Health and Physical Education

SHS Health/PE Courses

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Please note the following:

All successfully completed courses earn one semester credit unless otherwise noted. Graduation requirements are broken into required courses and elective courses. Required courses must be completed by each high school graduate. Elective courses are those that the student chooses to complete on a career pathway or for college preparation.

Honors courses are more rigorous than the standard course of study and will earn an additional .5 quality point towards a cumulative GPA. Honors courses are available through teacher recommendation and by meeting additional prerequisites (see the course descriptions for details).

Advanced Placement (AP) courses provide students the opportunity to earn college credit through the advanced placement exams taken at the end of the school year. AP courses will earn one (1) full quality point towards a cumulative GPA. AP courses are available through teacher recommendation and by meeting additional prerequisites (see the course descriptions for details).

Community college courses offered through Beaufort County Community College will earn one (1) full quality point towards a cumulative GPA. BCCC courses are available to students who meet certain application requirements. See the Career and College Promise section of the Program of Study for more details.

Health/Physical Education Boys 60492X00SA & Health/Physical Education Girls 60492X00SA
Grade Level: 9-12
Length: Semester
Prerequisite: None
The course consists of the required high school healthful living essential standards and clarifying objectives approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education and required by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Physical education components include the progressive development of motor skills and movement concepts along with learning opportunities that promote health related fitness and personal/social responsibility. Health components include analyzing the relation between nutrition and physical activity, understanding the importance and consumer health, learning solid decision-making to prevent use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Weightlifting
Grade Level: 9-12
Length: Semester
Prerequisite: None
This course emphasizes regular participation in a variety of enjoyable fitness activities that promote a healthy and wellness-oriented lifestyle. This is a health-related fitness course in which the students, through active participation, develop knowledge and skills to provide enjoyment in the areas of cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, and muscular strength/endurance. This course can be taken more than once for credit.

Physical Fitness
Grade Level: 10-12
Length: Semester
Prerequisite: None
This course will focus on students’ ability to set measurable fitness goals as they strive to achieve a level of fitness for optimal health and sports performance while demonstrating a variety of fitness-centered concepts. Students will participate in a variety of fitness activities daily that are both teacher-led and self-paced.