Physical Education
PE Syllabus
“Built on the Rock” Psalm 18:2
I. UNITS FOR THE SEMESTER
Physical fitness tests - all students. If any missed tests are not made up within one week, the student may receive an academic citation.
Freshmen Girls: PE4ME, Speedball, Swimming, Gymnastics or Volleyball
Sophomore Girls: Ropes/Aerobic Dance, Badminton, Swimming, Volleyball or Gymnastics
Freshmen Boys: Ropes, Skill Olympics, Swimming, Weight training, Gymnastics
Sophomore Boys: Weight training, Swimming, Volleyball, Plyometrics, Fireball, Dodgeball
Juniors and seniors may choose one unit from each column so you will take 4 units per semester. Seniors get to choose first; juniors take what is left over as class sizes are established and may close. Swimming is required if level IV has not been passed.
Unit 1: Baitcasting, Fireball or angleball, Archery, Volleyball
Unit 2: Tennis, speedball, Racquetball, Ropes I
Unit 3: Relaxation, Badminton, Floor Hockey, Weight Training
Unit 4: Basketball, Kickball, Gymnastics, Swimming
II. ASSESSMENT
Each unit is graded in a different method. When a written test is given, it counts 1/3 of the unit grade; your skill consists of 2/3 of the unit grade. If a written test is not given, your grade is based 100% on your skill performance and the criteria set up for each unit. During the swimming unit, if you have a female teacher, you earn 7 percentage points for each day you enter the water and do the expected skills. If you do not swim, you must put on your gym suit and walk briskly around the pool wearing a heart rate monitor and keep your heart rate above 130, and you will lose 7 percentage points per day. If you change and do not walk, you will lose an additional 3 percentage points. If you do not change at all, you will lose 14 percentage points per day. The average of the final grade for the 4 units makes up 90% of the semester grade. When percentage points are lost, they are from the unit grade using the school scale as a guide.
A = 95-97, A- = 93-94, B = 91-92, B = 87-90, B- = 85-86, C = 83-84, C = 79-82, C- = 77-78, D = 75-76, D = 72-74, D- = 70-71, 0 - 69 = F
At the 6-week report, you will receive your grade for the first unit. At the 12-week reporting, you will receive your average grade for units 1 and 2. The average of the final grade for the 4 units makes up 90% of your semester grade. Fitness testing is graded on an effort basis. The semester project (fitness folder) makes up the remaining 10% of the semester grade. Specifics for the project will be given at a later date. For those students who are taking 2 semesters of PE, if you get a passing grade on your folder 1st semester, you will NOT have to do one 2nd semester.
Cheating: The Academic Integrity Policy will be followed. If you are caught cheating, you will receive a zero for that performance, test, quiz or project.
III. UNIFORM
A student enrolled in PE is expected to be in uniform each day the class meets unless the instructor gives other instructions prior to class. Students who are taking swimming or some other activity where a uniform is not used (i.e. archery) are required to have their uniforms at school and available for use on record days and any other time the instructor may announce an activity that requires a uniform. Wash your uniforms weekly. As a freshman or new student, your 1st uniform is provided. If replacement pieces are needed, they must be purchased in the main office.
A uniform consists of the following:
MLHS shirt – It must be labeled with the student’s name on the outside; It may not be torn nor tattered and can have no other writing on the shirt. Wear it right side out. Nothing may be showing under the shirt.
MLHS shorts – It must be labeled with the student's name on the outside; nothing may be showing under the shorts & it must be worn with the elastic at the waist. If the shorts are worn too low, the student will lose 1 percentage point per period and if repeated will not be allowed to play during that class period and he/she will lose 3 percentage points.
White athletic socks - any length, may have colored striping at the top
Non-marking tennis shoes – tied. Sandal cut tennis shoes are unacceptable.
Appropriate underclothing
Swimming – MLHS suit and cap (if required due to long hair)
If you have a tattoo, it must be covered up with acceptable PE attire – exception is swimming.
For INDOOR ACTIVITIES you may wear a MLHS sweatshirt and/or MLHS sweat pants. This is the only sweat suit that may be worn without penalty indoors. It is highly suggested that you put your name somewhere on the sweat suit. The sweatshirt must be worn over the gym shirt. The sweat pants may be worn instead of the gym shorts. THIS IS TOTALLY OPTIONAL – NOT REQUIRED!
For OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, a sweatshirt, warm-up suit, or short jacket may be worn OVER the gym suit (not in place of it). NOTE: This is for outdoor activities only.
