Curriculum Detail

Course Descriptions

Required and elective courses offered for the school year are listed in this section. Most, but not all, courses will also be offered in subsequent years. Course availability depends on enrollment. 

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Physical Education

Note: Each student is required to complete four semesters of high school PE for graduation. In addition to the courses listed below, one complete season playing on a sports team also constitutes one semester of PE, and yearlong dance classes count as two semesters of PE; in order to earn PE credit for participation on a team, a student must be in attendance 75% of the time. This can create a conflict during extracurricular performing arts productions, where it can be difficult for performing arts students to participate in both their production and a team sport for which they are trying to earn PE credit.

  • Athletic Skills

    These courses are designed to create additional practice time for our high school athletic teams and are open to all students. Coaches will instruct students through play strategy, film sessions, weight training, and game plans. On days when the skills classes coincide with a day or evening competition, the skills classes may be used as a study hall. The six skills classes offered are Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, and Volleyball. (Grades 9-12; one semester)

  • Pilates

    This course is designed to encourage students to build core muscle strength, increase body alignment and balance, improve confidence, use breath to fire into specific muscle groups, and start to develop long, lean muscles. The daily exercises, bi-weekly self-assessments and quizzes help students to identify visually and physically abdominal muscles in order to learn how to find and engage them while going through the course work. (Grades 9-12; one semester)

  • Recreational Games

    This course is designed to cover all the different types of recreational games such as: ultimate Frisbee®, badminton, floor hockey, indoor soccer, basketball, volleyball, and lacrosse. This class allows students to enjoy leisure activities with their peers and develop basic skills in the different activities. (Grades 9-12; one semester)

  • Strength and Conditioning

    This course is for the physical education student who is interested in maintaining overall fitness. This course is also designed to introduce students to weight training and high-level plyometric exercises. In addition, this course serves as a perfect fit for student-athletes who are between seasons and strive to maintain a high level of fitness. (Grades 9-12; one semester)

  • Wrestling Basics

    Wrestling Basics is designed to teach the basics of the sport of Folkstyle (high school/collegiate style) wrestling and aim to gain strength, flexibility, balance, and physical endurance. Practice/class sessions would include technical instruction, as well as sport-specific cardiovascular training. At this time, Campbell Hall will not offer Wrestling as a CIF sport. (Grades 9-12; one semester)

  • Yoga

    Hatha (physical) yoga blends the physical discipline of asana practice, breath work, and meditation in order to draw mind, body, and soul towards a more holistic balance. During the class, students will learn to ground themselves using breath and sitting meditation techniques. They will learn yoga asanas (poses) that will challenge both strength and flexibility, nourish the body, and soothe the nervous system. While the class will focus primarily on the Hatha practice of yoga, additional resources will be made available for students interested in learning the history and philosophy of yoga. (Grades 9-12; one semester)

Prerequisites + Recommendation for Courses

Some courses have prerequisites and/or require recommendation from the teacher and department chair. Students should direct questions regarding their course placement to their teachers in the spring, before or after their individual course request meetings with a principal, dean, or college counselor. Most honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses require certain grades in previous courses. A student must earn a grade of A- or higher (as determined by averaging the percentages of T1 and T2 grades) in a regular class in order to be granted the option to enroll in the next level of advanced study (usually honors or AP; in math, the next tier up of three).

Honors + Advanced Placement (AP) Courses

  • Generally move at a quicker pace and cover more material than regular college-prep courses of the same subject/name, with often higher expectations in terms of homework load
  • Are exempt from the policy that a student must have two or fewer major assessments on a day
  • Have prerequisite courses and/or grades for entry 

University of California (UC) Approved Courses

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are approved by the UC, meaning that a C- or higher in that course counts towards satisfying UC requirements and count towards a student’s UC GPA. Many courses without the mark are pending approval. These courses also marked with a (†) have an Honors/AP designation (extra GPA point) with the UC. Read more details on UC requirements

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Campbell Hall is a K-12 independent, Episcopal, gender-inclusive day school. We are a community of inquiry committed to academic excellence and to the nurturing of decent, loving, and responsible human beings.

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