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