Health and Physical Education Overview

  • Physical Education Mission
    Our mission is to provide students with opportunities and experiences in a student-centered environment for success in the development of physical, emotional, and social skills in order to build a foundation for lifetime physical health and wellness.

    Physical Education Vision
    Students will build a foundation of skills, knowledge, fitness, emotional and social skills, and pursue lifelong activities that enhance their physical, emotional, and social well-being. 

    We believe that physical education:

    • Serves as an integral component in the educational process of the whole child. 
    • Is based upon the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that are the foundation for engaging in lifelong physical activity. 
    • Is a well-planned, sequential, and developmentally and age-appropriate educational program that promotes physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. 
    • Is based on physical activities performed in an active, caring, and supportive atmosphere in which every student is challenged and successful. 
    • Provides students with disabilities a learning environment that is modified, when necessary, to allow for maximum participation. 
    • Accounts for the differences in ability, interests and emotions, strengths and weaknesses of students and will provide an environment in which optimal lifelong development can take place. 
    • Should allow students to develop a lifelong commitment to their own physical well-being, health, and fitness, with a clear emphasis on fun, lifelong physical activities. 
    • Provides each student with the opportunity to become a responsible, confident, competent, and independent decision-maker that will allow students to lead a positive, healthy, and active life.

    K-12 Physical Education Standards of Excellence

    K-12 Health Standards of Excellence

     

    Water Safety (House Bill 402)

    House Bill 402 requires Georgia school districts to provide water safety education information annually to parents and guardians of students under 18 years of age and directly to students who are 18 years of age or older.  

    The YMCA of Metro Atlanta has provided the water safety education resources linked below.

    Safety Around Water

    Water Safety Resources

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