CURRICULUM
Philosophy
In Fulton County, we believe:
• A developmentally appropriate and comprehensive experience in health and physical education is essential for meeting the diverse needs of all students
• A quality health and physical education program will foster the development of motor skills, physical fitness, emotional strength, maturity, values, healthful decision making and the pursuit of lifelong health and fitness
• Participation in daily health and physical education is an integral and inseparable part of the total K-12 educational experience
Goals
The goals of the Fulton County K-12 health and physical education program are to:
• Provide a developmentally appropriate and comprehensive experience through exposure to a wide variety of activities and quality instruction at all levels
• Recognize that participation in health and physical education can lead to an understanding and appreciation of diversity
• Provide for the development of effective and efficient fundamental motor skills
• Promote the acquisition of skills and beliefs needed to pursue a lifetime of involvement in physical activity and healthful decision making
• Instill confidence in students’ abilities to assume responsibility for their own personal health
• Provide an environment which is safe and conducive to self-expression, enjoyment and creativity
• Promote the relationship between health and physical education to school, community and life through an interdisciplinary approach to instruction where appropriate