HPER

Our Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department aims to promote a healthy lifestyle by cultivating an understanding of the importance of wellness and activity throughout one's lifetime. We have developed a kinesthetic approach to learning that engages our students and encourages the transfer of learning from working memory to long term application. As they develop literacies around health, our students are empowered, and in many cases inspired, to manage their own healthy lifestyles. This carries over to social maturity as well. The pillars of teamwork and sportsmanship help foster the values of cooperation, collaboration, and respect.  Ultimately, we believe that understanding injury prevention, care, and management are necessary to maintain a long, healthy, and active life.

*Note: Participation in interscholastic athletics, with the exception of badminton, may be applied to fulfilling HPER graduation requirements (20 credits) with a maximum of 5 credits being allowed in a school year. A total of 15 such credits can be applied over four years, only when the student needs the credits to fulfill the 20 credits needed for graduation. Participation in De La Salle club rugby can also be used for HPER credit if needed. Participation should meet the mandatory requirements as outlined by the athletic department. Participation levels are up to the discretion of the coach with approval from the Vice President of Athletics. De La Salle Club Ice Hockey and Club Trap Shooting do not earn HPER credit and participation in athletic activities outside De La Salle cannot be used for HPER credit. Team managers do not earn PE Credit.  For transfers into De La Salle, athletic participation credit from a previous school will be included using the same guidelines used at the student's former school.  In rare cases when a student takes Jazz Band and Band during both Zero (0) and Seventh Periods (7th) for three years, the student can petition to the registrar with VPA and HPER approval to be exempt from Five (5) HPER credits.