PE Exemptions
Students may request a PE exemption by completing a PE Exemption Request form from their school counselor. Activities must meet the criteria below and may not be school-affiliated.
Criteria: Students must meet for and maintain no less than 150 minutes (2 ½ hours) of team or program organized activity each week that school is in session. The time requirement is not an “average” of multiple weeks. Time may include active participation in competitive events. It may not include days when school is not in session. Physical therapy and individual workouts are not applied toward the time requirement. Students must be supervised by an adult coach. Physical activities must meet PE standards as found on the PE Exemption form.
On a separate sheet(s) of paper, and in paragraph form, to be submitted with the PE Exemption Request sheet, students must indicate how participation in the outside activity addresses the following:
· The PE course goals: 1. Physical; 2. Social; 3. Emotional; and 4. Intellectual.
· Content Objectives- Comment generally about the content of the activity relative to the objectives listed. It is not necessary to comment on all activities/sorts/dance forms but only those that apply.
· Skill objectives- Comment generally about the skills to be learned.
· Affective Career/Affirmative Action objectives: Comment on how all of these objectives are met.
Students will be placed in a study hall as appropriate.
Earning Credit: Credit is awarded only if students submit completed logs meeting all criteria by the deadline. Completed and signed (by parent and coach/activity supervisor) PE logs must be submitted to the school counselor by the last day of the semester (late January for 1st semester and early June for 2nd semester). Failure to submit the required and signed PE logs by the due date will result in students receiving no credit for the course and PE will be put back in their schedule for the upcoming year.