• Leadership and Adventure Education

    Mrs. Marchetti

    Google Classroom code: pfxs4gz

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    Overview: This is a one semester elective physical education class open to students in grades 11-12. It does not fulfill physical education credits. Through a carefully planned curriculum of group and individual initiatives, the students will progress through an experientially based self-discovery program that emphasizes interpersonal relationships and personal growth. This course will have an emphasis on “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” and application to daily life. The course will also emphasize participation, and the students are encouraged to extend their limits both physically and emotionally. Students are required to participate in all group activities but may decline to attempt individual challenges that they feel are beyond their personal limits. Students are more capable: mentally, emotionally, physically, then they often perceive themselves to be. Given a chance to try a new activity within a supportive group; students can learn that they are usually much stronger than they may have ever imagined. At the conclusion of the course, students are required to write a self-analysis of their activities. 

    Goals: 

    • The students will progress through an experientially based self-discovery program that emphasizes interpersonal relationships and personal growth through an emphasis on “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” and application to daily life. 
    • Demonstrate improved self confidence in the individual and group activities. 
    • Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively toward the attainment of group goals. 
    • Demonstrate the ability to spot fellow students in the low ropes course activities. 
    • Demonstrate basic trust in classmates in matters pertaining to personal safety. 
    • Students will experience different roles within a group. 
    • Apply the “7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens” to their personal life. 
    • Apply their experiences to other life situations. Participation encourages students to develop greater self-confidence and at the time acquire a sense of trust and commitment to their classmates. 
    • The emphasis in the course is on participation, and the students are encouraged to extend their limits both physically and emotionally. 
    • Students are required to participate in all group activities but may decline to attempt individual challenges that they feel are beyond their personal limits.