Health and Physical Education
Mission Statement
Regular physical activity contributes to good health, function,
learning, and well-being, and is important throughout a person's
lifetime. A quality Health and Physical Education program
seeks to develop affective, cognitive, and behavioral components
for all students, regardless of gender, age, disability, or
any other factor. We aim to provide students of all ability
levels the opportunity to discover fun and enjoyable physical
activities that they will want to participate in for a lifetime. Our
primary goals are to motivate students to want to improve
their cardiovascular fitness and overall health, allow them
to recognize the benefits of developing and participating
in a personal fitness program, and help them attain the knowledge
and skills they will need to make healthy decisions. The
staff will continue to seek improvements for students and
the school community overall. Through this work, students
will soon benefit from a high tech fitness lab that will allow
them to assess and monitor fitness programs by analyzing empirical
data. Students will also more readily recognize the relationship
of health and physical fitness to other aspects of life,
as well as many related health and fitness career options.
Attention All 10th Grade Parents
Students and their parents/guardians are required to attend a 90-minute driver’s education/traffic safety program, Partners for Safe Teen Driving, as part of the driver’s education classroom instruction. This requirement must be met before a student will receive a Driver Education Certificate of Completion (DEC-1 card). Edison, as well as each Fairfax County high school, will offer the program 5 times throughout the school year. Parents are encouraged to attend the evening presentation in the semester that their 10th grade student is enrolled in Driver’s Ed, but may attend any of the 5 sessions offered at Edison or any other high school. The scheduled dates of the presentation at Edison are:
Nov 17
Location: Cafeteria
Feb 15, Apr 18, and Jun 6
Time: 7:00
Location: Lecture Hall
This program will provide parents/guardians and students with information about: the parent’s role in teen driving, graduated licensing laws, effective driving techniques, interacting with law enforcement, the teenage brain, teen driving risks and the parent/teen driving contract.
Please be aware of the following procedures that have been established to fulfill the requirements of the law:
- Student must attend with his/her parent or guardian
- Attendance for the full 90-minute presentation is required
- Those arriving late will not be admitted
- Those leaving early will not receive a certificate of completion
- Proper completion of the registration form is required. Parent or guardian will need his/her driver license or state-issued identification number to complete form.
- Registration forms must be submitted at the conclusion of the program by the parent/guardian and student; only one form will be accepted and the form will be checked for completion.
- The program must be completed during the school year in which the student is enrolled in Grade 10 Health and Physical Education.
- Students not enrolled in FCPS grade 10 Health and Physical Education during the 2011-2012 school year will be assessed a $30 fee. This includes FCPS students in grade 11, homeschooled students, and private schooled students. Families will be required to preregister a minimum of 10 business days prior to the presentation they plan to attend at the following website to attend a session.
http://www.fcps.edu/is/hpe/documents/RegistrationSafeTeen.pdf.
Families not preregistered may attend the presentation but will not receive their certificate of attendance until payment is received by FCPS. Edison High School will not be accepting payment.
- Certificates of completion will be issued following attendance at the presentation.
- Certificates of completion are valid until August 31 of that school year. If a student has not successfully completed classroom driver education by this date, the program must be repeated to meet juvenile licensing requirements.
For more information, please contact your Driver’s Ed Instructor:
JODavies@fcps.edu; sjupthegrove@fcps.edu; amy.newell@fcps.edu
Health and Physical Education Staff
Class Descriptions
Grade: 9 Credit: 1
Prerequisite: none
Students gain knowledge in a variety of individual, dual,
and team sports to develop competencies and promote an active
lifestyle. Concepts of physical fitness and conditioning
are taught. One quarter of the course includes instruction
in the health education topics, alcohol, tobacco, and other
drug use prevention (ATOD), as well as cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR).
Grade: 10 Credit: 1
Prerequisite: none
Students demonstrate physical fitness and competency in a
lifetime sport or activity and an understanding of conditioning
principles. One quarter of the course includes instruction
in the health education topics: personal and community health. One
quarter of the course includes the classroom component of
Driver Education (751000). All quarter grades are averaged
to determine the final HPE grade (740500).
Grade: 10 Credit:
Prerequisite: none
Students receive 36 plus hours of classroom instruction on
the rules of the road and safe driving practices as a prerequisite
to in-car driver education and DMV Driving Road Test.
Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1
Prerequisite: none
Adapted physical education is a developmental course for general
education and/or special education students. The course serves
students who are temporarily or permanently physically disabled
or have deficiencies in motor coordination and/or physical
fitness. The program and his individualized and is directed
towards improvement of deficiencies.
Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Health and Physical
Education, grade 9
Students study human anatomy and physiology, kinesiology,
nutrition, ergogenic aids, and their relationship and application
to conditioning and weight training. Students will participate
in and develop an individual weight training and conditioning
program to improve cardio-respiratory endurance, flexibility,
muscular endurance, and overall body strength. Students may
not take a weight training course in lieu of the Health and
Physical Education requirement.
Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Weight Training and
Conditioning - Level 1
Students study, examine and apply plyometrics; identify and
discuss antagonistic and protagonistic muscle groups
and their functions. Students develop, practice and assess
a personalized program to enhance neuromuscular efficiency
and muscle and body composition; and identify and exhibit
correct lifting and spotting techniques.
Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1
Prerequisite: none
Students study the anatomy and physiology of the skeletal
and muscular systems, and kinesiology as they relate to the
care and prevention of athletic injuries. Students learn and
practice CPR, emergency medical care for athletes, tapping
techniques, and investigate and study liabilities for athletics.
Students may not take this course and move half and physical
education.
(see sports medicine association page)
Grade: 11 Credit: 1
Prerequisite:
Students continue to learn and master and/or refine lifetime
sports activities with emphasis on health and sports related
fitness, as they relate to attainment of a healthy lifestyle.
Students may elect this course in grade 11 and/or grade 12.
Grade: 12 Credit: 1
Prerequisite:
Students continue to learn and master and/or refine lifetime
sports activities with emphasis on health and sports related
fitness, as they relate to attainment of a healthy lifestyle.
Students may elect this course in grade 11 and/or grade 12.
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