WEST ESSEX REGIONALSchool District

Physical Education Medical Policy

1.  Students experiencing ANY medical concerns must communicate with their teacher.
2. A parent/guardian note must be presented to teacher and will excuse student from P.E. for up to three days. You will remain in P.E. To receive participation credit for the day, you will be required to complete an assignment during that class period.
3. Any medical condition, injury, or illness extending to more than three consecutive days will require a note from a physician. The note will be presented to the school nurse.
4. Any student whose medical excuse covers a week or more will complete the department’s weekly medically excused assignment. The assignments are due at the end of the week and will be graded. These can be found on your teacher’s Google Classroom.

Physical Education Makeup Assignment

Since you were unable to physically participate in Physical Education for an excused reason, you still must complete an alternative assignment for an opportunity to receive the 5 points you missed while unable to participate. One goal of our Health and Physical Education department is to help our students become Health Literate young adults.
Health literacy is the knowledge of health information needed to make good choices about your health.

For this assignment, you will chose a current and relevant article that interests you from a reputable news source (Internet, a newspaper, or a magazine) and write a one paragraph summary and a one paragraph reaction to the article. Please follow expectation guidelines below to make sure you receive full credit. This work should be emailed to your teacher by the end of the class period.

Topics: Physical Fitness, Health, Nutrition, Fitness, or Wellness

Article Review Guidelines

Each article review is worth 5 points