PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROCEDURES

West Morris Board of Education Policy 5127.0 states that to meet graduation requirements, Health and Physical Education must be satisfactorily completed for every year in school.

EXCUSES FROM PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Legitimate medical excuses from a physician will exempt a student from participation in physical education for the designated period of  time.  If the doctor cannot specify the length of  the excuse, then the next appointment date should be stated.  If further excuses are considered necessary, the student will present a new excuse.  A doctor's medical excuse that last for more than three quarters of a unit will be indicated as a medical excuse.  Medical excuses will not be used in computing a final grade for a student.

Parents/nurse's notes related to medical problems will be honored for the day indicated.

The Physical Education Department will honor non-medical excuses or absences from class on an individual basis.  It is the responsibility of the teacher to require attendance according to the West Morris Board of Education Policy 5126.2.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION MAKEUP

Any student that is assigned a Physical Education makeup by a teacher must attend the makeup session. Make-ups will be held during lunch and/or after school at the end of each marking period.  Dates will be posted around the gym and additional make-ups will be scheduled by appointment under extenuating circumstances.  All unprepared classes must be made up in order to pass the marking period.  Failure to make up missed days may result in an “F” for the unit.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION ATTIRE

Each student is responsible for being properly dressed for physical activity. In order to pass physical education a student must be prepared to participate EVERY day.  If a student is unprepared, the student must participate in a make-up session to get credit for the missed class.

·         Prepared vs. Unprepared – You may not be unprepared during the marking period.  If you are unprepared, you may NOT participate and you must make up that class during the designated time at the end of the marking period.

·         To be prepared you must be wearing the following:

·      Athletic sneakers

·      Athletic shorts, sweat pants, or nylon warm-up pants

·      T-Shirt, sweatshirt, or jacket

·      Socks

·         To be prepared, you may not be wearing:

·      Shoes, sneakers with no backs, hiking boots, etc.

·      Jewelry

·      Khaki shorts, or shorts with pockets, jeans, or pants

·      Any clothing that does not comply with the school dress code

LOCKS AND LOCKERS

LOCK   YOUR  VALUABLES

Lockers are the property of the West Morris Regional High School District Board of Education.  The school administration reserves the right to inspect any/all lockers at any  time.  (NJSA 18A:36-19.2) Lockers are available and may be used on a first come first served basis. Students are encouraged to lock valuables up during Physical Education class.

·         Girls – may leave a lock on a small locker in the locker room

·         Boys – may lock valuables  during class but must remove locks at the end of the period. All locks in the boys’ locker room will be cut off periodically.

Locks must be provided by the students and removed at the end of the gym period.  Valuables may be left with a teacher, however, the security of valuables is the responsibility of each student and they must be secured to be protected.

During physical education classes or any other activity that requires the use of the locker room students must lock up their valuables either in a PE locker or their hall locker.

GRADING (Under review)

Physical Education is a Pass/Fail course.  Each day the student will be given a numerical point value ranging from zero to three.  In order to pass for the marking period, the student must have an average of two points.  If a student is unprepared for class or refuses to participate in a class activity, the student will receive no credit and will be required to make up the class.  In elective classes that are made up of two 4-week unit activities, both units must be passed to receive a passing grade for the marking period.

P.E. will be a three marking period course, four credits for the year.

Health will be a one credit graded, one marking period course.  A student who fails must makeup the course.  Driver's Education will be treated the same.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION GRADE KEY

Passing Grade = 2 points

Points

   3   ‑       Full dress

                ‑     Participation to the best of that student's ability in the judgment of the teacher

   2   ‑       Full dress

                ‑     Participation in class at an average level for that student in the judgment of the teacher

   1   ‑       Full dress

                ‑     Very little participation in class activity in the judgment of the teacher

   0   ‑       Full dress, no participation or causing problems that are disruptive to the class in the judgment of the teacher

Proper uniform consists of sneakers with white socks, shorts, T‑shirt or sweats deemed appropriate in the judgment of  the teacher.

  U           ‑     Unprepared (equal to 0)

  T           ‑     Unexcused late (equal to 0)

  T           ‑     Excused late

  A           ‑     Unexcused absence

  A           -     Excused absence:  Absences will be treated according to 

                      school policy.  After accumulating 12 absences in PE or

                      5 absences in Health a student may lose credit in the class.

UNEXCUSED ABSENCES  (Board Policy  5126.2)

        1^st – call home, detention, guidance notification

        2^nd – guidance notification, assistant principal notification

        3^rd – withdrawal fail conference

HEALTH

Health education is a separate subject and is not used in computing a grade in Physical Education.  A student must successfully complete Health Education to meet the graduation requirements