Credits for PE

[Guest kacifl]

I've been looking at transcripts online. I noticed that in some states students can get more than one PE credit, as many as four! I believe in Floridathey can only have 1/2 PE and 1/2 Health.

 

Am I missing something? My kids are very physical and involved in sports. I'd love to give them more than one credit in PE.

[home2333]

I live in Utah, and in our school district they have a requirement of 1.5 credits for Healthy Life Styles (0.5 for Participation Skills and Techniques, 0.5 for Lifetime Fitness, and 0.5 for Elective P.E.--which can be 2 seasons of a team sport). In addition to this there is a 0.5 credit for Health Education. On my son's high school transcript I put 1.5 credits for P.E. This was for 2 seasons on a basketball team and about 2 years of weekly karate classes twice a week. He also received 0.5 credit for his health course.

 

I don't see why you couldn't give your students at least 1.5 credits. Four credits seems a little excessive. All their physical education activities could also be detailed on their resume.

 

Grace

[Pamela H in Texas]

I think it is fine to give P.E. credits if you need the credits. And as you're the one that decides for your homeschool, I think you can make it as many credits as you please. Also, many schools bend the rules when it comes to certain sports and such also, giving more credits, just possibly substituting or whatever.

 

But a LOT of homeschoolers already are getting plenty of credits. Having 4, even 2 more, would make their transcripts look odd. So instead of putting their sport on the transcript for P.E., it is under extracurriculars or other places passions would be mentioned. The same is often done for music and a number of other types of classes.

 

But you CAN do anythign you please as it makes sense for YOUR homeschool.

[Susan C.]

I am in SC now, but from Calif. When I was in high school, you had to be three quarters dead to get out of PE and you HAD to do it every year. SC only requires one year of PE or health. But my dd loves to exercise and ballroom dance. She does 45 min each day all year, and I give her the credit. It will probably end up serving as some of her elective credits. A good thing about Calif. (when I was in high school, have no idea what they are doing now) is that that left only 5 classes to take, so they weren't as strict about how many core classes you took. In SC we are really pounding the books, and my kids don't have as much opportunity to try different things. I took accounting, typing, an office class, marketing, was on yearbook staff all four years (and got English credit for it for two of those), worked at the elementary school down the street for two hours a day my entire senior year, and consumer math (had done advanced math, but didn't know any practical math).

[AnitaMcC]

I've been looking at transcripts online. I noticed that in some states students can get more than one PE credit, as many as four! I believe in Floridathey can only have 1/2 PE and 1/2 Health.

 

Am I missing something? My kids are very physical and involved in sports. I'd love to give them more than one credit in PE.

 

 

In Illinois students must take four years of PE (includes one semester of health and one semester of drivers ed). So PE ends up being 3 credits, 1/2 health, 1/2 DE or some combination of this. In our school district the requirements are... 2.5 PE, 1 health/wellness, .5 DE.

 

There is some flexiblilty for transfer students though. At least when I transferred from Indiana to Illinois summer before senior year... I only had one year PE. I had to do PE senior year and graduated with two credits of PE, .5 health, .5 DE.

[Ellie]

You're homeschooling. There's no reason not to give your dc 4 credits of P.E. if you want to.

[Guest kacifl]

daughter is doing fencing and surfing this year. Last year, it was jogging, \wt. training & summer basketball. Plus School of Tomorrow Health and Life Skills. I didn't know that we could include extra PE credits in Florida. Guess I'll save them for fillers if we don't have enough credits on our transcript.

[LoriM]

Odds are, you won't need "extra" credits, but documenting the work your children do that is high school level in EVERY area (including PE/health) is appropriate and good. I wouldn't graduate a child early based on credits for PE, but I'd definitely show any admissions counselor that we emphasized physical discipline as well as mental discipline in our school. :)