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BREADCRUMB

PE Credit (Directed Athletics)

Health & Fitness/Physical Education (PE) Requirements for BSD Students

To earn a high school diploma, BSD students must earn the following Health & Fitness/PE credits:

Graduation Year Number of Health Credits
Required for Graduation 
Number of Fitness/PE Credits
Required for Graduation
Class of 2019 & beyond 0.5 (1 Semester Course) 1.5 (3 semester classes)

Fitness/PE Credits are earned through successful completion of Fitness/PE courses offered at the high school level or opt to earn Fitness/PE credit through Directed Athletics in BSD. 

Health Credit is typically earned during a student’s sophomore year by a course covering the essential academic learning requirements in Health. This course includes training in CPR and use of AED’s.


Directed Athletics in BSD

Upon successful completion of 9th grade Core PE in the BSD, students may opt to earn the following Fitness/PE credit through Directed Athletics.
NOTE: If a student transfers into BSD from another school district after their 9th grade year, they must successfully complete 1.0 credit of Fitness/PE before opting to earn credit through Directed Athletics.

Graduation Year     Number of Fitness/PE Credits Possible to Earn through Directed Athletics
Class of 2019
and beyond
0.5 (either one season of a school sport or one 80 hour season of community
participation)
  Note: A defined school sport season or 80 hours of community participation
in a 90 school day period may earn a student 0.5 credit.

Students may earn 0.5 elective Fitness/PE credit through Directed Athletics by successfully completing the following two steps within the same academic year:

1.  Participation: All outlined requirements in the School Sport for PE Application or Community Based Activities for PE Credit Application must be properly completed and submitted. For more details, see “1. Participation Requirements” below.

2.  Proficiency: Students must also demonstrate proficiency of the knowledge portion of the fitness requirement through a Directed Athletics Assessment administered during each academic year. For more details, see “2. Proficiency Requirements” below.

Important: Failure to complete this process as outlined will result in a student beginning the process anew the next academic year. For additional details, go to Board Policy 2410 – High School Graduation Requirements and Administrative Procedure 2410P: Graduation Requirements.