WHS WELLNESS

Students participate in an intensive foundation in Health and Physical Fitness. The student will learn the fitness concept, practice exercises for developing proficiency in the component, and engage in activities which will further the development in a more positive, fun way. Department constructed health-related and skill-related fitness tests will be used to chart progress through the levels of fitness. As a result of this course, students will learn to accept their bodies and recall individual differences in growth and maturation. Topics will also include family relationships, nutrition and fitness. Students will determine their strengths and weaknesses, accept the feelings they experience at different times and learn to channel those feelings into appropriate behaviors. Students will appreciate their uniqueness and learn to accept themselves. Students will able to recognize how others influence their behaviors and decisions. Students will also learn the effects that tobacco and chewing tobacco have on the body.