VOLUME 33, 2023-24 • 1560 MINNEWAWA, CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA93619 • CLOVIS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Purpose of Handbook

The purpose of this handbook is to acquaint you with the procedures and regulations that will help you to do a bet-ter job during your course of physical education.

Objectives of the Department

1. To achieve a CUSD healthy fitness score, demon-strating cardio/respiratory endurance, muscular strength,muscular endurance,	and appro-priate body composition on five components of the California Physical Fitness Test (PFT).
2. To develop an understandingof rules, concepts, and strategies ofvariousphysicalactivitiesandsportsthat includeindividual, group, and fitnessexperiences.
3. To develop physical and social skills that allow per-sonal fulfillmentin leisure time.
4. To establish a foundation and develop an aware-ness of the importance of physical well-being.
5. To be receptive to cultural differences of the population.
6. To provideparticipationin a wide varietyof physical activities and sports in order to identify areas of enjoy-ment and benefit.

Philosophy

Additional Class Expectations

PE Clothing & Locks

Buchanan PE clothes and locks can be purchased at any time during the school year in the PE locker room coaches offices. Appropriate attire consists of:

Shorts: Navy Blue Buchanan PE Shorts or solid navy blue (no pockets and no other color on shorts.)

Shoes: Any athletic shoes

Shirt: White Buchanan PE shirt, PE Bear Strong shirt, or plain white t-shirt with sleeves.

Sweatshirts: Must be worn over proper PE t-shirt. Can be plain grey or black.

Sport specific PE classes may have additional attire requirements. But all Core and Lifetime PE classes will follow the above requirements.

Checks for PE clothing should be made out to Clovis Unified School District. .

Curriculum

Expectations

CUSD requires that all high school students success-fully complete four semesters of comprehensive core physical education and four semesters of elective physical education. The curricular areas of participa-tion and study as outlined in the CA Department of Education Physical Education Framework include:

	Fitness walking

	Gymnastics/tumbling 	Electives
	Individual/Dual Sports 	Outdoor Education
	Aquatics

	Team sports

Grading

Gradesaredeterminedbyapercentageofpointsearned: 90-100=A
80-89=B 70-79=C

	OFF LIMITS	

Studentsarenotallowedingyms,weightroom,fitnesscenteror

locker room without a teacher/coach present. The locker room will not beopenduringtheclassperiodfornon-PEstudents. Anystudent found inthe locker roomoutside their PE period or sport teamperiod willbereferredtoStudentServices.

60-69=D 59Below=F
Gradesarebasedon:

LOCKER ROOM SECURITY

DressandDailyParticipation Skillsand/orWrittenTests WeeklyFitnessAssessment
Studentsearnpointdailyby:

1.	Being on time and in correct attire, as described in this hand-book(30%)

2.	Active participation and effort during the entire class period (40%)
3.	SkillsAssessmentTesting(10%) 4.	FitnessAssessmentTesting(10%) 5.	WrittenAssessments(10%)

In general, daily points are earned by meeting all the responsibilities duringtheentirephysicaleducationperiod.

NON-DRESSES

Students will receive “non-dress” loss of points for not wear-ing the proper PE atire, as described in page 1.
ABSENCE POLICY

P. . is a class that is participation and performance orient-ed. Consistent attendance is very important and excessive absences will adversely affect a student's grade. Absences due to school activities or school business (clubs DO NOT reside under this umbrella) do not count against a student's attendance. All other absences (even excused absences) will count against a student’s grade but may be made up as out-lined in our make-up policy. Unexcused absences cannot be made up. For 3rd and 4th periods, full attendance is taken at the beginning and end of the period.

MEDICAL EXCUSES

P r n s and/or BHS School Nurse notes do not excuse stu-dents from daily point requirements, thus missing points must be made up during make-up PE.

Any student with a medical note excusing 3 or more weeks of PE will be placed in Medical PE. This includes doctors notes stating no running or jumping.	Grades from medical PE will be averaged with the students grade prior to medi-cal note. Students with medical notes designating less than 3 weeks of need, will remain in class and teacher will as-sign make-up assignments for the duration of the period of the note.

REPORTALLTHEFTSTO YOUR INSTRUCTOR.

Allstudentswillbeassignedalockeraftertheir lockerslipisturnedin.

All students will use only theirspecificassignedlocker.Anyunas-signedlockerwithalockonitwillbeopened,andthecontentsremoved.
1.	Studentswillnot share their locker with anyone for any reason.
2.	Students will not share their lock’s combination and will make everyeffortokeeptheircombinationsecure.
3.	Studentswillneverleave anunlockedlockerunattended
4.	StudentsmayuselockersforPEorafterschoolCUSDAthleticsPro-gramsonly.
5.	Studentswillputalltheirpersonalbelongingsintotheirassignedlocker, leavingnothingoutsidethelockeronthefloor/bench.
6.	Studentswilluseacombination(notkey)lock..
7.	Thereisnohangingoutinthelockerroombeforeorafterschoolor at breakorlunch.
8.	Studentswillnothavecellphones//headphonesinthelockerrooms.

PEDepartmentisnotresponsibleforlostand/orstolenitemsfromlocker room/lockers. Violations of these rules will result in a referral to Student Services.

HOLDING AREA

Students must remain in the holding (behind the blue gated area) until the passing bell rings. Students who disregard this will be referred to Student Services.

