and individual sports so that the student can have options when choosing lifetime activities to maintain a healthy lifestyle. A willingness to participate in moderate to vigorous activity on a daily basis and engage in critical thinking strategies are key to success.
Course Description: one-half credit per semester; grades 9-12
Physical Education is a co-educational program designed to help students progress from basic skills to more complex strategies regarding sports activities. Fitness components will be evaluated on a regular basis in order to ensure that students maintain an optimal level of fitness. Grading will be based on: participation, skill, and knowledge. GPA: Students have the option to take PE for GPA. They will indicate this on a form during the first two weeks of school. Parental signature is required!
Learning Outcomes:
- The students will be proficient in a variety of team and individual sports being able to perform fundamental skills and apply rules for scoring and strategy.
- The student will obtain life-skills through a comprehensive curriculum of team building.
- The student will be able to identify and define the Five Components of Fitness.
- The student will assess and evaluate their own fitness level utilizing Fitnessgram testing.
- The student will create a fitness program using the Five Principles of Fitness.
Required Materials:
Each student is responsible to dress in their orange school-issued PE t-shirt and their black school-issued PE shorts everyday. In addition, student are required to wear tennis shoes to class everyday. If a student has been prescribed an inhaler for asthma or exercise-induced asthma, they are required to have the inhaler with them in every class. Failure to have these materials will result in loss of participation points (refer to No Dress Policy). Sweatpants and sweatshirts are allowed in winter months or by special request.
Attendance Policy:
Each day students can earn 10 Participation Points and 10 dress points towards their grade. The student must be present and on task throughout the entire class period to earn all 20 points.
- If the student has an unexcused absence, all points are forfeited.
- If the student is absent but the absence is excused, they have the opportunity to make up the points at a later date. However, it is the student’s responsibility to talk directly to the teacher to discuss how the points will be recovered. If the student does not inquire about the excused absence within one week, the points are forfeited.
- If the student has been suspended, they have two days on the return of their suspension to inquire as to how the participation points will be recovered. Failure to inquire within the two day window will result in an automatic forfeit of participation points.
Tardy Policy:
Attendance will be taken in the West Gym bleachers immediately after the tardy bell has rung. If you are not in your squad at this time, you will be issued a tardy.
After attendance you will be released to the locker rooms to change into your PE clothes. You will have five minutes to return to the assigned activity area for warm up exercises. Failure to return within five minutes can also result in a tardy.
In the first week of school you will be issued a combination to use on your assigned locker. It is your responsibility to have this combination with you each day. If you ask a PE instructor to look up your locker combination, it will result in a tardy.
The tardy policy per student handbook is as follows:
- 1st tardy-teacher warning/teacher discipline options
- 2nd tardy-teacher warning/Parent Notification
- 3rd tardy-Dean Referral/two (2) opportunity hours
- 4th tardy-Dean Referral/3 hour Saturday Detention
- 5th tardy-and subsequent tardies – Dean Referral/4 hour Saturday Detention
No Dress Policy:
If a student fails to bring their PE clothes to class, the following due process will be followed:
- The student will be given an a warning.
- Any following No Dress will result in a forfeit of your daily dress points.
Medical Policy:
If a student misses PE due to an illness or injury, they will be allowed to make up their participation points. The student needs to talk directly to the instructor to come up with a plan to make up points. Points can be made up in a variety of ways: written assignments, adapted programs (walking rather than running), coaching or officiating rather than participating. However, it must be explicitly stated in the doctor’s orders that a student is allowed to participate in an adaptive manner. Otherwise a written assignment will be assigned for liability reasons - no exceptions!!
Students on medicals will dress (if physically possible) and remain with the PE class.
Cell Phone Policy:
Physical education is a cell phone free zone, unless it is a cardio workout day. To protect the privacy of those changing clothes in the locker rooms, any cell phone that is being used in this area will be an automatic dean referral. Failure to comply will result in immediate disciplinary action and dean referrals.
Additionally teachers may deduct points for various reasons including but not limited to: tardiness, no dresses, inactivity, off-task/disruptive behavior, insubordination, lack of effort, unsafe behavior.
In addition, students will be graded each semester in the following areas:
- Cardiovascular field tests - each semester students will complete at least six field tests that will be worth 100 points each. It is expected for each student to demonstrate continuous improvement throughout the 18 week semester.
- Skills tests - each semester the students will perform a minimum of two skills tests related to specific activities that will be taught throughout the semester. Skills tests will be worth 25 points.
- Written Exams - each semester the students will complete two written exams worth 100 points. One will be a mid-term exam and the other will be a final exam.
- Worksheets/Log sheets - each semester students will complete between 10-12 worksheets that are content related and worth 10- 20 points each. If a student is absent on a day when a worksheet is assigned, they will be able to find the worksheet online in the Google classroom for completion.
Course Topics:
- Tennis
- Flag Football
- Soccer
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Badminton
- Lacrosse
- Basic exercise physiology concepts
- Five Components of Fitness
- Principles of Fitness
- Heart physiology
- Erin’s Law - Date rape/sexual assault
Suggestions for success:
Upperclass PE is designed to give students a safe environment to improve or maintain fitness in five specific areas (cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility and body composition). The expectation is that student show improvement, not that they reach a predetermined norm or criteria.
In addition, WCHS strives to engage students in strategic instruction in team and individual sports so that the student can have options when choosing lifetime activities to maintain a healthy lifestyle. A willingness to participate in moderate to vigorous activity on a daily basis and engage in critical thinking strategies are key to success.