Health Education

Requirement

Health Education

Elective 

Personal Health and Fitness

Course Offerings

Health Education
1/2 Credit - Required for Graduation

The senior high health education curriculum is based on the concept that health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing; not merely the absence of disease (WHO). The elements of physical, mental, and social health will be implemented throughout the curriculum of study to provide students with the skills and functional knowledge to develop and maintain healthful living, while complying with the learning standards provided by the New York State Education Department.
 

Personal Health and Fitness
1/2 Credit

Personal Health and Fitness emphasizes the importance of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relating to personal health, fitness and the nutritional needs of the growing human body. A course designed to expose students to a broad range of information and practical experiences in the fitness center relating to the various aspects of personal health, which include the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual aspects in an all-inclusive environment.