Department Philosophy

Physical Education  Philosophy
Physical activity and a healthy life-style is of value to all human beings throughout their entire lives.  The Health and Physical Education program at Wilson Senior High School is presented in such a manner as to offer all the students the opportunity to gain the necessary knowledge and to help acquire the appropriate physical and social skills which are essential in developing an active life-style that can last forever.  The program offers the opportunity for all students to develop and maintain a level of physical fitness necessary for maximum growth and development.

Health Philosophy
Health is  dynamic and constantly changing.  Many factors, including heredity, environment, and behavior influence and effect an individual's health.  Health means not only the freedom from illness or injury, the absence of diseases, but a complete interaction of one's physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social well being.  The primary responsibility for the health of students lies with the parents or the primary support system and the students themselves.  However, the school effectively contributes to the health of every student by giving them strategies to develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will allow them to make positive decisions about their health and choose appropriate behaviors that will continually improve their overall well being.  The Health Curriculum will foster each student's belief in himself/herself,  will provide the student with the  skills to function in a complex,  multicultural, diverse world, and teach the student behavior that will promote sound life choices.  The health curriculum is designed to provide the student with accurate information and the skills necessary to function safely and healthfully in our ever-changing society.  These goals can be achieved by our students, if they are encourage to act responsibly, and to respond in a manner that will contribute positively to the development of their personal, community, and environmental health.

Health Goals

  1. Provide knowledge for all students to develop and maintain the capacities and skills needed to thrive and meet life's challenges
  2. Make choices that enhance health.
  3. Provide health information that influence students to take positive action about their health.
  4. Promote wellness

Department Goals
  1. For every students to have a better intellectual understanding of what the total aspect of physical education involves.
  2. That students will appreciate the benefits of being physical fit.
  3. That students will convert their physical education appreciation into their own personal practices and it will become a part of their daily routine.
  4. To present physical education as a meaningful and enjoyable experience for all students, so that they can reach their highest health potential both now and later in life.
  5. Individual and team sports will be presented so the students can develop socially and emotionally as well as physically and intellectually.