Verdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 1

Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study ReportThe major emphasis is improvement of the physical fitness level of eachstudent. In learning about fitness, students become familiar with newconcepts related to the physiology of exercise, as well as how changesimpact muscular strength, endurance, and the body in general. Studentsdevelop an individualized program to maintain aerobic, cardio-respiratorycapacity by assessing factors that assess resting heart rate, target heartrate, and recovery heart rate. Students analyze ways in which personalcharacteristics and activity preferences change through the life cycle.Students also prepare for the FitnessGram – the physical fitness test. TheFitnessGram test is offered once a year and over the summer for graduatingseniors. FitnessGraM was developed by The Cooper Institute in an effort toprovide physical educators with a tool that would facilitate communicatingfitness testing results to students and to parents. The assessment measuresthree components of health-related physical fitness that have been identifiedas important to overall health and function: aerobic capacity, bodycomposition and muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility.VHHS has a gym available to faculty and staff, which include weightmachines, free weights, and cardio machines.VHHS has an itinerant adaptive PE teacher who teaches classes of studentwith disabilities throughout the week and directs and implements specialprograms for students with disabilities including AA Track and UnifiedBasketball.ROPRegional Opportunity Program classes include Medical Terminology, physicaltraining, architecture and design classes. There are two ROP teachers atVerdugo.Computer ScienceVerdugo offers computer applications classes, Advanced PlacementComputer Science, and special programs such as robotics, and a class inhow to create android phone applications.Verdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 79