Course Syllabus

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE:   Health and Physical Education

PERIODS:   IV-A and IV-B (1:38 p.m. – 3:12 p.m.), year-long 

INSTRUCTOR:   Coach Atkins

DESCRIPTION:   Health and Physical Education is a course that teaches students the importance of healthful living involving health and exercise.  Students are taught to exercise and develop their skeletal muscles through stretching and relaxing as well as aerobic and anaerobic exercises.  Students are also taught to apply their exercise through various games and sports.  Healthful living involves mind with body through a health program.  More details can be found at the NCDPI website.

GRADING:   Weighted Average System:  A student’s grade comes from two categories, which are averaged separately, and weighted equally.  For the final course grade, each semester counts 37.5% and the cumulative, district-made final exam counts as the remaining 25%.

REQUIREMENTS:   Dressing Out (50%):  Students are expected to be dressed in a manner that provides safety and freedom of movement.  Dressing out includes wearing proper athletic clothing and shoes that also meet the school’s dress code (no jeans, cargo shorts, soffes, tank tops, button-up shirts, crocs, sandals, boots, etc.).  Students must be completely and properly dressed out to receive credit for the day.  No partial credit is given if a student is not dressed out completely; however, at the discretion of the instructor, the student may be allowed to participate that day to earn partial participation credit.  Lockers are provided and students are asked to bring and use locks.  Phones/electronics, ear buds, jewelry, and anything else that may be considered a safety hazard must be left in the locker room or given to the instructor to lock up.  Failure to remove electronic items and jewelry constitutes not being dressed out completely.  Should a student fail to dress out three times in a semester, that students will be sent to ISS for that class period to complete a 500-word writing assignment.  Each dressing out grade is calculated as the average of approximately 3 class periods.

Participation (50%):  All other class assignments are graded for participation, effort, and following directions (including school rules).  The criteria for participation is based upon the student providing good effort while following directions with a positive attitude.  Students who fail to complete assignments properly or do not follow directions will lose participation points for that day at the following rate:  30 points for 1st and 2nd offense and 40 points for 3rd offense.  At the discretion of the instructor, students who are not dressed out properly may be allowed to participate to earn partial credit.  If a student is sick/injured, they should provide the instructor with an excuse note, written by a doctor, PA, nurse, or trainer.  In most cases, any injury serious enough to prevent a student from participating, is also serious enough for that student to see a medical professional.  If injured/sick and present for class, students will be exempt from grading as long as they follow the instructor’s directions.  When sitting out, no student may use an electronic device or work on anything that is not related to this Health/PE course, without the instructor’s permission.  Each participation grade is calculated as the average of approximately 3 class periods.

MATERIALS:   Students must wear school-appropriate athletic/workout clothes as listed on the course handout.  Phones, electronics, headphones, earbuds, etc. are NOT allowed to be with the student during class.  Jewelry should be removed for safety reasons.

EXPECTATIONS:   Students are expected to follow directions, give effort, and be respectful and considerate of others.  They should act responsibly and use “common” sense.  Students must be ready for class each day when attendance/dress check is done, using the bathroom and getting drinks only at approved/designated times.  All students must focus attention during instruction, participate in activities, answer questions when called upon, and ask questions when necessary.  All classroom interruptions must be reserved for true emergencies only!

If absent from class, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the instructor, find out what was missed, and arrange to make up any missed work.  Attendance and punctuality are vital to the student’s success in school; students may only miss 15 minutes of the class period to avoid being counted absent.  Students are expected to follow NC, UCPS, PWHS, and classroom rules and policies.

COMMUNICATION:   It is vital that students contact the instructor whenever any difficulty arises.  The best methods of personal contact are seeing the instructor before/after class or via e-mail (eduel.atkins@ucps.k12.nc.us).

DISCIPLINE:   Should students fail to conduct themselves in a reasonable manner, consequences will be administered to correct the problem.  These consequences, based on the severity and frequency of the problem, may consist of student conferences, parent contacts, or parent conferences and may result in administrative write-ups.

MISCELLANEOUS:   Students should refer to the 2019-2020 Parkwood High School Student Handbook for any questions regarding school rules, dress code, etc. 

Attached is the information handout that was provided to the students on the first day of class:

PE Rules.pdf

Course Summary:

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