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Physical Education Academic Courses

Physical Education Academic Courses

  • All CTECS students are required to take Physical Education each school year and complete one of the following sequences: 
     

    Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
    Physical Education I Physical Education II Physical Education III Physical Education IV
    (PE120) (PE220) (PE320) (PE420)
    ¼ credit ¼ credit ¼ credit ¼ credit
    OR OR ???????OR ???????OR
    Physical Education I Physical Education II Physical Education Elective 321 Physical Education Elective 421
    (PE121) (PE221) (Replaces PE320) (Replaces PE420)
    ½ credit ½ credit ½ credit ½ credit

     

  • Physical Education (1 credit total required for graduation)

    ½ credit

    A required course for graduation, Physical Education emphasizes health-related fitness and developing the skills and habits necessary for a lifetime of physical activity.

    This course includes the major content areas in a planned, sequential, comprehensive physical education curriculum, as outlined in the Connecticut State Department of Education's Healthy and Balanced Living Curriculum Framework: physical fitness, team sports, and lifetime activities.

    Students are provided opportunities to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of fitness and increase their knowledge of fitness concepts.

    This curriculum is designed to foster skill development through a variety of lifetime activities and team sports for enjoyment, while also developing leadership skills through collaboration and effective communication.

    PHYSICAL EDUCATION I (PE120, PE121) (¼ credit or ½ credit)

    Physical Education I promotes physical fitness through total body movement and adventure programming.

    Students are provided opportunities for individual physical development in the areas of strength, flexibility, coordination, endurance, balance, agility, range of motion, and power.

    Students gain knowledge of proper exercise techniques and practices, cooperation, good nutritional habits, basic muscle anatomy, and elementary cardiovascular physiology.

    PHYSICAL EDUCATION II (PE220, PE221) (¼ credit or ½ credit)

    Students enhance the physical fitness skills developed in Physical Education I while preparing for participation in the Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment.

    Students also demonstrate basic competence in locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills through the exploration of lifetime activities and team sports.

    PHYSICAL EDUCATION III (PE320, PE321) (¼ credit or ½ credit)

    Students refine the physical fitness skills developed in Physical Education I and II to create a personal fitness program.

    Students use advanced locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills and strategies through participation in lifetime activities and team sports.

    PHYSICAL EDUCATION IV (PE420, PE421) (¼ credit or ½ credit)

    Students continue to refine the physical fitness skills developed in Physical Education I, II, and III to improve and maintain their personal fitness program.

    Students apply advanced locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills and strategies through increasingly complex movement patterns in lifetime activities and team sports.

    PHYSICAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES

    Please note: The following courses do not meet the Physical Education graduation requirement.

    Electives are offered only to students in Grades 11 and 12.

    Advanced Fitness and Wellness (PE610, PE611, PE612) (¼ credit, ½ credit, 1 credit)

    Students engage in fitness-related activities to improve overall wellness.

    Students design and implement a personal fitness program to strengthen areas of weakness while improving and maintaining their physical health and well-being.

    Body Sculpting (PE620, PE621, PE622) (¼ credit, ½ credit, 1 credit)

    Students participate in a combination of anaerobic and aerobic workouts, including proper weightlifting techniques, Tae Bo, yoga, Pilates, and a variety of cardiovascular activities.

    Strength and Conditioning (PE630, PE631, PE632) (¼ credit, ½ credit, 1 credit)

    Strength and Conditioning is designed for students who want to develop overall body strength and muscular endurance.

    The program strengthens the major muscle groups through exercises such as the bench press, squats, and incline bench press.

    (Course offered only to students in Grades 11 and 12.)

    Fun, Food and Fitness (PE639, PE640, PE641) (1 credit, ¼ credit, ½ credit)

    This elective course allows students to develop and refine skills that improve overall physical fitness, eating habits, and food choices through individualized activities.

    Lifetime Activities (PE650, PE651, PE652) (½ credit, ¼ credit, 1 credit)

    Students participate in individual and dual-sport activities designed to improve overall physical health and well-being.

    Students engage in a variety of activities that improve physical fitness while providing positive opportunities for recreation.

    Further elective course descriptions are listed here.