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     GHHS physical education is offered to all students.  Freshman and sophomores are combined to make up the classes offered on odd number days and juniors and seniors come together for classes offered on even number days.

     Physical education classes are intended to help students exercise for their present lives, however, also helps students learn to exercise on their own in the future.  Physical education offers a huge variety of activities for exercise and skill development.  GHHS phys. ed. targets the exercise components, but also develops skills in character such as team work, sportsmanship and positive communication. 

     Some of the units offered include team sports such as ultimate football, flag football, volleyball, basketball, and team handball.  Individual fitness and wellness activities are also offered:  Personal fitness, fitness circuit training, weight training, conditioning, cardiac assessment, speed and agility training, and fitness testing.  Individual sports that are offered are badminton and pickleball.  A variety of different exercise games are played to get the students moving and exercising.  The month of January is reserved to offer mini lessons exposing the students to new and interesting ways to exercise.  Tumbling, Pilates, hacky sack, Army training, and self defense are a few examples of this unit.  A Survivor unit is also a part of the GHHS curriculum.  During this unit, the classes are divided into tribes and they compete in challenges that win them points by doing well, succeeding, working together and using their character skills mentioned earlier.

     Exercise is a forever thing!!  I hope to get the students excited about some form of exercise that they will be able when they are on their own.

Health

     Health class is a required class for all freshman and students that move into the district that have not met this requirement.  This class offers many units that enable the students to make wise, healthy choices now and in the future. 
     The units that are covered include decision making skills, goal setting, wellness improvement, body image, eating disorders, steroids, nutrition, first aid and CPR, consumer health, stress, coping skills relationships skills, communication skills, Prime for Life/ drugs and diseases

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