Health & Physical Education
Kristin Letendre Cerce
Franklin High School
Mission
▪ Provide students with a standards-based, comprehensive Health &
Physical Education Program that teaches students the skills necessary
to make healthy life choices and become life-long physically active
people
▪ Curriculum focuses on the physical, mental/emotional and social
dimensions of health in order to empower students to maintain or
improve their overall well-being through:
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Physical activity
Health related knowledge
Disease prevention
Skill development
Healthy decision making
Building healthy relationships
Wellness (Physical Education)
▪ Individual, Dual & Team Sports
▪ Strength Training & Biomechanics
▪ Yoga
▪ Project Adventure
▪ Skills Emphasized in Physical
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Teamwork
Collaboration
Cooperation
Communication Skills
Resiliency
Self-Esteem
Healthy Relationship Building
Wellness (Health Education)
Wellness 9
Wellness 10
▪ Mental Health
▪ Safety & Injury Prevention
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Stress & Time Management
Goal Setting & Resiliency
Mental Health Disorders
Depression & Suicide Prevention
▪ Violence Prevention
– Bullying & Dating Violence
▪ Substance Abuse Prevention
– Alcohol, Marijuana & Tobacco
– CPR & First Aid
▪ Nutrition
▪ Substance Abuse Prevention
– Illicit & Non-Illicit Drugs
▪ Human Reproduction & Sexuality
– Anatomy & Physiology
– STDs & Disease Prevention
– Contraceptives
Program Changes
New Classes Since 2010
▪ Yoga & Fitness I & II
▪ Everyday Nutrition
▪ Kinesiology
▪ Athletic Training
▪ Team Sports
▪ Lifetime Activities
▪ Creative Dance
▪ Adaptive Wellness
Future Course Offering Vision
(based on staffing)
▪ Everyday Nutrition II
▪ Exercise Physiology
▪ Ethics, Violence, & Aggression in Sports
▪ Project Adventure
▪ Group Exercise
Speed & Strength
▪ Overview: Students are introduced to various training styles and
techniques to improve personal speed, strength, power, agility,
flexibility/mobility, endurance and balance.
▪ Projects & Assessments:
– Strength and conditioning program design and application
– Study & analyze types of workout regimes
– Body building, sport performance, power lifting, Olympic lifting,
sports specific exercise plans
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Journal reflections
Fitness Testing – pre/post assessment
Personal Fitness Plans
Nutrition & Diet Analysis
Yoga & Fitness
▪ Overview: Students study and practice various styles of yoga by
exploring yoga postures, anatomy & physiology,
health benefits, pranayama, and meditations.
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Posture analysis
Vinyasa yoga study
Yin yoga study
Journal reflections
“Flow Fridays”
Yoga Flow Project and Peer Teaching
Team Sports
▪ Overview: Students participate in a variety of individual, dual and team sports with a
focus on action, teamwork, sportsmanship, communication skills and tournament play.
▪ Projects & Assessments:
– Create unit plan for a team sport (research, outline of 4 days of unit, materials, objectives) and teach to
class
– Journal reflections on each unit – game rules, skill development, teamwork, sportsmanship,
opportunities for students can participate outside of school
– Skill Development – pre/post assessment of sports specific skills
Lifetime Activities
▪ Overview: Students explore life-long sport, recreation, and leisure activities
through hands-on experiences of sports and activities such as tennis,
basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, table tennis, and project adventure.
▪ Projects & Assessments:
– Journal reflections on each unit
– Develop personal weekly fitness plan that includes:
▪ Activity, duration, frequency, intensity, type of exercise conducted
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Kinesiology
▪ Overview: Study of effects of physical activity on human movement
▪ Projects & Assessments:
Anatomy and Physiology as it relates to movement
Career exploration
Sports related injuries research project and presentation
Lab: Effects of aerobic and anaerobic exercise on the
cardiovascular system
– Lab: Biomechanics of human movement through sports
and activity
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Athletic Training
▪ Overview: Students are introduced to the professional of athletic training
and it’s application in athletics, industry, and physically active people
▪ Projects & Assessments:
– Prehab Project & Program Development
– Create prehab program (proper warm-ups stretching, off-season,
season, pre-season conditioning)
– Rehab Project & Program Development
– Develop a plan if someone experiences an injury in an area and steps to
rebuild strength, mobility
– Anatomy & Physiology as it relates to injuries of specific
body areas
– Labs: Taping (lower and upper extremities)
– Labs: Splinting
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Everyday Nutrition
▪ Overview: Students connect nutrition to every day life through
nutrient analysis, food studies, healthy meal planning, dietary
analysis, and by preparing foods that enhance health
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Serving size study
Personal diet analysis
Fad diet analysis
Hydration research study, analysis, and online discussion
Nutrient and energy evaluations
Lab: Food label analysis and comparison
Lab: Sugar analysis
Program Highlights
▪ Science-based health and physical education electives have deepened
student knowledge of exercise science and health-care related fields,
giving students an “edge” when getting into college and making
future career path decisions
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Physical and occupational therapy
Nursing
Exercise science
Athletic training
Strength and conditioning
Teaching and coaching
Pre-Med
Program Highlights
▪ PE electives affords students 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous
activity (60-80% max heart rate) 3-4 times per week  meets
American College of Sports Medicine recommendations
▪ Increased enrollment and student wait list for courses
▪ Over 200 students CPR certified each year
▪ 6,500 + hours of community service completed by freshmen and
sophomores each year
▪ Healthier US School Challenge (HUSSC) Bronze Award - recognition
award for schools who have demonstrated a commitment to
excellence in both nutrition and physical education to promote a
healthier school environment for children
High Quality Instructors
▪ National Athletic Training Certified Instructor (ATC)
▪ Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (NSCA)
▪ Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)
▪ Certified National Yoga Alliance Vinyasa & Yin Yoga Instructor
▪ MIAA Coaches Certification
▪ Staff members CPR and First Aid Instructor Certified
▪ MIAA Wellness Coordinator of the Year (2015)
Co-Curricular Activities
▪ Peer Leadership
▪ Peer Mentoring
▪ SADD
▪ Best Buddies
▪ PANTHERS Club
▪ Power Lifting Club
Upcoming Events
▪ Peer Mentoring – Ongoing 2015-16
▪ Bill Phillips & New Beginnings – November 19, 2015
▪ “Hidden in Plain Sight” – TBA
▪ Light Up a Life (Santa Foundation) – November/December 2015
▪ Chris Herren – February 29, 2016
▪ Pennies for Patients (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) – Winter 2016
▪ Peer Leadership Conference – March 2016
▪ SADD Walk of Tears with KP High School – May 2016
▪ Mock Crash – May 2016
▪ Special Olympics – May 2016
▪ Best Buddies Prom – May 2016
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