We want to help each of our Upper School students live a life of physical fitness, healthy nutrition, and responsible decision-making.
Making Wellness a Priority
Our goal is to give students frequent opportunities to develop their minds, bodies, and spirits. We work to create an atmosphere of wellness in our classrooms that extends into the community, by instilling the values of physical fitness, good character, skill building, and an overall healthy lifestyle. By teaching our students about current facts and practices for physical fitness, healthy living, and leisure-time pursuits, we hope that they gain a sense of responsible decision-making that leads to active, healthy, and productive lifestyles.
Accordion
A key focus of 9th Grade PE is building community within the grade level. Students will experience movement alongside their peers while enjoying an active, fun environment aligned with their interests. Students have the choice to enroll in one of the following two options:
Physical Education: Team Sports
Play, compete, and collaborate. Team Sports offers a variety of traditional and non-traditional games while emphasizing teamwork, communication, strategy, and sportsmanship. Activities include basketball, soccer, volleyball, and more.
Physical Education: Walking & Lifetime Fitness
This course focuses on building lifelong fitness habits through low- to moderate-intensity physical activity. Students will engage in regular walking workouts and learn about lifetime fitness activities, personal goal setting, and overall wellness. The course emphasizes cardiovascular health, flexibility, strength, and strategies for maintaining an active, healthy lifestyle beyond high school.
Students in grades 10–12 may choose the physical education option that best fits their interests, goals, and preferred style of physical activity.
Individual Sports (10-12)
Learn and play sports you can enjoy for life. Students will explore tennis, pickleball, badminton, golf, bowling, and other individual sports while developing skills and rules knowledge. Suitable for beginners and experienced players alike.
Competitive Sports (10-12)
This course is designed for students who enjoy fast-paced, high-energy physical activity and team competition. Students will participate in a variety of team sports such as soccer, football, basketball, and ultimate frisbee. Emphasis is placed on skill development, teamwork, sportsmanship, and high-intensity physical conditioning through game play and drills.
Sports Performance (11-12)
This course is designed to meet the needs and interests of juniors and seniors who wish to improve their athletic performance, and overall fitness, or achieve specific running or sport-related goals. The class will strive to improve students’ mental game. Students will be able to use the weight room and other areas on campus; including the track, turf fields, and gymnasiums to meet their specific goal
This course takes a holistic approach to wellness and encourages students to become active participants in maintaining and/or improving their health. Topics include: physical activity; nutrition; stress management; drug education; healthy relationships and sex education; and suicide prevention and awareness training.
The second half of the course uses the Project Wayfinder curriculum developed at Stanford University. This curriculum is designed to help students lead lives of purpose and meaning. It involves self-reflection, self-understanding, and encourages purposeful behavior.