Why does my child participate in Physical Education?

Regular participation in quality physical education programs will:
 

• Prepare students with skills for future leisure pursuits through exposures to various individual, team, and alternative activities.

• Formulate activity patterns that can extend into adulthood.

• Reduce risk for specific health problems including; coronary heart disease, hypertension, colon cancer, and depression, as well as lower all-cause death rates.( CDC 1990 Youth Risk Behavior Survey)

• Increase cardiovascular efficiency.

• Improve one's physical literacy.

• Develop student's sense of security with their own body.

• Improve overall mental health.

• Reduce stress and increase energy-enriching quality of life.

• Produce a positive effect on structural growth. (Elliot, GM. CAPHER 1970).

• Contribute to academic progress by boosting self-esteem.

• Provide students with a better understanding of the WHY behind movement.

• Prove understanding of health-related fitness concepts.

• Teach safety techniques reducing accidents outside of school.

• Provide an outlet for creativity and self-expression.

• Increase awareness of physical opportunities within the community.

• Decrease anger, fatigue, and confusion. (International Society of Sport Psychology Vol. 20 No.10)