Al Huda Islamic Schools believes that physical education must be a part of the school curriculum.  The program provides students with opportunities to learn motor skills, develop fitness and gain understanding about physical activity. There are many physical benefits gained include: disease prevention, safety and injury avoidance, decreased morbidity and premature mortality, and increased mental health. 

Elementary

In the elementary grades, our PE teachers penetrate the development of fundamental locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills through the main content areas of educational games, dance, and gymnastics. Using our facilities, we engage the students in sports activites like soccer, basketball, volleyball and track.   Quality instruction by physical education professionals is critical if children are to develop fundamental motor patterns (e.g. jump, throw, skip, hop, catch, and kick). The motor skill foundations established during the elementary grades may help children’s social, cognitive and physical development and increase the interest and participation in physical activity.

Middle School

As our students move into Middle School, they are ready to experience a wider variety of fundamental movements, including traditional sports, adventure activities.  We encourage students to join us in doing extra sports activities like hiking, camping and skiing.  ICH (The Islamic Center of Hawthorne) has group activities and trips, like the annual skiing trip, famil camp and Youth camp.  Many of our student take a part in those activities.  It is during this period when students are capable of refining, combining and applying a variety of sport-related and lifetime skills. Students may explore after-school opportunities such as Soccer, Drama and Basketball.  Rapid growth during the pre-adolescent years may affect students’ interests, choices, and activity patterns. Physical education programs offer a variety of activities to meet and expand student interests.