SHAPE
"Starting Habits to Attain Physical Excellence"
A program developed by the GPS Physical Education Department.

Walk Through the Heart
Speed Stacks
Curriculum
Shape Award
CPR-Defibrillators
Class Pictures

SHAPE is a sequenced program of fitness and wellness required of grades six through eleven.  The letters in the word SHAPE stand for Starting Habits to Attain Physical Excellence.  The girls are taught to set their individual goals based on their current fitness level and unique capabilities for improvement.  Through testing, education, and participation in various activities, the girls will have knowledge of the health enhancing components of fitness and will be able to show mastery of this knowledge by exhibiting a physically active lifestyle.

 The sixth grade program will emphasize development and refinement of locomotor, nonlocomoter, and manipulative skills.  Body management, rhythmics, cooperative games, personal hygiene, and healthy heart activities will also be included.  Seventh graders will participate in a fitness through sports curriculum, which will include basic skills, fitness activities, and grade appropriate health lessons.  Introduction to SHAPE will be the emphasis for the eighth grade class.  The major components of physical fitness (cardiovascular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and muscular strength and endurance) will be introduced through games, fitness activities, and classroom instruction.  A unit on substance abuse will also be included.

 Interactive behavior in sports and activities provides avenues through which the character education traits are addressed and developed.  Those traits include courage, citizenship, honesty, fairness, respect for others, kindness, cooperation, self-respect, self-control, courtesy, compassion, tolerance, diligence, generosity, punctuality, cleanliness, school pride, respect of the environment, patience, creativity, sportsmanship, loyalty, and perseverance.