Right now many students spend hundreds of hours outside of school playing sports. They sacrifice a lot of time and put forth great amounts of effort to excel in their sport. However, they are still required by district policy to take three semesters of PE during their four years in high school. This wastes time that athletes could be using to take other interesting classes or studying for core classes and major tests. In order to help athletes handle their classes in school and participate in athletics outside of school, student athletes should be allowed to waive two semesters of PE. To waive one semester of PE they must participate in a season of high school athletics, attend at least 80% of the practices, get a signature from their coach signifying that they put in a significant amount of effort, and complete a reflection at the end of the season to show what they learned from that season of their chosen sport. Student athletes will still be required to take the freshmen physical education and health courses, and the only classes that can be waived are the two semesters of PE that are currently needed in addition to those freshmen courses. Individuals that do not participate in school sports will still be required to take the full three semesters of PE to fulfill the graduation requirements. Student athletes may still take PE classes if they chose to. This petition does not apply for elementary or middle school PE credits and is only applicable to high schools within the Lake Washington School District's boundaries.
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My kids participate in both school and club sports. They go to Tesla STEM which doesn't offer PE. I would love for them to get credit for the 100s of hours they spend in sports each year and not have to spend extra hours writing the PE plan or studying for a PE exam.
Yes. PE is a big unnecessary time commitment for student athletes who are already strapped for time - often needing to choose between studying or cutting back on sleep. The longer school Day makes this even more crucial. PE also often conflicts with training or meet schedules —- for example doing a timed mile run right before a big meet.
I like that they still require themselves to do one semester of general PE. This petition honors the curricular goals of Physical Ed departments, while recognizing the extraordinary effort student athletes exhibit by playing team sports.
Son playing 2 varsity sports and had to do PE credits online. Learned much more about healthy lifestyles from coaches and teammates than an online assessment.
My son is at Redmond High and my daughter is at Redmond Middle. This petition would reflect the significant time commitment involved in playing sports and would meet the goals for physical activity reflected in PE requirements while giving students more choices re how to spend their class time. Win - win.
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I agree with this petition, including the requirement for freshman and PE and health classes.
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Right now many students spend hundreds of hours outside of school playing sports. They sacrifice a lot of time and put forth great amounts of effort to excel in their sport. However, they are still required by district policy to take three semesters of PE during their four years in high school. This wastes time that athletes could be using to take other interesting classes or studying for core classes and major tests. In order to help athletes handle their classes in school and participate in athletics outside of school, student athletes should be allowed to waive two semesters of PE. To waive one semester of PE they must participate in a season of high school athletics, attend at least 80% of the practices, get a signature from their coach signifying that they put in a significant amount of effort, and complete a reflection at the end of the season to show what they learned from that season of their chosen sport. Student athletes will still be required to take the freshmen physical education and health courses, and the only classes that can be waived are the two semesters of PE that are currently needed in addition to those freshmen courses. Individuals that do not participate in school sports will still be required to take the full three semesters of PE to fulfill the graduation requirements. Student athletes may still take PE classes if they chose to. This petition does not apply for elementary or middle school PE credits and is only applicable to high schools within the Lake Washington School District's boundaries.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 25, 2018
June 23, 2018
The momentum behind this proposal is increasing as we approach the two hundred and fifty signature milestone. I encourage each of you to direct a friend or classmate to this page to help us reach our target today.
Reached 100 supporters
June 21, 2018
June 20, 2018
The number of signatures is nearing one hundred. Please post this link to your social media accounts to help us reach this target today.
48 Comments
2-3 Varsity Sports + PE = Overuse injuries. I have the medical bills to prove it. Northshore already does this. Many thanks to those championing this effort.
My kids participate in both school and club sports. They go to Tesla STEM which doesn't offer PE. I would love for them to get credit for the 100s of hours they spend in sports each year and not have to spend extra hours writing the PE plan or studying for a PE exam.
Yes. PE is a big unnecessary time commitment for student athletes who are already strapped for time - often needing to choose between studying or cutting back on sleep. The longer school Day makes this even more crucial. PE also often conflicts with training or meet schedules —- for example doing a timed mile run right before a big meet.
I like that they still require themselves to do one semester of general PE. This petition honors the curricular goals of Physical Ed departments, while recognizing the extraordinary effort student athletes exhibit by playing team sports.
Son playing 2 varsity sports and had to do PE credits online. Learned much more about healthy lifestyles from coaches and teammates than an online assessment.
My son is at Redmond High and my daughter is at Redmond Middle. This petition would reflect the significant time commitment involved in playing sports and would meet the goals for physical activity reflected in PE requirements while giving students more choices re how to spend their class time. Win - win.
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I agree with this petition, including the requirement for freshman and PE and health classes.
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2-3 Varsity Sports + PE = Overuse injuries. I have the medical bills to prove it. Northshore already does this. Many thanks to those championing this effort.