HOPE (Health Opportunities through Physical Education) is a year-long course taken by all D.A. students. The purpose of this course is to develop and enhance healthy behaviors that influence lifestyle choices and student health and fitness.
The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:
Apply fitness and health concepts
Risk and benefits of varying fitness levels
Biomechanical and physiological principles
Development of an individual wellness plan
Responsible decision-making
Development of an individual nutrition plan
Completion of a behavior change project
Analysis of skills-related fitness
Safety and injury prevention – (hydration, injury, violence, environmental issues, CPR)
Safety education practices
Analyzing consumer information and community resources
Mental and emotional health, including depression and suicide
Stress management
coping skills
Interpersonal communication – communication, relationships, sportsmanship
Disease prevention and control – risk factor assessments, includes communicable and non-communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDs, other STDs, heart disease, diabetes, cancers, asthma
Tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use and abuse – risk and protective factors
Teen pregnancy prevention
Advocating for health and fitness promotion
Technology application to facilitate health and fitness