Wellness Department

Episcopal High School's Health, Physical Education, Athletic Training, Wellness, and Weights programs support the school's mission of developing the whole person. We hope to inspire students toward a lifetime of physical activity. We are looking to provide them with the knowledge to facilitate good decision-making skills in regards to situations they will face in life going forward.

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Wellness Classes

Physical Education

Instructors - Steve Leisz, Mike Donnelly

Physical Education utilizes lifetime sports to help prepare students for a lifetime of physical activity. A general knowledge of fitness and its importance is included. Through participation, students are taught valuable life lessons, such as cooperation, sportsmanship, and respect for equipment, facilities, and others. Units include but are not limited to volleyball, badminton, flag football, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, fitness, bowling, and floor hockey.

Health

Instructors - Amanda Watts, Maya Hoyer

Health class is designed to engender in students an awareness of the whole person, body, and mind. It will help students appreciate the implications of the choices they make in their nutritional intake, their relationship dynamics, and a sense of their own place in the larger community. Topics include self-concept, nutrition, substance abuse, anatomy and physiology, relationships, sexuality, and first aid (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR]).

Weight Training & Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning

Instructors - Marc Klinkerman, Jason Grove

Strength and Conditioning students will participate in a weightlifting and conditioning program that incorporates both free and machine weights, plyometrics, and agility drills. The course is designed to improve the athletic performance of student athletes by becoming faster, stronger, more agile, and less susceptible to injury. This will be accomplished by learning and following proper and safe strength and conditioning principles and techniques.

Wellness

Foundations of Athletic Training

Yoga

Instructor - Erika Rubalcava

This class will embark on a learning journey that challenges not just the body, but also the mind and spirit. It will acquaint the student with the history, development, branches, and practices of yoga. Emphasis will be placed on physical practice of individual postures, sets of postures, breathing, meditation, and relaxation techniques. Students will assess and reflect on their health and lifestyle.