Physical Education
Our course offerings cover a variety of concepts and goals that include, but are not limited to athletic activities that educate students in the areas of: team building, individual and group sports, various forms of fitness, and wellness practices.
Health & Physical Education Courses
Health and Fitness
An explore class unique to Drake Middle School and designed specifically for middle school students. This class is a fusion of science, wellness, fitness, and health and all about improving well being. Students will experience firsthand how strengthening their bodies and minds can reduce stress and promote overall health. The class is intended to benefit students daily as well as build skills that will be useful for a lifetime.
Team Sports
This class gives our students the opportunity to learn the importance of being part of a team. Students play the roles of learner, partner and teacher to build and improve skills from day to day. Ultimately the class imparts upon students the notion that each individual’s actions affect and impact the team’s success.
6th Grade Physical Education
This trimester elective is a true skills base class. Students will receive a basic introduction to skills and mechanics inherent in multiple fitness components to further support their success in future sports, games and activities.
Individual and Dual Sports
As the name insinuates, this class includes instruction in multiple individual and two-person activities. This class encourages students to take the roles of learner, instructor, and coach.
Lifetime Fitness/Recreational Sports
This class includes activities where the primary purpose of the activity is participation, with the related goals of improved physical fitness, fun, and social involvement often prominent.
Weights and Conditioning
This year long PE class introduces 8th grade students to proper weight lifting content, technique, and skills. Students will learn to follow various routines that incorporate multiple styles of fitness. By the end of the year, students use the knowledge they attained and personal goals to take charge of and command their own form of fitness.
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Physical Education in Jeffco
The mission of Physical Education (PE) in Jeffco Public Schools is to empower students with the skills, knowledge, habits and confidence to live happy, healthy and physically active lives.
PE is an important, standards-based educational component in grades kindergarten through 12th grade.