Baltimore County Public Schools

Advancing excellence together

Baltimore County Public Schools students will have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue a lifetime of healthful physical activity and exercise.

Physical education is a vital part of a well-rounded education that teaches the whole child through instruction in the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains. The comprehensive physical education program provides students with a variety of culturally relevant and meaningful experiences to understand the implications and benefits of physical activity.

The Office of Health and Physical Education’s mission is to support and advocate for sequential and developmentally appropriate high quality physical education programs that empower all students to value physical activity and become physically literate for a lifetime. Physically literate students (1) develop the motivation and ability to understand, communicate, apply, and analyze various forms of movement, (2) demonstrate a variety of movements competently and confidently across a wide range of physical activities, (3) make healthy active choices that are both beneficial too and respectful of their selves, others, and their environment.