Physical Education & Health

Physical Education and Health

The physical education program is carefully designed to provide instruction that promotes positive attitudes towards physical activity that can improve student health, teach skills that enhance each student's ability to participate in athletic activities and manage their physical health, and introduce students to new and varied opportunities for positive peer engagement. The curriculum employs a developmentally sequenced, skill-based approach, emphasizing student success through small classes and sequential motor skill development. Units covered in physical education include soccer, softball, flag football, volleyball, basketball, floor hockey, recreational games, and swimming in the summer. Skills practiced in class are generalized to the residential program during the afternoon athletic activity period. Athletic activities during the residential day place particular emphasis on good sportsmanship, team play, and playing for leisure. 

The health curriculum is integrated into both the academic and residential programs.  Special events such as the health fair and career day are extensions of the curriculum to introduce students to a larger view of a healthy world. Our team of primary therapists leads a family life health unit that is designed to be therapeutically appropriate for our students while providing vital instruction on such topics as social media use, healthy relationships, consent, sexual reproduction, and personal care.