Curriculum Guide 2020-2021

health topics taught in a classroom setting.
Outside speakers are brought in to provide
information to students on topics such as
drug and alcohol awareness and sexuality
via this health addition.
Fitness for Life
Grades 9-12
Fitness for Life is an Upper School Physical
Education elective course designed to
introduce the student to different aspects
of physical fitness applicable to daily life,
for the rest of their lives. Through a variety
of activities, the student is exposed to
the main components of physical fitness,
including agility, muscular strength,
muscular endurance, flexibility, and
cardiovascular endurance. Activities include
but are not limited to weight training,
yoga, pilates, speed training, plyometrics,
and aerobics, which occur in specific time
frames. Students demonstrate capabilities
of analyzing fitness components, goalsetting,
and applying classroom activities
to their general well-being. Classes meet
four of the six days in the cycle, with the
fifth day encompassing health topics taught
in a classroom setting. Outside speakers
are brought in to provide information to
students on topics such as drug and alcohol
awareness and sexuality via this health
addition.
over two years to receive credit for PE.
For students participating in athletics
outside of Sandia Prep, they must have
the Athletic Participation Form signed by
their parent(s) and coach(es). All athletic
activities must be approved by the Athletic
Director/PE Department Chair to receive
PE credit. This does not apply to eighthgrade
students who are participating at the
upper school level.
Sandia Prep offers one PE credit for any
high school student who participates
in an athletic activity. Athletic activity
is defined by competing against an
opponent(s). Students must participate for
two semesters in one year or one semester
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