High School Physical Education

Physical education facilities include a fully equipped gymnasium, a dance studio, locker rooms and the playing fields of Central Park. The program focuses on three different aspects of movement: sport, dance, and exercise. The physical education courses use a variety of games and activities to pursue skill mastery, fitness, cooperation, group dynamics, problem solving and ethics. Students are taught with proper warm-up and appropriate fitness concepts.

Physical education in the High School is offered two times per week for one hour each class. All students are required to change into the Trevor Day School physical education uniform.

Facilities The Physical Education Department classes are held when the weather permits at the Great Lawn located on 86th Street in Central Park, and in the West Campus gymnasium.
Open Gymnasium Time During the week, students who have met their daily schoolwork can come to the gymnasium and ask for additional help in any particular sport. Students are encouraged to seek out a physical education teacher to help organize games and activities as long as the gymnasium is available.
Exemption All Students who participate on a junior varsity or a varsity team are exempt from physical education for that season. All junior varsity and varsity teams meet five times per week. If a student chooses to participate in athletics and is exempt, at the completion of the season/trimester the student is required to re-enroll in physical education class.
Taking Dance for Physical Education credit Students in tenth through twelfth grades can choose to attend dance in place of physical education. Students who pass their dance class receive physical education credit. Dance classes meet two times per week.

Note: Curriculum is fluid and ever changing. Trevor Day School reserves the right to change its courses and the content of these courses. It should also be noted that policies, practices, and procedures may change during an academic year