Physical Education and Health are important components of your child's educational program. The physical education program offered in School District 54 is developmentally appropriate and aligned with the Illinois and national standards for physical education. The physical education/health units are designed to give students a well-rounded curriculum and experience that integrates physical skills, promotes social development through cooperation and teamwork, and provides healthy fitness opportunities that will encourage a lifetime of enjoyable participation in physical activity. 

Our mission as physical educators is to empower all students to choose to live active, healthy lifestyles on a regular basis by providing positive and rewarding experiences through a balanced quality program.

The overall objective is to develop attitude, skill and knowledge in each student that will result in good physical, social, emotional and mental health.

The goals of physical education are

• to help your child gain early success in the basic physical skills and concepts.  Some of these include body and spatial awareness, locomotor movements, jumping and landing, balancing, rolling, chasing, fleeing, dodging, dribbling, kicking, throwing, catching, volleying and striking.

• to inform the students on ways to develop a healthy lifestyle.

• to increase your child's ability to cooperate and demonstrate good
  sportsmanship toward others.

• to increase competence and confidence in your child's movements and
  fitness levels.

• to teach your child the importance of fitness and to help him/her develop
  an acceptable level of fitness by involving him/her in regular, vigorous activity.

Physical Education Links

American Heart Association

Kid's Health

Nutrition

Teens Health