Course Syllabus

Welcome to Mrs. Watts' Class

Best Contact information is email: maren.watts@rentonschools.us 

Office Hours: 2:03-2:30 *make arrangements with me if after school does not work for you.

Course Description:

This is a one trimester Health Science course OR Fitness.  This class is designed for students of all grades to develop their knowledge and understanding about what Sports Medicine entails, what you can do to help prevent common injuries and how the knowledge they gain can connect to their lives now and later.

Course Objectives: 

The Sports Med Team: Understanding medicine as a team sport

Injury Prevention Begins with Assessment: Involves performance of fitness testing and development of coaching and personal training qualities

Injury Prevention Through Fitness: Review and participate in the main components of fitness (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and power).

Protective Techniques and Equipment : Introduction to athletic taping and sports protective equipment

Health & Wellness is more than Fitness: The other aspects beneficial to an individuals' performance includes: nutrition, body composition, hydration, dietary supplements and the environmental influences 

Grading Policy:

• Work can be turned in late for 50% of the grade once the assignment grades have already been input in to the gradebook.
• Students must be in class in order to receive credit for their assignments. 
• Late assignments will not be accepted AFTER the last Friday before Finals Week. 

Grading Scale 

*The days we are in the weight room and using the areas of the PE department we will be following the expectations utilized by PE. See details in the link below.

Sports Med Fitness Syllabus.docx