PERFORMANCE FITNESS: ATHLETICS 1/2 Credit // Grades 9-12 All upper school students are required to take 1 credit of physical education. Students must earn at least ½ credit of physical education through taking an FRA physical education course as a curricular component of the school day. Students may earn their second required ½ credit of physical education through participation in FRA athletics. Those students who complete one semester of dance team or one full athletic season are eligible. Students who leave a team prior to the end of a season are not eligible to receive PE credit. As with other graduation requirements, students can only earn credit through activity offered by FRA. Outside offerings cannot satisfy graduation requirements, nor can FRA club offerings. Credit earned through participation in FRA athletics will be on a credit/no-credit basis and recorded on a student’s transcript as “Physical Education: Athletics” without a letter or numerical grade. *Please note that students can only earn ½ credit on their transcripts through FRA athletics. Further athletic participation will not show up on student transcripts. Students on both varsity and JV teams may earn credit. While team managers are vital to our athletics program, they may not earn transcript credit for a manager role. In case of injury, students who continue to regularly attend practices and games and participate as they are able may still earn PE credit. This policy will begin with the 2021-22 school year. Participation in FRA athletics before this year will not be shown on FRA transcripts.
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endurance, joint mobility, speed, agility, and nutrition. Mental aspects of training such as motivation, work ethic and goal setting will also be addressed. Completion of this course will enhance overall health and athletic ability. Students will also have the tools to live a healthy lifestyle as they move onto the next phase of their life. DANCE ½ Credit The objective of the upper school dance course is to expose the students to a variety of dance techniques in a structured dance class. These techniques include; Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary Jazz/Lyrical, Modern, Musical Theater-style Jazz and Hip Hop.
ADVANCED DANCE ½ Credit Advanced dance will be a teacher approved dance class for experienced, advanced dancers. These dancers will be training in technical styles of dance including, ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern and hip hop. The student will also study improvisation, choreography and dance history. The objective of this class is to further the technical knowledge and skills of the advanced dancer.
