Sally Boettger
Department Chair, Faculty
Health and Fitness Department
OLP is committed to ensuring that all students develop habits for a healthy lifestyle rooted in a philosophy of wellness and self-care.
OLP Health and Fitness Department has a two-year requirement. There are several ways students can achieve this requirement. All students at OLP are required to take the Health course and one semester of an activity course through the Health and Fitness Department. Once students have taken those two courses, there are multiple pathways for students to complete their two-year (10 unit requirement). This includes taking two additional activity courses offered by the department. OLP CIF Athletics participation may also be used toward the Health and Fitness two-year requirement during students sophomore, junior and/or senior years. Please note that athletic participation in a student's frosh year does not count toward the Health and Fitness Department graduation unit requirement.
Any OLP CIF sport or ISPE can only count sophomore through senior year.
Course Offerings:
- Yoga
- Strength & Conditioning
- Health
- Retro PE
- Online Health
Profiles
Karen Hsu
Faculty
Maurice Douglas
Coach
Health (required)
- Open To: Grades 9-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- Satisfies Health graduation requirement
- Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course is an introduction to health and wellness and will cover emotional health, stress management, weight management & dieting, nutrition, substance abuse, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS. A variety of professional guest speakers are invited to supplement course content.
Yoga I
- Open To: Grades 9-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- This course fulfills one semester of the Health & Fitness graduation requirement.
- Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Yoga will focus on building strength, flexibility, and endurance. Students will also learn mindfulness, breathing exercises, concentration techniques, and stress-reducing techniques. Primary principles beyond the physical practice include chakras in Yoga I and the 8 limb path of yoga in Yoga II.
Yoga II
- Open To: Grades 9-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- This course fulfills one semester of the Health & Fitness graduation requirement.
- Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Yoga will focus on building strength, flexibility, and endurance. Students will also learn mindfulness, breathing exercises, concentration techniques, and stress-reducing techniques. Primary principles beyond the physical practice include chakras in Yoga I and the 8 limb path of yoga in Yoga II.
Strength and Conditioning I
- Open To: Grades 9-12
Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
This course fulfills one semester of the Health & Fitness graduation requirement.
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Strength and Conditioning I is for all levels of athletic ability. This course is designed to familiarize students with the principles of strength and conditioning training. Safe, proper lifting techniques and conditioning methods will be taught. Students will develop the knowledge necessary to track their resistance training progress and will experience quality workout sessions in class. Tests and measurements of fitness, strength, conditioning, and progress will be a means of assessment and evaluation. Strength and Conditioning I is encouraged for the athletes whose main competitive season is from January through May.
Strength and Conditioning II
- Open To: Grades 9-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- This course fulfills one semester of the Health & Fitness graduation requirement.
- Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Strength and Conditioning II is for all levels of athletic ability. This course is designed to familiarize students with the principles of strength and conditioning training. Safe, proper lifting techniques and conditioning methods will be taught. Students will develop the knowledge necessary to track their resistance training progress and will experience quality workout sessions in class. Tests and measurements of fitness, strength, conditioning, and progress will be a means of assessment and evaluation. Strength and Conditioning II is encouraged for the athletes whose main competitive season is from August through December.
Functional Strength and Mobility
- Open To: Grades 9-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- This course fulfills one semester of the Health & Fitness graduation requirement.
- Prerequisites: None
Course Description: All levels of athletic ability are accepted in this course, however, this course is tailored toward the student who spends a considerable amount of time outside of school hours practicing, training, and competing either for OLP or offsite clubs. This Functional Strength and Mobility course is a strength training course that is designed to teach students to learn how to target and train muscular imbalances for better performance. Active recovery, joint mobility, and soft tissue release techniques will also be taught.
Group Fitness
- Open To: Grades 9-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- This course fulfills one semester of the Health & Fitness graduation requirement.
- Prerequisites: None
Course Description: The Group Fitness Course is a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and Body Pump style course that is a form of physical activity that combines muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness in a group setting. This course is similar to circuit type workouts that are usually set to music. Students will work up a sweat while actively learning technique and proper etiquette in group exercise classes.
Retro Physical Education I
- Open To: Grades 9-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- OLP Graduation Requirement
- Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Retro PE is a traditional style physical education course that combines physical activity to create healthy lifelong habits. This course is geared toward the student who enjoys activity through participation in a variety of sports and fitness activities.
Retro Physical Education II
- Open To: Grades 9-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- This course fulfills one semester of the PE graduation requirement.
- Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Retro PE is a traditional style physical education course that combines physical activity to create healthy lifelong habits. This course is geared toward the student who enjoys activity through participation in a variety of sports and fitness activities.
Independent Physical Education
- Open To: Grades 10-12
- Course Length: Semester; 5 Units
- This course can be repeated for 10 total units of Health & Fitness credit. This course fulfills one semester of the Health & Fitness graduation requirement.
- Prerequisites: Verification by Health and Fitness Department Chair and Assistant Principal of Instruction; must be pre-approved through application process one academic year prior to enrolling in the course. Must pass FitnessGram Freshmen year in order to use ISPE for Health and Fitness credit (2024 and later).
Course Description: This independent study provides students an opportunity to receive credit outside of the OLP Health and Fitness course offerings. Qualifying activities for this Independent PE study include: participating on an OLP sports team for one season in grades 10, 11, and/or 12, and participating on a sports team or individual sport not offered at OLP with a minimum of six hours of active participation per week for the duration of a semester in grades 10, 11, and/or 12. Transcript records will reflect a pass or fail grade.