Physical Education Goals

Prepare students with skills for future leisure pursuits through exposures to various individual, team, and alternative activities.

Formulate activity patterns that can be extended into adulthood.

Reduce risk for specific health problems including: coronary heart disease, hypertension, colon cancer, and depression, as well as lower all-cause death rates.

Improve understanding of health-related fitness concepts.

Increase areas of health-related fitness.

Reduce stress and increase energy-enriching quality of life.

Develop students’ sense of security with their own body.

Produce a positive effect on physical development. Improve overall mental health.

Contribute to academic progress by boosting self-esteem.

Provide students with a better understanding of the why behind movement.

Teach safety techniques, reducing accidents outside of school.

Provide an outlet for creativity and self-expression.

Increase awareness of physical opportunities within the family and the community.