Coach Walker 
Coach Walker
Salesianum School
Health Syllabus
Required Binder: Three Ring
Course Description: The course emphasizes individual responsibility for attaining and maintaining wellness through preventative measures. From the moment of our conception, our personal health, as well as the healthiness of our environment, directly effects our growth, development, and lifestyle. The goal of the instructor is to make the student aware of sound health practices.
Course Objectives:
1. To encourage and lead the student to take responsibility for their personal health and wellness.
2. To make the student aware of sound health practices and lifestyles.
3. To assist the student in applying health education to practical experience.
Course Requirements: Respect for others always. Textbook/Binder
Assignment Procedures: The student is responsible for all material covered in class that may have been missed due to sickness, school trips, early team dismissals, etc. The procedures for test and assignment make-ups are addressed in the Salesianum Student Handbook.
Student Evaluation:
Examinations : 2 to 3 tests per quarter
Homework : 4 to 6 per quarter. * Heavy emphasis is placed on homework
assignments. Each completed homework (prompt, typed, completed
as
directed) will add at least one point to final average. Homework assignments not
meeting the standards stated above will result in a point(s) being deducted
from the student’s final average. Types of homework assignments may include:
discussion questions at the end of each chapter, unit vocabulary, typed class notes, or class outlines as well as reading comprehension assignments within each unit.
Quarter Grade - Tests = 100%
Homework = Additional points are added to, or subtracted
from, the student’s test average at the conclusion
of each quarter.
Final Assessment: Counts 1/5 of final grade. Examples may include: Examples may include:Personal Fitness Assessment, CPR certification, Personal Cardiorespiratory Assessment, Written Reflections on Health Topics, etc.
Extra Credit:
None
Grading Scale: 93%-100% = A
92%-89%
= B+
88%-85% = B
84%-81% = C+
80%-77% = C
76%-73% = D+
70%-72% = D
below 70% = F
Academic Integrity Policy: Consistent with the policy outlined on page seven of the Student Handbook
Graduation Requirement: The State of
General Course Outline:
1. Physical Fitness: Basic anatomy and physiology of muscle. The five
components of physical fitness and their importance to the teenager.
Personal fitness assessment , resistance training methods and concepts, consumer health issues.
2. Emergency Action: Basic anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular and
respiratory systems. Signs/symptoms of a heart attack, stroke, or breathing emergency. CPR, relief of FBAO, and AED instruction. Certification upon request.
3. Nutrition: Basic anatomy of digestion. The six nutrients and their importance.
Diseases and disorders linked to diet. Nutritional supplements/ sports drinks as they relate to the teenager. Food labeling and consumer health issues.
4. Personal Health: Basic anatomy of the eye, ear, skin, feet and teeth. Basic
care and prevention of disease, as well as new technologies. Consumer health issues related to the teenager.
5. Addictives: Substance use, misuse, and abuse. How addictives affect the body.
Subjects include alcohol, prescription drugs, illegal drugs and tobacco.
6. Sexuality: Basic reproductive anatomy, the birth process, and STDs.
7.
First Aid: Safety concepts, first aid, and follow-up
care for common emergencies including breathing, bleeding, poisoning, and soft
tissue injuries.
* Careers: Health related careers in each subject area are introduced as a part of
each unit.