Blake High School

Basketball

The Basketball course is designed for students to achieve and maintain a healthy level of fitness and increase physical competency in the sport of basketball. Students are provided with opportunities to develop a positive self-image, personal responsibility, and to learn to work collaboratively with their classmates. Drills will be focused on developing and improving basketball fundamentals, dribbling, shooting, defense and teamwork. Games and tournaments will be played. Considerable time will be spent playing the game. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times. 

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Comprehensive Health Education (Honors)

This semester course meets the state one-half credit Health Education graduation requirement. Students will address issues in seven topics: Mental Health; Tobacco, Alcohol, and other Drugs (ATOD); Personal and Consumer Health; Nutrition and Fitness; Safety and Injury Prevention; Family Life and Human Sexuality; and Disease Prevention and Control. At honors level, students will be required to pursue the same academic criteria as the regular Comprehensive Health, but at a more rigorous level. Students will be expected to complete individual projects that may require utilizing outside community resource/agencies, working with others on group assignments, as well as completing individual projects requiring the ability to do research on a given topic. Students will utilize current technology through the use of Chromebooks for accessing relevant health information on a given assignment. 

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Field/Team Sports

Field Sports- Students will develop and advance their skills in a variety of field sports activities. Some examples activities include: Football, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Softball, Basketball,Volleyball, Floor Hockey, Handball, Doubles Badminton and Tennis. Through active participation in field and team sports, students will foster an appreciation for sports and fitness activities which benefits Physical, Social and Mental Emotional health. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times
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Floor Hockey/Lacrosse

This semester-long course offers in-depth instruction in Floor Hockey and Lacrosse. Considerable time will be spent playing the game of floor hockey. The course will provide opportunities to apply movement skills to advanced tactics and concepts. Students will be instructed in the basic skills of the sport as well as rules of play and strategies of play. Students will be given leadership roles as an opportunity for growth in personal and social responsibility. Drills, games and tournaments will be played. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times.

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Flag Football

This semester-long course offers in-depth instruction in the rules and game play of football. The course will provide opportunities to apply movement skills to advanced tactics. Students will be given leadership roles as an opportunity for growth in personal and social responsibility. Enhancement of skills and strategies will be gained throughout this course. Class emphasizes individual and team offensive, defensive concepts of team organization and play. Considerable time will be spent playing the game. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times.

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Net Sports

This course instructs students in basic fundamental skills, offensive and defensive strategies, tactics, and current rules of play. Students will perform in drills, game situations and tournaments. Games studied and played include mainly Badminton, Tennis, Volleyball, Pickle Ball, Ping Pong (table tennis). Open to all skill levels. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times.
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Personal Fitness

Drawing on knowledge from their elementary and middle school physical education experience, students will deepen their understanding of fitness components and principles. Students will examine and evaluate influences that affect their personal fitness choices. Students will be guided through short- and long-term fitness goals and the selection of physical fitness activities to prepare them for careers health and wellness. The course includes opportunities for a variety of personal developmental activities including Yoga, Pilates, Aerobics, Weight Training, Circuit Training, Body Resistance Training, and Individualized programs. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times.

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Soccer

Soccer is the most popular global and lifelong sport in the world that one can participate in for the rest of his or her life. This soccer course uses fast paced and high energy styles of game play to explore tactics within the game. Examples of tactics covered include: attacking the goal, maintaining possession, creating and setting up an attack, and defending space.This class uses a combination of both small sided and larger team play throughout the semester. This course will help improve your cardiovascular fitness, endurance/stamina, speed, awareness, and agility. All students are welcome to take this course regardless of prior playing experience or fitness level. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times.
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Volleyball

Within this course you will learn and participate in the sport of volleyball both at the competitive and recreational levels. This course has been designed for students of all skill levels to grow and improve their volleyball skills so that they can participate in this sport throughout their lives. Students will be given leadership roles as an opportunity for growth in personal and social responsibility. This course instructs students in basic individual volleyball fundamental skills, offensive and defensive strategies, tactics, and current rules of play. Students will perform in drills, game situations and tournaments. Open to all skill levels. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times.

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Weight Training

This course is designed to give students the opportunity to explore the relationship between strength training and athletic performance, as well as other health benefits gained as a result of training. Topics will include: basic principles of strength training, instruction in the use of training equipment (resistance tubes, med balls, machines, free weights, etc.), integration of other fitness components (speed and agility) into a strength training program, development of individualized strength programs, and development of sport-specific strength training programs. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times.

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Yoga

The increasing demands of teenage life require effective skills to deal with a multitude of physical, mental, social and emotional issues, such as, fatigue, stress, being over committed, and maintaining a healthy weight. Yoga is designed to unite the physical, mental, social and emotional aspects of an individual through conscious breathing and movements to effectively deal with the daily demands of life. An individual capable of dealing with life’s demands also maintains a high level of wellness. In this course, students will learn basic yoga poses, relaxation techniques, meditation techniques, principles of effective communication, anatomy, and self-reflection. Students can take course an unlimited amount of times. 

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Last Updated: 10/19/18