The ultimate goal of Physical Education is to facilitate students in improving their quality of life through promotion of life-long, health-enhancing physical activity. In today's society, “physical activity is not only a leisure time luxury - it is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle for individuals of all ages” (Young 2003). At NAI, students will learn why regular planned physical activity is important, how to develop a personal plan for being physically active, concepts necessary for successful participation in regular physical activity - a winning proposition for everyone. The course will emphasize each student, determining their current level of personal physical fitness in relation to health standards, recognizing the reasons for their current fitness level, recognizing that they have the power to change their fitness level, setting short and long term fitness goals, and working throughout the course to reach their personal fitness goals.

The curriculum focus is on lifetime fitness and physical activity. Students are encouraged to work together in promoting course and individual goals.

The curriculum focus is on lifetime fitness and physical activity. Students are encouraged to work together in promoting course and individual goals. Activities will be broken up into four separate tracks. Each of these four separate tracks will progress in skill and intensity throughout the year. The four tracks are Aerobic Running, Biking, Strength Training and Exploratory Activities.

Adaptive Physical Education is similar to regular physical education classes except that class size is smaller to permit concentrated development in coordination, strength, flexibility, and improved physical fitness. Skills for individual and team sports will be adjusted to individual needs.

Criteria for Selection - Recommendation of teacher.

The course will focus on fitness, placing a higher emphasis on personal fitness than the traditional high school physical education curriculum. The students can expect to be challenged on varying aspects of fitness using the specific activities of each unit to enrich the targeted fitness areas. Students will be exposed to a plethora of methods to advance their personal fitness, developing flexibility, muscular fitness, and cardio-respiratory endurance using advanced training methods. They will also have an opportunity to apply sport and recreation activities for the attainment of the fitness objectives. The amount of skill taught and practiced in a given unit will be greatly reduced in comparison to the normal curriculum, to focus on the fitness objectives of the course. The unit activities will be incorporated to meet the fitness objectives. Students seriously committed to advancing their personal fitness levels will appreciate this course.