Physical education is a required annual experience for all Waukee Community School District students meant to create healthy and active lifelong habits.

 

Physical Education Department Philosophy Statements

The Waukee Elementary Physical Education program aims to provide inclusive, safe, and supportive learning communities where ALL students can feel empowered to become courageous movers. We encourage all students to adopt a positive relationship with healthy activity; to celebrate physical, mental, and social well-being; and to develop habits that lead to long, healthy, happy lives.

The Waukee Secondary Physical Education program seeks to empower all students to participate in regular, lifelong physical activity to create a foundation for a healthy, productive, and fulfilling life.

 

Standards, Benchmarks, Objectives (SBO)

In 2019, the Iowa Department of Education adopted the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America standards as the standards for Iowa physical education programs. These standards stress the significance of creating physically literate individuals – individuals who understand and value the skills needed to participate in beneficial physical activities in pursuit of physical fitness. Our K-12 Physical Education department began reviewing these standards in 2019 but the review was put on pause due to various pandemic-related reasons; in the fall of 2021, the Waukee PE Department adopted the SHAPE outcomes. These were Board-approved in early 2022 and implemented for the 2022-23 school year.

 

Waukee K-12 Physical Education Standards, Benchmarks, & Objectives

 

Elementary Courses

 

Middle Level (Grades 6-9) Courses

 

High School (Grades 10-12) Courses