Health and PE in high school

[Anonymous]

Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

[Anonymous]

Ask the school counselor. It will depend on the school/ location.

[Anonymous]

Where are you located OP?

In MCPS yes PE and Health are both requirements.

Health can be taken over the summer but no classes can be missed or students fail.

PE The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR 13A.04.13, Physical Education Program)
adopted by the Maryland State Board of Education on October 29, 1986, requires each
local school system to provide an instructional program in physical education each year
for all students. It also requires high school students to complete one-half (.5) credit in
physical education for graduation.
The MCPS Board of Education requires students to complete an additional one-half (.5)
credit of in-school physical education for graduation. There is no provision to substitute
any outside physical activity program in lieu of meeting either the state or local in-school
physical education instructional requirement.

Yes OP state of Maryland requires PE to be taken in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask the school counselor. It will depend on the school/ location.

No it is a state requirement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

This is helpful.

So it sounds like my kid can do health for one or two summers (depending on of it's a half credit or full credit) and PE Junior or Senior year (two semesters spread across those years) and be set. This works for them since they are doing a program that gives more flex Junior and Senior year with electives/extra classes beyond core classes (CAP).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Can you explain what you mean by political leanings?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Health Class does not have "political crap"

What they have is sex ed and you don't like it because you are a judgemental .....

Health Class is utterly important for all students because some dumb parents refuse to teach their children reality.

[Anonymous]

The expanded 2-semester Health Class (A and B semesters) is slowly being rolled out. Health A can be taken in-person or online during the summer right now, but the online B semester isn't available yet. There's a possibility some schools may offer in-person B this summer, but that won't be announced until March.

I'm guessing your kid is an 8th grader now? So there should be plenty of time to take both semesters of Health before they graduate.

As others have said, PE must be taken in school. But there's another graduation requirement, the technology education (TE) credit, that could be taken online or in-person over the summer. Mine decided to take AP Computer Science Principles to fulfill this (not offered summers), but there are a couple of regular courses that are often taught over the summer, which would free up another elective spot. I think it's usually some combination of Foundations of Technology, Foundations of Engineering and Technology, or Foundations of Computer Science.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Health Class does not have "political crap"

What they have is sex ed and you don't like it because you are a judgemental .....

Health Class is utterly important for all students because some dumb parents refuse to teach their children reality.

Political crap == plant-based stuff is ideal for the environment

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Can you explain what you mean by political leanings?

masks and vaccinations are political hot topics these days

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

The health classes are pretty useless. Half of the class is definitely about things that my child would rather replace with a financial literacy requirement.

My kids are on a team sports, pretty aware of healthy habits, and wants room to take electives of their choices during the year which includes AP Physics!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

The health classes are pretty useless. Half of the class is definitely about things that my child would rather replace with a financial literacy requirement.

My kids are on a team sports, pretty aware of healthy habits, and wants room to take electives of their choices during the year which includes AP Physics!

Why don't they have room to take electives of their choice? Assuming a 7-period schedule across 4 years, there are 28 credits in high school. Twenty of them are needed for non-elective requirements, so that leaves 8 slots for electives.