Physical and Health Education

In Physical Education (PE), teachers, by creating an atmosphere that is optimal for the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth and development, help students learn how to lead healthy and active lives.

Lower School students participate in group activities including:

playing games with hula hoops, scoops, and balls, using a parachute, bean bags, noodles, juggling scarves, z-balls, fox tails, Lummi sticks, paddleballs, Frisbees, scooters, playground balls, and long and short jump ropes.
learning basic gymnastics skills and different dances
playing games from the holidays, multicultural, tag, corn hole, floor hockey, bopper baseball, birdie ball golf, waffle ball, kick ball, scooter hockey, pillow polo, football, cooperative, stations, and relays
learning skills in the following sports: volleyball, T-ball, tennis, basketball, and soccer. Every student is tested twice each year in the President's Challenge for flexibility, upper body strength, abdominal endurance, speed and agility, and cardio respiratory endurance

Intermediate School students in the 6th grade have two-week units track and field, tennis, gymnastics, rhythmic activities, and field hockey. Sixth graders also has three week units of the following sports: volleyball, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, flag football, touckeball, softball, and badminton.

In 4th and 5th grades, the same units are taught but they are each two weeks and there are also several game weeks throughout the year.

Every student is tested twice each year in the President's Challenge for flexibility, upper body strength, abdominal endurance, speed and agility, and cardio respiratory endurance.

Middle School students have two-week units of the following:

volleyball, weights, tennis, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, badminton, floor hockey, track and field, softball, tchoukball, group fitness, and flag football. Every student is tested twice each year in the President's Challenge for flexibility, upper body strength, abdominal endurance, speed and agility, and cardio respiratory endurance. Students meet once a week for health.

Students gain an understanding of the three parts of health: physical, emotional/mental, and social and how they relate to the following topics:

health and wellness, physical activity and fitness, mental and emotional health, stress, suicide, nutrition, building healthy relationships, resolving conflicts and violence prevention, personal health and consumer choices, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, body image, body systems (skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, digestive, excretory, endocrine, and reproductive), growing and changing, safety and emergencies

Upper School

In ninth grade students take one semester of personal fitness and one semester of health.
All other upper school students may take semester long electives in weight lifting, or individual and dual sports.

Uniforms
Students are expected to dress out each day in the Canterbury PE uniform, which includes socks and athletic shoes. Students may wear hats and/or sunglasses outside as long as they are worn properly, and they are encouraged to use sun protection as needed. Student's name should be written somewhere on the uniform to identify it if it is lost. NOTE: If your child wears his or her PE uniform outside of school please DO NOT put a name on the outside where it can identify them to strangers.

Non-participation policy
Students who are healthy enough to be in school are expected to dress and participate in PE class. If a student should not participate or must limit participation due to medical reasons, a note must be provided. If students do not participate in PE, they are not permitted to participate in after school athletics or cheerleading for the days they miss PE.

Physician notes
If a student is not able to participate because of an injury, a note from the treating physician must be given to the teacher.