PE12
Body Management This course enables students to design and implement their own personal fitness programs. Elements of the program include cardiovascular conditioning, strength training, conditioning for sports, flexibility, general wellness and the use of the latest technology in fitness. (Quarter course)
PE13
Leadership Development through Adventure Education: Upper School Project Adventure This course centers on the Project Adventure curriculum where students participate in community building as participants and researchers. Then, students teach Project Adventure to educational community partners during the Wednesday morning service block. This class begins with a traditional Project Adventure experience through which students explore their comfort zone and challenge themselves to test their own boundaries. Students design and practice their own icebreakers, new games, trust activities, initiatives, and ropes course elements. Students then examine leadership development in the context of adventure education. They practice strong community building skills and ways to facilitate respectful and strong interpersonal connections, especially between individuals from different backgrounds. Students also learn how to adjust expectations, teaching methods, and lesson plans according to participants’ abilities and engagement. Finally, students adopt the role of facilitator as they provide Project Adventure education to outside school groups. Open to students in grades 9-12. (First-semester course)
PE16
Yoga Fusion This quarter length course is designed to encourage students to build core muscle strength, increase body alignment and balance, improve confidence, and learn about the breathing techniques, relaxation, and meditation and positive thinking associated with Yoga. Students will study the benefits of stretching, moving and breathing freely as they relieve built up stress, learning to relax, and ultimately gain more out of everyday life. The fusion aspect may include strength training, resistance work, cardiovascular activity, and elements of range of motion. In addition, providing flexibility challenges and the breath work of yoga while also offering overall toning, muscle-building and/or fat-burning activities. (Quarter course)
PE17
Lifeguard Training This course is designed to provide students with the ability to earn American Red Cross Lifeguarding and First Aid Certification. The course will provide entry-level lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over. The course content and activities will prepare participants to make appropriate decisions about the care to provide in an aquatic emergency and a medical emergency.
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2019-2020 Upper School Course Guide