Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1983, Page 68

Description:	Health and P.E. required fora variety of good reasonsThis years physical education/healthprogram had a variety of activities andsubjects.All freshmen were required to take ayear of physical education. The coursewas divided into three units per quarter.P.E. taught people sports that theywould be able to play all their lives.These sports included bowling, tennis,badminton, and swimming.Georgia Tidd, girls athletic director,noted that swimming is the sport taughtthat develops the body the most. Werefinding that more kids know how toswim, but we do still teach it to thosewho dont, Tidd explained.Tidd also said she feels there shouldbe more than one year of physical education required. This is because after thefreshman year, there is a decline in thestudents physical fitness.TOP: Freshman Mark Burnhamjumps rope to warm up for gymclass.BOTTOM LEFT: Opening thelungs is not a hard job forsophomore Peter Oczkowski.BOTTOM RIGHT: Freshmen JuliePing, Kelly Sullivan, BethKlemkosky (front), DewayneAdamson, Mark McCloskey, Tommy Cates, Rick Ciasto, and MattMorris skate together.Department chairman Fred Huffagrees with Tidd. I definitely feel thereshould be one or two more years todevelop skills in coordination better, hesaid. With two years, students wouldbecome more physically fit.Sophomores are required to sign upfor one semester of health. Since healthis needed for graduation, sophomores dosign up along with a few juniors andseniors who missed including it in theirschedules earlier.The main purpose of the health classwas to study the structure of the bodyand how it works. Students also learnedabout the causes and cures of diseases,drugs, and mental illness. To completethe semester course, they did a unit onfirst aid. Students learned many techniques for handling emergency situations ifthey should occur.68 Health/Physical Education#* / ^~
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Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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