This course is designed to be a structured environment for students to improve their cardiovascular and muscular fitness.  Class will rotate days in the weight room, gyms or outside for a variety of activities with a fitness emphasis.  Topics covered include safety, proper technique, form, and different programs to maximize fitness.  Students will put their personal workout into practice based on fitness testing, instruction and goal setting.
Students will be assessed through daily participation and written assessments.
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This course is designed to assist the student in developing flexibility, strength, coordination muscle tone, and endurance using a variety of dance styles. Students will be able to develop an appreciation of dance as an art form by engaging in the fundamentals of dance composition, movement discovery and looking at dance from a historical perspective. Fulfills P.E. or Arts requirement.

Students will be assessed on their level of participation in each daily activity. Basic dance skills and compositions will be assessed through peer evaluation, self -evaluation and instructor evaluation/observation.

Required for graduation. Topics include mental health (depression, grief/loss, stress management), substance abuse and use, nutrition and personal wellness, anatomy and disease prevention, family health history, community resources, human sexuality and HIV/AIDS. Develop decision making and problem solving skills to become better able to make responsible choices regarding your health. Learning will be assessed in a variety of methods: scoring rubrics and models, traditional quizzes, demonstrations of ability to apply knowledge, projects, teacher observations/evaluations and peer evaluations.