DEPARTMENT PURPOSE
Physical Education is an integral part of the total school program. The physical education program of games, dance, and fitness activities develops the students physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually.

Physical education is responsive to the educational needs in all three domains: psychomotor, cognitive, and affective. In the psychomotor area we look to promote normal growth and development patterns and maintain a healthy level of proper body functioning.

Robust and recreationally relaxing physical activity does a great deal to promote mental health. Learning fundamental skills as well as techniques enables a richer enjoyment of those physical activities. The agility, grace, and efficiency developed not only enhances enjoyment of activities and fosters neuromuscular growth but affords a higher level of physical safety in many general life functions.

In the cognitive domain, physical education confronts rules, strength and fitness evaluation, strategy, problem

solving in body mechanics, and understanding safety considerations.

Physical education also deals with social and personal attitudes, the affective domain. Cooperation and
fellowship, assertiveness and leadership, persistence and goal setting, and sportsmanship in a competitive
setting are important areas that are dealt with in the context of our continuing lives in Christ.

CONCEPT LEVEL LEARNER OUTCOMES:
The students will:

1. 1. develop powers of observation, analysis, and judgment.
2. 2. develop abilities in imagination, problem solving, and goal adaptation.
3. 3. develop an understanding of the rules and rationales of competition.
4. 4. develop a working facility with basic and occasionally advanced tactics and strategy in the games.
5. 5. anticipate and see areas of safety concern
6. 6. develop assertiveness, self-confidence, initiative, self-direction, leadership, fellowship, and persistence
7. 7. develop the ability to positively channel emotions into productive physical activity.
8. 8. develop an appreciation and respect for the abilities and contributions of all members of the class.
9. 9. develop an ability to relate effectively and cooperate with others in competitions.
10. 10. develop an ability to enjoy physical activity to the point of pursuing recreational or competitive physical activity on their own.
11. 11. develop an appreciation for the physical nature and capabilities of the body God has given them and its use in God-pleasing recreational and leisure activities.
12. 12. develop strength, power, endurance, and flexibility.
13. 13. develop a variety of coordination’s leading to increased grace and fluidity of movement, rhythm, and improved reaction time.
14. develop desirable leisure time skills.
15. 15. develop the ability to handle the body skillfully and safely.

COURSES OFFERED

• Basic Physical Education (Modules: Fall, Winter 1, Winter 2, Spring)
• Advanced Physical Education
• Resistance Training/Personal Fitness
• Health

Basic Physical Education (Modules: Fall, Winter 1, Winter 2, Spring). (Grades 9-10) In basic physical education, the student is introduced to a myriad of physical activities, team and individual sports, recreational activities and fitness activities. These are foundational to a healthy, physically active lifestyle. Basic physical education modules are prerequisites for the advanced physical education and resistance training/personal fitness classes.

The student will confront the fitness needs, skills, rules, tactics, safety, problem solving, body mechanics, and emotional challenges inherent to each modular activity in which they participate.

Students in each module deal with social and personal attitudes and behaviors. Cooperation, fellowship, assertiveness, leadership, persistence, minor goal setting, gender fairness and sportsmanship in a competitive setting are other important areas dealt with in each module.

The fundamental agility, grace, and efficiency developed not only enhances enjoyment of activities and fosters neuromuscular growth but affords a higher level of physical safety in many general life functions.

A $20.00 uniform fee will be collected with freshman tuition to cover the cost of a physical education uniform and will be refunded if a P.E. course is not taken. Students who successfully complete one season of interscholastic athletic competition with a Concordia team may have .5 credit of Basic Physical Education awarded. (One quarter, .5 credit each. 1.5 credits required for graduation.)

Advanced Physical Education. (Grades 11-12) Advanced Physical Education enables the student to further refine skills begun at the Basic Level, actively participate, and officiate. They will also assist in small-scale instruction and demonstration. (Prerequisite: 1.5 credits BPE, and instructor permission. One semester, 1 credit.)

Resistance Training/Personal Fitness. (Grades 11-12) Resistance Training-Personal Fitness (RTPF) is a high-level elective course designed to require self-directed students to generate goals and a workout plan to meet general fitness or sports metabolic performance desires. (Not specific sport skill training). (Prerequisite: 1.5 credits BPE, and instructor permission One semester, 1 credit.)

Health. (Grade 10) ) The course is designed to motivate students to want the fullness of life God has designed for us in our total person. It strives to give some tools to enable this and prevent the pain and misery associated with the main causes of death, disease, and dysfunction in America in the 2000’s. Health analyzes many of the decisions that affect the total person from the “God spot” to the mental, emotional, physical, and social aspects of our being. We see our life on earth as inextricably woven into our relationship to our all-wise, almighty, sovereign, creator God and His plan for us as His own. (One quarter, .5 credit. Required for graduation.)