- • Nutritional deficiencies;
- • The principles of healthy weight management;
- • The use and misuse of dietary supplements;
- • Safe food preparation, handling, and storage; and
- • Appreciation of cultural diversity related to food and eating.
- • Age-appropriate nutrition-related skills, including how to:
- o Gather and analyze health information;
- o Analyze nutrition information to plan and prepare a healthy meal;
- o Understand and use food labels,
- o Evaluate nutrition information, misinformation, and commercial food and advertising; and
- o Assess one’s personal eating habits, set goals for improvement, and achieve those goals.

### Health and Physical Education

The superintendent or designee will adopt and implement a comprehensive physical education curriculum aligned with the Washington State Health and Physical Education K-12 Learning Standards. The district will provide students with physical education, using an age-appropriate, sequential physical education curriculum. The physical education program will promote the benefits of a physically active lifestyle and help students develop skills to engage in lifelong healthy habits.

### Physical Education Requirements and Waiver Policy

All high school students are required to complete a minimum of three semesters (1.5 credits) of physical education. The district may excuse a student from this fitness requirement under RCW 28A.230.050 on account of physical disability, employment, religious belief, participation in directed athletics or military science or tactics, or for other good cause. Such excused students will be required to demonstrate proficiency/competency in the knowledge portion of the fitness requirement, in accordance with written district policy.

Although physical disability can be used as a rationale for excusing a student from participation in Physical Education, the district will provide Adapted Physical Education that is aligned to Washington state K-12 Physical Education Learning Standards if physical education is set out in that student’s IEP and is specially designed to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability. Professional Learning The district will, subject to available resources, offer ongoing in-service and professional learning opportunities for staff in the area of health education, physical education, and physical activity. Professional learning will help district staff understand the connections between academics and health and the ways in which health and wellness are integrated into ongoing district reform or academic improvement plans/efforts. Professional learning opportunities related to health and fitness are available at: https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/resources-subject-area/health-and-physical-education/training- and-staff-development.

### Physical Activity in Schools

All schools will participate in a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program. A Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) is a multi-component approach by which school districts and schools use all opportunities for students to be physically active, meet the nationally-recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day, and develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime. A CSPAP reflects strong coordination and synergy across all of the components: quality physical education as the foundation, physical activity before, during, and after school, staff involvement, and family and community engagement.

### Quality Physical Education

Schools will implement a physical education program which includes instruction and practice in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns; knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics related to movement and performance; knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of