ATHLETES

O h r than for special	all athletes will be required to dress out and participateon game day. On game days, athletes will be released at the appropriate times to change in the locker room under the supervision of their coach(es). Athletes will not be allowed to participate in after school sports programs when having a note excusing them from PE activities.

INJURIES

Report any injury that may occur during the P.E. period to a P.E. instructor.

Make-up Policies

Make up PE sections will be provided during 5th peri-od (lunch) Tuesday and Wednesday for those students wishing to make up excused absences.

A student must be fully dressed out in the proper PE attire (see pg. 1 of this handbook) for core and lifetime PE classes.

Students will bring their ID cards and meet behind the boys locker room within 10 minutes after the 5th peri-od/lunch bell rings in order to participate.

Each make-up PE day constitutes one hour’s worth of points.

Excused absences can be made up throughout the se-mester in accordance with CUSD policies.

Unexcused absences cannot be made up.

Any CUSD student who scores 4 points or below on any CUSD Fitness Test, may retake the test for a maxi-mum of 6 points as long as they score in that point range (see PFT grading scales on the last page.)

Athletic PE Classes

Athletic PE classes are for students who are/will be	par-ticipating in/on a Buchanan High School sports team (must be a CIF school sport not club). Enrollment in the class is a privilege, therefore: those who don’t follow the class guidelines/standards, who are tardy, not dressed in proper attire, are not on a team, are cut from team, who cannot keep up with the physical expectations, who cannot meet CUSD fitness standards, or do not represent themselves inside or outside of class in such a fashion that is expected from team members (such as low GPA or inappropriate behavior) will be removed and put in a regular PE class held during the same period. Enrollment in Athletic PE classes must be approved by Buchanan High School Direc-tor of Sport and instructor.

These classes will be working on strength, speed, and en-durance training, while maintaining the CUSD PE curricu-lum for physical education.

11th & 12th PE Classes

Directed Studies, Lifetime and Cross Age PE class prerequisites:

•	Students must have a teacher recommendation and
•	Passed last school years PE class with a “B” or better •	Met CUSD fitness standards from previous school
year and maintained CUSD fitness standard •	Maintained a grade of “B” or better in class

Contracts for Directed Studies and Cross Age PE will outline other requirements for the class

Students who do not meet the criteria of the class will be removed and placed in core PE.

Buchanan Physical Education Teachers

Irene Jauregui- Department Chair

Ross Wood-Head Football Coach

TBD-Head Baseball Coach

Adam Wall-Head Girls Basketball Coach

John Jay-Assistant Athletic Director Head Boys & Girls Volleyball Coach

Shannon Donald -Pep & Cheer Coach

Troy Tirapelle-Head Wrestling Coach

Brian Weaver– Head track and Cross Country Coach

Brad Fontes

Joe Kemp

Irene Teraoka

Bryan Schaake

Tim Randall

CUSD PHYSICAL FITNESS

TESTING HEALTHY GUIDELINES AND GRADING SCALE

The below scores are based on a students age as of April 1 of the school year. Students must score in the healthy zone for all test to receive full credit. Tests will be conducted through out the school years and all test will be administered twice a year.

14 year old Boys	15 year old Boys	16+ year old boys	All Girls
Grade Level	8:15	10pts	7:50	10pts	7:30	10pts	10:00	10pts

8:16-8:45           8pts 8:46-9:15           6pts 9:16-9:45           4pts 9:46-10:15         2 pts
10:16-14:00	1 pt

7:51-8:20	8pts 8:21-8:50	6pts 8:51-9:20	4pts 9:21-9:50      2 pts
9:51-14:00	1 pt

7:31-8:00	8pts 8:01-8:30	6pts 8:31-9:00	4pts 9:01-9:30      2 pts
9:31-14:00	1 pt

10:01-10:30	8pts 10:31-11:00	6pts 11:01-11:30	4pts 11:31-12:00      2 pts
12:01-14:00	1 pt

Modified Pull ups

14 and 15 year old Boys	16 year old Boys	17+ year old Boys	All Girls
Grade Level	11	10pts	12	10pts	14	10pts	6	10pts

9	8pts 7	6pts 5	4pts 3                  2 pts
1	1 pt

10	8pts 8	6pts 6	4pts 4              2 pts
2	1 pt

12             8pts 10             6pts 8              4pts 6              2 pts
4	1 pt

5	8pts 4	6pts 3	4pts 2                2 pts
1	1 pt

Curl ups/Sit ups

14 year old Boys	15+ year old Boys	14 year old Girls	15 + year old Girls
Grade Level	35	10pts	37	10pts	22	10pts	25	10pts

30	8pts 25	6pts 20	4pts 15                 2 pts
10	1 pt

33	8pts 28	6pts 23	4pts 18             2 pts
13	1 pt

18	8pts 14	6pts 12	4pts 10            2 pts
8	1 pt

23	8pts 21	6pts 19	4pts 17               2 pts
15	1 pt

Sit and Reach

All Boys	14 year old Girls	15 + year old Girls
Grade Level	8	10pts	10	10pts	12	10pts

7	8pts 6	6pts 5	4pts 4              2 pts
3	1 pt

9	8pts 8	6pts 7	4pts 6              2 pts
5	1 pt

11               8pts 10               6pts 9                4pts 8                2 pts
7	1 pt

I have read Physical Education Guidelines Handbook and reviewed them with my child. We understand the policies as stated.

*Buchanan High School claims no responsibility/liability for personal possessions in locker room*

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