Health/Physical Education

At CREC we strive to ensure that every child learns the skills necessary to make health enhancing decisions regarding their own health and advocate for changes to help improve the health of individuals in their family, school, community and beyond.  These skills are designed to help our students make healthy decisions to improve their health now and throughout their lifetime.



Health

Physical Education

Elementary Grades PreK-2


Students will engage in developmentally appropriate topics related to the following units of study:

  • Mental and Emotional Health

  • Disease Prevention

  • Nutrition

  • Substance Abuse

  • First Aid and Safety (grade1)

Students will engage in activities related to the following units of study:

  • Locomotor Skills

  • Components of Fitness

  • Muscular Strength/Muscular Endurance

  • Catching

  • MyPlate

  • Bouncing

  • Underhand Roll/Toss

  • Heart Health

  • Jump Rope

  • Circuit Training

  • Game Play

  • Balance

  • Striking

  • Intensity

  • Pacing

  • Goals

  • Cooperative Games

  • Muscles

  • Bones

  • Pedometers

  • Invasion Games


Elementary Grades 3 - 5

Students will engage in developmentally appropriate topics related to the following units of study:

  • Mental and Emotional Health

  • Disease Prevention

  • Nutrition

  • Substance Abuse

  • Puberty (grade 4)



Students will engage in activities related to the following units of study:

  • Fitness Concepts

  • Fitness Testing

  • Chase/Dodge/Flee

  • Cooperative Games

  • Nutrition

  • Striking with Implements

  • Sportsmanship

  • Flexibility

  • Dribbling

  • Basketball

  • Intensity

  • Cardiorespiratory

  • Throwing

  • Adventure

  • Team Games

Secondary
Grades 6-8

Students will engage in topics related to the following units of study:

  • Health Enhancing Behaviors

  • Accessing Information

  • Understanding and Analyzing Influences

  • Interpersonal Communication

  • Making Decisions

  • Managing Oneself to Better Health

  • Understanding Your Body

Students will use a skills based approach to learning how to improve their health and advocate to improve the health of individuals within their family, school, and community.


Students will engage in activities related to the following units of study:

  • Fitness

  • Dynamic Movement

  • Nutrition

  • Striking

  • Full Value Contract

  • Healthy Habits

  • Low Elements

  • Goal Setting

  • Adventure Education

  • Body Systems

Secondary
Grades 9-12

Students will engage in topics related to the following units of study:

  • Managing Oneself to Better Health

  • Interpersonal Communication

  • Making Decisions

  • Accessing Information

  • Understanding and Analyzing Influences

  • Becoming an Advocate

Students will use a skills based approach to learning how to improve their health and advocate to improve the health of individuals within their family, school, and community.

Students will engage in topics related to the following units of study:

  • Five Components of Fitness

  • FITT Principles

  • Cardiorespiratory Endurance

  • Group Dynamics

  • Heart Health

  • Fitness Plans

  • Types of Exercise

  • Nutrition

  • Hydration

  • Low Elements

  • Belaying



Resources for Parents at Home:




Opt Out Letter for Growth and Development and HIV/AIDS Education : 

Grade 2: Grade 2 Opt Out Letter

Grade 3: Grade 3 Opt Out Letter

Grade 4: Grade 4 Opt Out Letter

Grade 5: Grade 5 Opt Out Letter

Middle School/High School: Middle School and High School Opt Out Letter


For more information, please contact the Health and Physical Education Curriculum Facilitator, Karen Stowe at [email protected] 


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