Physical Education

Course Description

PE is a participation-based class where students will play various team and individual sports. Each class begins with an aerobic warm-up. The course will integrate a district mandated health and fitness curriculum called Five for Life (Focus Fitness).

Course Objectives

Students will develop basic knowledge of health and fitness-related concepts.
Students will develop an appreciation for lifetime fitness and team and individual sports.
Students will participate to the best of their ability in various warm-up activities, fitness-related games, and organized sports to improve their individual levels of health and fitness.

Required Materials

Appropriately fitting tennis shoes (flip flops, sandals, boots, dress shoes, etc. are unacceptable)
Loose appropriately fitting t-shirt, sweatshirt, shorts or sweat pants
(Undergarments, i.e. boxers, bra straps, underwear, etc. should be unexposed)

Expectations

Students will follow all rules and regulations in the LHS student handbook.
Students must have permission before leaving class.
Students are responsible for locking up their personal valuables in their own individually assigned PE lockers.
Students are to secure all electronic devices in their locker before coming to class (iPods, mp3 players, cell phones, pagers, etc. are not to be used during class).
Students are to wait in a designated area until the dismissal bell rings.
Students are to leave dangerous jewelry and hats in the locker room.
Students are to report all accidents or injuries
Students are to launder (wash) their PE clothes regularly.
Students must be in the locker room before the tardy bell, and be dressed and lined up for roll within 5 minutes of the tardy bell:
- 1^st tardy - warning
- 2^nd tardy - warning
- 3^rd tardy - detention
- 4^th tardy - detention, conference
- 5^th tardy - parent contact, referral and/or Wednesday school

Students are expected to suit-up and participate daily.

1^st unexcused non-suit - warning, loss of points
2^nd unexcused non-suit - conference, loss of points
3^rd unexcused non-suit - warning, loss of points
4^th unexcused non-suit - conference, loss of points
5^th unexcused non-suit - loss of credit

Grading

Participation/Effort	50% of grade
Attitude/Behavior/Cooperation	20% of grade
Daily Aerobic Activity	10% of grade
Fitness Testing	20% of grade

Students will lose credit for the day if they are truant (unexcused absent) or are unexcused non-suited.
Attendance and participation are important to students' success. If the student accumulates 5 unexcused non-suits, 5 unexcused absences (truancies) and/or 11 total absences he/she may lose credit (see LHS student handbook for further clarification).
All days that a student is excused from class (activities) because of illness or injury will be counted as an excused non-suit.
Students are required to "make up" all absences (from school and/or activity) exceeding a total of 10 days.
Behavior or attendance contracts may be written for students appealing the potential loss of credit for the course.
If suspended from school, the student must do one hour of physical activity for every day they are out of class. The activity should be recored on paper and signed (or verified) by a parent/guardian and turned in on the day the student returns to school.
A point system of grading will be utilized as follows:
6 grading units x 80 points (each) = 480 points
6 fitness tests x 10 points (each) = 120 points
Semester = 600 total points

92-100 percent = A	72-77 percent = C
90-91 percent = A-	70-71 percent = C-