The health and wellness curriculum is designed to provide each CSG student with the skills and knowledge needed to make informed and healthy choices concerning her own personal wellness and lifestyle.

In physical education, the emphasis in the upper school program moves away from traditional sports and toward personal fitness and lifetime sports activities. Todays energetic and multitasking lifestyles are firmly based in the health of each individual. The curriculum is designed to provide the skills necessary to participate in a variety of activities throughout a lifetime.

All Upper School students will design an individual fitness plan including aerobic activity, cross-training, and strength training. They will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to appreciate team sports popular among college students and adults, both as a participant and spectator. Under special circumstances, students may propose to earn departmental graduation credit in physical education outside of school.

Health
The health and wellness curriculum provides each student with the skills and knowledge to make informed healthy choices about personal wellness and lifestyle.

Physical Education
In Upper School the physical education curriculum is designed to meet the National Standards for Physical Education.  Physical activity is critical to the development and maintenance of good health and is a must for today’s energetic and multi-tasking lifestyle.  The goal of the physical education program is to develop physically educated young women who have the knowledge, skills and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity.

A physically educated person:

• Standard 1 - demonstrates competency in the motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
• Standard 2 - demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and       performance of physical activities.
• Standard 3 - participates regularly in physical activity.
• Standard 4 - achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
• Standard 5 - exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
• Standard 6 - values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.

Students are required to complete four (4) semesters of physical education classes in order to meet the 120-hour/ ½ unit required for graduation by the Ohio Department of Education.  The emphases of the program are physical fitness, swimming strokes and safety, and self-defense.  To round out the Upper School experience, students also complete a Games and Activities semester and a semester of Lifetime Activities.