GEHRHSD Curriculum Guide 2026-27

Health and Wellness

Notes: While Health & Wellness elective options are open to juniors and seniors, priority will be given to scheduling seniors as course enrollment may be limited based upon staffing and scheduling constraint. Movement for a Healthy Lifestyle is an elective course that meets the Health and Wellness requirement for Grades 11 and 12 students. Students will explore various non-traditional physical activities creating life-long wellness habits. This course will include basic concepts of nutrition, movement, and mindfulness. Each student will design a personalized, life long movement plan to achieve a specific wellness goal. This will prepare students to be active throughout their entire lives. Goal Specific Fitness is an elective course that meets the Health and Wellness requirement for students in grades 11 and 12. Instruction in this course is designed to promote, encourage, and evaluate the student’s personal fitness goals and/or individual athletic readiness. Target areas of instruction include but are not limited to endurance, strength, balance and flexibility. This course focuses on contemporary exercise/training methods for developing and evaluating the student’s fitness and athletic goals, concentrating on both the physical and mental aspects of fitness. Grades 11-12: Goal Specific Fitness 4/5 Credits CCHS OHS Grades 11-12: Movement for a Healthy Lifestyle 12th grade general education students request to have Unified PE with REACH students. General Education students are interviewed by guidance and/or special education supervisor to gain access in to the course. This course satisfies the physical education graduation requirement. Grade 12: Unified Physical Education 4/5 Credits Prerequisite: Students must have an A average in their previous Health and Physical Education course at the time of scheduling, or the recommendation of the Health and Wellness Supervisor Sports Medicine is designed for the student who is interested in the study of anatomy and physiology and how sports affect these human body systems. Areas of emphasis include the study of anatomy, exercise physiology, kinesiology, athletic injury evaluation, rehabilitation of athletic injuries, and pharmacology. The human skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems are covered in great detail. Lab experiences are an essential learning tool and include blood pressures and heart rates, reflexes, joint assessments, ankle and various taping techniques, splinting and wrappings, and dissections. 4/5 Credits CCHS Grades 11-12: Sports Medicine 4/5 Credits