Health and Physical Education

Department Philosophy

The Health and Physical Education curriculum has as its goal to help students integrate social, emotional, physical, and mental achievement. Physical education and sports build on all educational experiences at Fontbonne Academy and prepare the students for adulthood, maturity, responsibility, and concern for others. Health education offers students a framework for understanding personal wellness and well-being.

Objectives:

• To stress the value of physical fitness through activities, skills development, and game play
• To further develop motor skills through instruction and practice drills
• To develop an understanding of rules and techniques of a variety of sports through instruction and game play
• To introduce a variety of individual lifetime activities aimed at instilling an interest in the student that will carry on through life
• To foster an attitude that will promote healthy lifestyle habits, a sense of personal worth and decrease participation in high-risk behaviors

Faculty

Curriculum

Physical Education I

The program for the Freshwomen includes the following activities:

Each unit of team sports introduced at this level consists of basic skills and individual instruction as students are encouraged to progress at their own pace. At the 9th grade level vision tests and screening for scoliosis are conducted as an aspect of our integrated health education program.

Physical Education II

The program for the Sophomores includes the following activities:

At the 10th grade level, health concerns such as the effects of body image on adolescent women, lifetime fitness and nutrition are taught as an aspect of our integrated health program.

Physical Education III/Health Issues

The program for Juniors includes the following activities:

The Juniors meet once a cycle in the Wellness Center for a fitness workout and once a cycle for an elective activity. More individual activities are introduced at the 11th grade level in the hope that students will stay involved in some type of lifetime sport after they leave Fontbonne Academy. The importance of fitness as a lifelong value is also stressed with its implications for promoting overall health and wellness. Junior level Physical Education classes will include the presentation and discussion of relevant health issues including: self-esteem, body image, nutrition, tobacco, club drugs, sexuality and relationships during winter term.

Physical Education IV

Seniors meet in the Wellness Center once a cycle for one supervised fitness workout and are required to complete two independent workouts per week on their own.

Health Education

Health Education will provide an avenue to explore current health issues, focusing on the physical, mental, and social wellness of the individual. Students will be presented with factual information and available resources.

Freshwomen Health Education includes the following areas: Decision Making, Emotions, Problem Solving, Relationships, Reproduction, Self-Esteem, Stress, Tobacco, Wellness.

Sophomore Health Education includes the following areas: Alcohol, Aids/Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drugs, Fitness, Nutrition, Relationships, Women's Health Issues.