• You may purchase PE clothes from us all year or you may bring your own.
• If using your own clothes, they must not have any kind of logo or writing on them and the shirt and sweats must be grey, and the shorts must be green.
• Athletic shoes are needed everyday! No flip flops/Mary Jane’s/sandals, etc…
  • SouthValley Prices –  (Total $45)
    • T-shirt $12
    • Shorts $13
    • Sweat Pants $15 (only allowed to wear when cold outside)
    • Lock $5 (this lock can be used all the way through high school)

• Physical Education classes are divided by grade level:
• 6^th grade – skills and cooperative games – throwing, kicking, striking, volleying, dribbling, passing, weight room, swimming, track field, etc…
• 7^th grade – individual and dual sports – badminton, tennis, ping pong, pickleball, golf, weight room, swimming, track field, etc…
• 8^th grade – team sports – basketball, soccer, hockey, flag football, field hockey, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, weight room, swimming, track field, etc…

• All classes will be using our pools for a swimming unit at the beginning and at end of the year. 
• Students will need to bring the following:
  • An appropriate swim suit
    • Shirts and shorts may be worn over suit, not their PE clothes
    • Jean material of any kind is not permitted in the pool
  • Towel
  • Plastic Bag
• If students are unable to swim due to illness or menstrual cycle, please send a written note to their PE teacher listing when the student may swim again.

GRADING

P.E. (Physical Education) is an activity class and to get a passing grade you must be in class and participate.  (The only excused absence is a school sponsored event/testing/class)

Student earn 20 points per day.

• 10 points for participation
  • Swimming
  • Fitness Days
  • Warm-ups
  • etc...
• 10 points for dressing out
  • Proper athletic shoes
  • Green shorts/grey T-shirt (or any South Valley T-shirt) and when cold grey sweats

A sportsfolio is required in PE class.  100 points for having it, then periodically checks throughout the year.

• Sportsfolio is a 3 ring binder with notebook paper, pen or pencil, and a pencil/pen holder (could be a ziploc baggie hole punched).
  • We do journaling on Tuesday's and Thursday's on fitness related issues and if they are not swimming on a swim day, we will ask them to do some writing. 
  • We also give handouts just for PE that they need to keep in their sportsfolio.
  • All PE teachers require a sportsfolio.