Health and Fitness-Grade 9

The focus of the Freshmen Health and Fitness Program is Personal Fitness. Curriculum includes health topics, fitness concepts, and physical activities both in the classroom and in the gymnasium. Students are assigned a textbook, Looking Good, Feeling Good, and complete written homework assignments, tests and fitness assessments. One quarter is dedicated to classroom-based health units, which include: healthy relationships, human sexuality, depression and suicide, and alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. All freshmen are scheduled three times a week for the entire year. Evaluation is based on class participation, attendance, effort, preparedness, homework, written assignments and tests. Students receive a letter grade.