Are high schoolers in FCPS now required to take PE all four years?

[Anonymous]

you people clearly have no sense of humor. lame. lame. lame.

[Anonymous]

and wow - no PE for all 4 years? no wonder kids are getting fat...

[Anonymous]

Here's the syllabus...

http://www.fcps.edu/is/onlinecampus/documents/syllabi/PE9.pdf

I'm wondering how long they expect the kid to be in the "target heart range" each workout. It sounds much more intense than in-school PE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How exactly do you physical exercise online?

Syllabus is at this link:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/onlinecampus/healthpe.shtml

Course Description
HPE 9 students gain knowledge and skills in a variety of individual, dual, and
team sports to develop competencies to promote an active lifestyle.
Concepts of physical fitness and conditioning are taught. One quarter of the
course includes instruction to the health education topics: Personal Health,
Disease Prevention, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD), Emotional
and Social Health, Injury and Violence Prevention and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR).
Course Materials
Required Materials
• Heart rate monitor watch, strap, chest monitor, USB and manuals.
All of these items are provided by the online campus. There is a
replacement fee for any lost or damaged items.
Course Requirements
• Computer with Internet connection (DSL, LAN, or cable connection
desirable), speakers or headphones, and microphone
• Word processing program, Microsoft Word recommended
• Account access to FCPS 24/7 (Blackboard)
• Daily uploads of your workouts to www.trainingpeaks.net. Your instructor
will create the account for you and post details on how to upload your
workouts.

Course Structure
This course will be delivered entirely online through the FCPS 24/7 and
Elluminate. You will use your student account to login to the course from the
FCPS 24/7 (http://fcps.blackboard.com).
In your FCPS Online Campus course, you will access online lessons, course
materials, and resources. At a designated time during the week, we will
participate in a synchronous activity using our virtual classroom, Elluminate.
Activities will consist of chats, blogs, discussion forums, email, journaling, data
uploads and web posting.

[Anonymous]

Health & PE can also be taken in the summer online:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/summer/index.shtml

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming you pay an extra fee for online PE if you're taking 7 other classes in school?

Yes, $325 for a semester course and $650 for an yearlong course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, as someone who hated high school PE (ruining your hair as an insecure 14 yr old with 2nd period PE) that sounds great

HA, me too!! Every day was a bad hair day (1st period PE for me).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:and wow - no PE for all 4 years? no wonder kids are getting fat...

You actually think a PE class prevents kids from getting fat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and wow - no PE for all 4 years? no wonder kids are getting fat...

You actually think a PE class prevents kids from getting fat?

I guess it's not physical after all. Nice.

[Anonymous]

Why don't we have a program where the HS athletes are allowed to take a stand-alone health class and place out of PE for a semester if they are in a HS sport? If we are truly looking at PE as a way to get kids to exercise, then it makes sense to let the kids who are already exercising out of the requirement, and then just have them take the pieces that are not part of their sport (health is the main one).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do have to pay if it's taken above and beyond the 7 courses. We were advised against it as we have a child that does several hours a day of fairly intensive physical training because they are much more strict about meeting all the goals - not just the heart rate - which would have been fine but all the other stuff they require - busy work basically. Looking back we should have gone ahead and pursued it but consider how much your kid is willing to exercise and if they can get it in with their schedule.

If they take 2 online classes and schedule it properly they can arrive at school late or leave early every day.

We considered this for a kid who did very intensive dance training several hours per day. Problem is, the heart rate does not go as high at the barre even though anyone familiar with the barre will agree that this exercise, as well as other components of dance training, is very intensive. The people in charge of the program basically told us that no, it was not considered as physical activity in their book and the kid would have to make time for walking/running everyday on top of the homework and extracurriculars and that online busywork mentioned above.
Needless to say, we stormed out in a huff

[Anonymous]

11:26 we are in the same boat as you. DD is a ballet dancer with extremely demanding and intensive training pretty much daily and that's exactly the reason we didn't do it although ballet is one (nationally ranked swimmer, skater, etc) of the very few categories that a kid can use to do PE by Credit Objective which allows them to avoid the online course too.

The whole high heartrate for 30 minutes is great in theory but it doesn't work well if you are starting and stopping (even swimming does that). Frankly if they make the online kids do that then the in school classes should do it too - then they would FINALLY GET SOME EXERCISE in those worthless classes.

I do wish they would find a way to let athletes out and put health and Driver's Ed into a 1 year course combined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't we have a program where the HS athletes are allowed to take a stand-alone health class and place out of PE for a semester if they are in a HS sport? If we are truly looking at PE as a way to get kids to exercise, then it makes sense to let the kids who are already exercising out of the requirement, and then just have them take the pieces that are not part of their sport (health is the main one).

We had this in California. For every quarter that you played a school sport, you didn't have to take PE. Every student took health (1 semester some point in high school) whether they took PE or played sports. I played 4 years of soccer and never took regular PE after 8th grade. We also had "independent PE" where you could get the hours signed off by a private coach or trainer if you brought in a practice log of hours worked and activities completed. It worked really well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't we have a program where the HS athletes are allowed to take a stand-alone health class and place out of PE for a semester if they are in a HS sport? If we are truly looking at PE as a way to get kids to exercise, then it makes sense to let the kids who are already exercising out of the requirement, and then just have them take the pieces that are not part of their sport (health is the main one).

We had this in California. For every quarter that you played a school sport, you didn't have to take PE. Every student took health (1 semester some point in high school) whether they took PE or played sports. I played 4 years of soccer and never took regular PE after 8th grade. We also had "independent PE" where you could get the hours signed off by a private coach or trainer if you brought in a practice log of hours worked and activities completed. It worked really well.

That would be amazing. My dd is a gymnast and practices 20+ hours a week. PE is silly when you have an intense training schedule outside of school, and that time could be better used for an elective or even for studying.