East Paulding High School

Students in high school demonstrate comprehensive health knowledge and skills. Their behaviors reflect a conceptual understanding of the issues associated with maintaining good personal health. They serve the community through the practice of health-enhancing behaviors that promote wellness throughout life.  

 Required: Yes
 Prerequisites: None
 Credit: 0.5
 Grades: 9-12  

Introduces instruction in methods to attain a healthy level of physical fitness; implements a lifetime fitness program based on a personal fitness assessment and stresses strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition, and cardiovascular endurance; includes instruction in fitness principles, nutrition, fad diets, weight control, stress management, adherence strategies, and consumer information; and promotes self-awareness and responsibility for fitness.

 Required: Yes
 Prerequisites: None
 Credit: 0.5
 Grades: 9-12   

Provides methods to redefine body shape through specific exercises. Based on the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines for fitness and conditioning programs, this course covers weight training, conditioning exercises, and proper nutrition to improve muscle tone, muscle definition, posture, bodily proportions, and overall condition of the body and energy levels.

Advanced - Provides additional opportunities to redefine body shape through specific exercises. Based on the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines for fitness and conditioning programs, this course covers weight training, conditioning exercises, and proper nutrition to improve muscle tone, muscle definition, posture, bodily proportions, and overall condition of the body and energy levels.

 Required: No / Elective 
 Prerequisites: None
 Credit: 1.0
 Grades: 9-12   

I  - Focuses on any combination or variety of team sports, lifetime sports, track and field events, aquatics/water sports, outdoor education experiences, rhythmic/dance, recreational games, gymnastics, and self-defense; and provides basic methods to attain a healthy and active lifestyle.

II - Enhances level-one skills in any different combination or variety of team sports, lifetime sports, track and field events, aquatics/water sports, outdoor education experiences, rhythmic/dance, recreational games, gymnastics, and self-defense; and further promotes methods to attain a healthy and active lifestyle.  

III - Enhances level-two skills in any different combination or variety of team sports, lifetime sports, track and field events, aquatics/water sports, outdoor education experiences, rhythmic/dance, recreational games, gymnastics, and self-defense; and further promotes methods to attain a healthy and active lifestyle. 

IV - Enhances level-three skills in any different combination or variety of team sports, lifetime sports, track and field events, aquatics/water sports, outdoor education experiences, rhythmic/dance, recreational games, gymnastics, and self-defense; and further promotes methods to attain a healthy and active lifestyle.            

 Required: No / Elective
 Prerequisites: None
 Credit: 1.0
 Grades: 9-12   

Introductory - Introduces fundamental skills, strategies, and rules associated with lifetime sports such as bowling, golf, tennis, racquetball, baseball, badminton, roller skating, and skiing. 

Intermediate - Enhances skills and strategies in lifetime sports such as bowling, golf, tennis, racquetball, baseball, badminton, roller skating and skiing. 

Advanced - Refines skills and explores the technical aspects of lifetime sports.  

 Required: No / Elective
 Prerequisites: None
 Credit: 1.0
 Grades: 9-12   

Introductory - Introduces recreational games for lifetime leisure activities which may include table tennis, shuffleboard, frisbee, deck tennis, new games, horseshoes, darts and croquet. Emphasizes the rules of each game and the skills necessary to play. 

Intermediate - Enhances recreational game skills in table tennis, shuffleboard, frisbee, deck tennis, new games, horseshoes, darts, and croquet. 

Advanced - Provides further development of skills and exploration into technical aspects of recreational games. 

 Required: No / Elective
 Prerequisites: None
 Credit: 1.0
 Grades: 9-12   

 Required: No / Elective
 Prerequisites: None
 Credit: 1.0
 Grades: 9-12  

Introduces weight training; emphasizes strength development training and proper lifting techniques; includes fitness concepts for developing healthy lifetime habits based on the American College of Sport Medicine Guidelines for fitness and conditioning.

Advanced - Increases strength and cardiovascular fitness through an individualized weight training program; emphasizes self-management and adherence strategies based on the American College of Sport Medicine Guidelines for fitness and conditioning. 

 Required: No / Elective
 Prerequisites: None
 Credit: 1.0
 Grades: 9-12