PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Physical Education and Health are courses that run throughout a student’s career at the school. A variety of activities are presented, and each student is given instruction in a wide range healthy lifestyle choices. The primary goal of the department is to foster the healthy growth of students, to provide them with the basis for lifelong participation in healthy living and physical activity, and to encourage fairness and good sportsmanship at all times.

Arts/PE Department Chair: Ms. Christina Padiou

PHYSICAL EDUCATION (PE)

Grades 7- 12

The goal of the Physical Education courses at the Secondary Level is to provide students the concept of lifelong learning, each course reinforces the major components of the other Programmatic levels: social skills, motor skill development, movement-rhythmic development, knowledge on how to exercise at home without using any equipment, collaboration and physical activity. Safety will be stressed during all activities. Regarding sports, the following sequence is gradually applied to consecutive course levels:

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• Learning of fundamentals, basic skills and drills on individual techniques.

• Learning of possibly all the rules that are necessary in a scrimmage.

• Learning of tactics and strategies in both offence and defense.

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Sports that are offered at all levels of the program include:

Badminton, Basketball, Floor Hockey, Kick Ball, Soccer (Outdoor/Indoor), Softball, Table Tennis, Volleyball

REMINDER: Some elective courses may not be available every year.