Physical Education Electives

The AICE Physical Education course will allow our student learners to have both practical and theoretical experiences. The course will cover anatomy and physiology, movement skills, and contemporary studies in sports. Learners will be encouraged to try out a range of physical activities, including team and individual sports, games, and outdoor activities, and then use the theoretical knowledge they have gained to analyze the different factors influencing performance. The course also encourages learners to understand and explain global trends in Physical Education and Sports.

In-Car Driver Education includes Behind-the-Wheel (BTW) instruction. The class is scheduled as an after school elective program providing the required 14 class periods needed to receive a Virginia Driver's License. Upon completion of the two phases of the course and submission of the 45-hour driving log the student will be issued a Provisional Driver's License. This Provisional Driver's License is valid only after the student reaches the age of 16 and 3 months and after they have held a Virginia learner's permit for 9 months. All students should complete all requirements for health and physical education before enrolling in the 10th grade Driver Education Program.

Classroom Driver Education involves at least 30 hours of instruction to include essential knowledge and skills that address traffic safety needs and focus on safe driving attitudes, skill development, and appropriate responses to hazards. The driver education curriculum links visual search skills, space management, and balanced vehicle movement to risk-reducing driving strategies. Significant attention is given to risk awareness, driver alertness, and responsible actions relative to occupant protection devices, positive interactions with other roadway users, and the physical and psychological conditions affecting driver performance. Units about alcohol safety, drug abuse awareness, aggressive driving, distracted driving, motorcycle awareness, and organ and tissue donation awareness are included in the course.

Personal Fitness places emphasis on why exercise and fitness are important, what one's own fitness needs are, and how to attain and maintain personal fitness for a lifetime. Additional emphasis is placed on the five health-related components of fitness including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition control. Individual student fitness levels are assessed. Instruction includes emphasis on health risk factors related to lifestyles and how nutrition affects wellness. The course may include classroom instruction as well as individual and team activity. This course may be taken more than once for credit.

This course offers opportunities for further positive learning experiences for the student who is interested in pursuing a career in Health and Physical Education. Emphasis is placed on assisting in the instructional program. This course may be taken more than once for credit.

This Physical Education section places emphasis on the principles of weight training and conditioning. The student will understand how and why weight training and conditioning benefits the student's ability to build muscle, strengthen core muscles, prevent injuries, and perform athletically. The student will learn to assess one's own fitness needs and how to attain and maintain personal fitness for a lifetime. Additional emphasis is placed on the five health-related components of fitness including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition control. Individual student fitness levels will be assessed, and the students will formulate personal goals and develop individual fitness programs. Instruction includes emphasis on health risk factors related to lifestyles and how nutrition affects wellness. This course may be taken more than once for credit.

Unified Physical Education Recreational Activities places emphasis on the opportunity for students of all abilities to participate together through ongoing educational and physical activities. Additionally, the course supports the development of student leadership skills and empowers students to foster an inclusive environment in a variety of recreational movement activities. Student learning outcomes emphasize motor skills, anatomical basis of movement, fitness planning, social and emotional development, and energy balance to support healthy living. This course may be taken more than once for credit.

This Health and Physical Education section extends weight training and conditioning skills, training programs and principles, and evaluation and performance. With the knowledge and experience gained from the Principles of Weight Training and Conditioning course, students will continue demonstrating the skills needed to analyze movement performance using scientific principles and implement effective practice procedures for skillful performance in specialized movement forms. Students will expand on the learning concepts to gain expertise in the knowledge and application of analyzing and evaluating performance skills and training program principles. The students will understand the benefits and measurable outcomes to weight training and conditioning to build muscle, strengthen core muscles, prevent injuries, and perform athletically. Additional emphasis is placed on the five health-related components of fitness, including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition control. Individual fitness levels will be assessed, and the students will formulate personal goals and develop individual fitness programs. Instruction includes emphasis on health risk factors related to lifestyles and how nutrition affects wellness.