Gum chewing is NOT allowed in the field house, gym, or pool. Nylons may not be worn nor may jewelry that can be of danger to you or another student. Some units are no jewelry units. Boys must wear their shirts at all times unless the instructor states otherwise.
One percentage point will be deducted from the unit grade for each part of the uniform that is missing each day, for wearing an incorrect uniform piece such as a long coat or T-shirt, and for 3 points for non-participation. Any student who wears a uniform or part of a uniform that belongs to another student will lose double the number of points. If a student rents a uniform, no points will be deducted. ($.25 per piece for girls; $.25 per rental for boys plus a $.25deposit). In case of an emergency, students are encouraged to keep a T-shirt and an extra pair of shorts in their lockers.
IV. ATTENDANCE
A. You are tardy if you are not in your respective locker room by the time the tone stops sounding. The exception is that if your locker room is the field house locker room; you must be through the doors into the field house lobby by the time the tone stops sounding. On days when we meet as a large group in the gym, you must be in the gym by the time the tone stops sounding.
School policy is followed regarding tardies – On your 3rd tardy in 6 weeks, you will receive a detention. For each succeeding 3 tardies, you will receive an additional detention.
B. You are considered late if you are not in roll call on time and you will lose 1/2 percentage point.
C. If you “cut” through the gym, either before or after class, it results in a loss of 1 percentage point.
D. You are not allowed to leave until the dismissal bell rings. Girls in the GYM LOCKER ROOM must wait IN THE LOCKER ROOM. Boys must wait in the locker room. Girls in the FIELD HOUSE LOCKER ROOM may wait in the hall by Mrs. White's office door until you are excused or the tone sounds. One point will be taken off for entering the hallway or the gym before the bell rings. Leaving early (before the tone) will result in a loss of 7 percentage points.
E: You are responsible for work missed, whether it is for a field trip, student council, illness, or any other reason, and you should ask your teacher what was missed.
V. SWIMMING
Students in PE I and II will be ability-grouped and will take swimming during the swimming unit. All juniors and seniors, unless excused by a physician, will be required to take swimming until they pass level IV (Red Cross). If a student takes 2 semesters of PE III and receives a satisfactory participation grade 1st semester, he/she will be excused from swimming 2nd semester. All students must wear the school swimming suits. All level V & VI swimmers must receive a B or better; if not, the individual will be moved to level IV.
VI. FINES
Girls may redeem their lost items in the girl’s PE offices for $.25; boys can find their articles in the boys’ PE office for $.25 per item.
Girls – the first time you forget your locker combination it will be given free of charge. The next and each succeeding time, it will cost a quarter. Boys - It is $.25 for your combination.
VII. MISCELLANEOUS
A. You will be given a locker and a lock to use during the time that you are in PE. Locks may not be taken out of the locker room for use elsewhere, but it may be moved to the long common locker during the class period ONLY! Please get in the habit of closing the long locker after class. (Girls – the long locker number MUST correspond to the small locker number or it will cost $.25). If the lock is left on the long locker after class, it will be removed and may be redeemed for $.25. If your lock is left unlocked, your locker will be locked with a PE lock that you may have removed for $.25. Everything must be locked in the locker during class and during showering.
B. Clean towels will be available, but only ONE towel is allowed per person per day. School towels MUST be placed in the container for dirty towels after class. No PE towels are to be removed from the locker room.
C. Glass containers of any sort are not allowed in the locker room – including juice bottles, perfume bottles, etc.
D. Miscellaneous items such as lotion, rubber bands, kleenex, or nail polish are available in the girls’ PE offices.
E. The ONLY way to be excused from PE is with a doctor’s excuse.
F. No locker passes will be issued.
G. No aerosols may be used in the locker room.
H. Students are encouraged to shower at the end of class.
VIII. RULES
A. Treat others with dignity and respect
B. Perform to the best of your ability
C. Be on time and dressed for activity
D. Listen when someone else (especially the teacher) is talking
E. Be open to new ways of trying a skill
IX. TEACHER AVAILABILITY
1st and 8th hours are the prep periods for Mrs. White, Mr. Heinkel, and Mr. Niedfeldt. Miss Nelson's prep periods are 4th and 8th hours. Office hours are before school from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. (except Mondays) and from 3:00 to 3:15 p.m. except when coaching. Room numbers: Miss Nelson – 324, Mrs. White – 313 and Mr. Heinkel and Mr. Niedfeldt – 319.