Physical Education, Health & Driver's Education

The Physical Education Program provides a variety of activities that promote each student’s optimum physical, emotional, mental, and social development. The program provides learning experiences that support a variety of physical activity areas such as basic movement skills, team, dual, and individual sports, fitness, rhythm and dance, and lifetime recreational activities. We have integrated technology into the program through the use of heart rate monitors, pedometers, Dance-Dance Revolution, WII Fitness, X-Box Kinect 360 Fitness, and fitness assessment programs to assess individual fitness levels, and to monitor individual progress toward healthy fitness goals.

Overview of Physical Education Curriculum Units

GRADES K-5
The units progress from basic movement education to developing and applying manipulative skills in various isolated and applied situations such as movement education and rhythm, wellness, manipulative skills, movement (locomotor/nonlocomotor skills), lifetime and cooperative activities.

GRADES 6-12
The units progress from wellness education (fitness concepts and activities) to developing and applying movement education skills in isolated and applied settings in various activities such as individual skill development, team activities and strategies, and cooperative activities.

Health Education

The Health Education program (K-12) addresses a wide range of health problems and issues that impact the quality of life. Instruction is provided in the areas of wellness (hygiene, nutrition, and physical activity), alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, family life, community health skills, decision making skills, interpersonal communication, and character development. Our K-8 program utilizes the Great Body Shop health curriculum that is aligned to the state health education standards.

Driver Education

The Driver Education program provides students with an understanding of state motor vehicle laws, identifying and use of preventive strategies for distractive driving, safety habits, effects of alcohol and drugs on driving performance, and the steps necessary to perform the operation of a motor vehicle. The MVC’s knowledge test is given at the end of the course. The course is offered during the eleventh grade.

NJROTC

The NJROTC program (Grades 9-12) uses a four year academic curriculum developed and provided by the United States Navy. To achieve the objectives of the program, the curriculum includes practical application of class work, extensive leadership training, military drill and ceremonies, and drill competitions. The four year curriculum is outlined as follows:

NJROTC 1 thru 4, taken as an elective, or for Physical Education credit.

Sean Dowling CMAA
Director of Athletics / Supervisor of Health & PE
sean_dowling@nplainfield.org
(908) 769-6000 x3143