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Oroville Union High School District |
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Physical Education |
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Physical Education - Addendums |
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Oroville Union High School District is to prepare our students for the future by providing them with the necessary skills to be productive citizens.
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Introduction
Physical Education and Children's Well-Being
The first and perhaps most important aspect of physical education is the direct bearing it has on children's physical, mental, and social wellbeing. The child who is well educated physically is likely to become a healthy adult who is motivated to remain healthy. Although adults are often well informed about health and pursue healthy life-styles that include good nutrition, exercise, physical activity, and fitness, their children's physical health and well-being are frequently a cause for concern. Recognizing the threat of a sedentary life-style inherent in postindustrial work patterns, large numbers of adults can be found jogging, walking, eating healthy foods, and seeking out ways to incorporate movement and activity into their daily routines. But at the same time alarming numbers of children and youths, often lacking appropriate adult supervision, can be found in front of television sets on sunny weekday afternoons munching on snack foods. This problem is compounded by approaches to physical education that have traditionally emphasized competition, games, sports, and native athletic ability, favoring those who are most talented and leaving the less able to view themselves as outsiders who will never make the grade. Our society can no longer afford that approach. A principal theme of this framework is that all children-regardless of disability, ethnicity, gender, native language, race, religion, or sexual orientation-must be given opportunities not only to succeed in physical education but to develop a lifelong commitment to the pleasure and the health benefits of physical activity.
Physical Education and Academic Success
A second reason for the importance of physical education today is its direct link with academic learning. The healthy, physically active child is more likely to be academically motivated, alert, and successful. In the preschool and primary years, there are direct links between active play, physical agility and coordination, and academic success. As children grow older and enter adolescence, healthy physical activity becomes integral to their self-concept and their ability to take on new intellectual, social, and emotional challenges. Throughout, physical education promotes the social skills and cooperation that are increasingly viewed by educators today as essential for success in school. Just as any well-planned academic curriculum takes into account a wide range of learning modes and styles, the physical education curriculum, as described in this framework, emphasizes a variety of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor teaching and learning strategies
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Board Members
Dave Bruce, President
Kathy MacIntyre, Vice President
Mitch Brown, Clerk
Ed Hottell, Trustee
Dr. Steven Rocchi, Trustee
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Credits & Acknowledgements
PE Curriculum Committee
Dr. Oran Roberts, Superintendent, Oroville Union High School District
Bob Schmautz, PE Subject-Area Coordinator, OHS
Bob Hastings, PE Subject-Area Coordinator, LPHS
Meigs Meier, PE Subbject-Area Coordinator, PHS
Glenn Dawson, PE Subject-Area Coordinator, CCHS
Lance Anderson, PE Teacher, LPHS
Linda Detling, PE Teacher, LPHS
Bridget Hamman, PE Teacher, OHS
Mike Hering, PE Teacher, LPHS
Lisa Ishmael, PE Teacher, OHS
Jerry Johnson, PE Teacher, OHS
Scott Johnson, PE Teacher, OHS
Lael Schneider, PE Teacher, LPHS
Dan Weagant, PE Teacher, LPHS
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Ordering Information
For ordering information, contact:
Oroville Union High School District
2211 Washington Avenue
Oroville, CA 95966
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Copyright Information
Copyright 2002, EdVISION.com Corp. and
Oroville Union High School District
2211 Washington Avenue
Oroville, CA 95966
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