507.9C - Other School-Based Activities that Promote Student Wellness - Appendix C

Integrating physical activity into the classroom setting

For students to receive the nationally recommended amount of daily physical activity and for students to fully embrace regular physical activity as a personal behavior, students need opportunities for physical activity beyond the physical education class. Toward that end, the school district will:

• Offer classroom health education that complements physical education by reinforcing the knowledge and self-management skills needed to maintain a physically active lifestyle and to reduce time spent on sedentary activities;
• Discourage sedentary activities, such as watching television, playing computer games, extended use of phones, etc.;
• Provide opportunities for physical activity to be incorporated into other subject lessons; and classes, as well as brain breaks to help increase attentiveness;
• Inform students of all extracurricular activities, as well as activities available in the community to them after and before school.