How often do your high schoolers have gym/PE per week?

[Katy Belle]

Zero. There is no PE required for high school or middle school.

 

[Anne34]

In Illinois we have PE 5 days per week all the way from K-12. I think its good for the kids to have this activity -- so many kids don't get enough exercise. Our JH has our kids wear heart rate monitors a few days a week and they have to meet their targets to get points for that day.

We do have Varsity athletics in high school and they can go to a special gym class for their sport during their last period (extra practice!). They don't go to regular gym class that semester.

 

[kimmar067]

...in our district it is mandatory that ALL students participate in Phys Ed 5 days a week from grade 6 to grade 12 (middle school and HS)...it can include health, computer ed, and Drivers' Ed (obviously for HS only...LOL! )

 

[newbie2disney]

My DD14 is a freshman and she has PE three times a week. DS17 is a junior and has PE twice a week. Our high school has the opt-out option for athletes. Athletes are required to do one semester of PE and they can opt-out of PE the other semester if they are playing sports. If the student is doing both fall and spring sports though, they can only opt out of one of the semesters. (ie.. My son is going to wrestle and play spring soccer, so he is going to opt out of PE in the spring. He could have chosen either semester to opt out of. My daughter is going to run track, so she is in PE now, but will opt out in the spring) They will get a PE credit for the semester they opt out of. I work at a middle-school and we are on a three day rotation, so the students have PE once every three days.

DS just got home and told me that for the second quarter he will have PE three days a week. I'm not sure of the reason why, and neither is he. He's just not happy to lose a study hall!

 

[disneychrista]

Here students must complete 2 years (4 semesters) of PE for graduation. I think it is required Freshman year and most take it again Sophmore year.

 

[scrapquitler]

My DD's high school has block scheduling, 84 minute classes, 4 classes per day on an A/B rotation.

Gym is a .5 credit course, and required for all four years for EVERYONE, including those on sports teams. Since it is a half credit course, it is only for half of the year. During second semester, my DD will have gym class for 84 minutes on the B days. So effectively, one week she will have it twice a week and the following week she will have it three times per week. The first half of the year, she doesn't have it at all (which makes her happy)

Edit to add: They are also required to take a .5 credit course in Health during sophomore year.

 

[RockAndRollBallerina]

I had PE every single day for half a school year, we had 4 quarters in a school year, each lasting 9 weeks with each semester lasting a total of 18 weeks. It was required Freshman-Junior year being optional the Senior year. There was no sports exception, and if you missed a day because you were out sick their way of us making up that day in PE was rather half an hour in the weight room after school, and you had to have the after school supervisor sign off on what they actually saw you do and for how long. Or if you were involved in dance class, gymnastics club, soccer, baseball, football, hockey, karate, swim team outside of school; being on a team at school didn't count. You could have your instructor sign off on an official letterhead that you partook in an activity as a substitute for not making class up in the weight room after school. It was their way of having you make up what in other classes is known as assignments.