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The General Physical Education department applies itself to the needs of mainly bipedal human-sized folks. With overall fitness in mind, the year's course will include a quarterly assessment of health so that no one is going to be overwhelmed or if they're already 'in shape' that they are suited to another class instead. Both indoors and outdoors activities such as basic gymnastics, weight training, running, and simple ball sports (usually not team-based) are covered in a curtailed manner. When more specific goals are intended, the student usually will be moved into that course before the middle of the first Quarter.

Coach Atkinson has retired and been replaced by Mr Tseo ("coach Joe") for the boys and some ball sports. However at this time Coach Atkinson is still an assistant to both the overall PE and the specific Ball Sports instructors including Yugi Neko.

Kaytcha has numerous friends and professional connections and she is usually helped by those who do water sports, o'Tir and Dane Rhein both originally assisted and have now got their full professor status.

Draconic Physical Education was obviously needed once the full extent of dragonry attendance was known. By and for dragons, though sometimes also aided by dragon-adjacent or shapeshifting individuals, these courses address mainly 'four legged two winged' or variations on that theme. Dragons attending CHS do not need to be impressed or bonded to a humanoid or other dragon to attend, they merely need to demonstrate the desire to show up regularly to classes, and accept the grades they get...

Overall these classes for dragons include exercises in climbing, ground running and agility, learning to fly, swim, or burrow as physical needs arise. Also health education for both dragon and bond if needed. Small dragons may attend internal classes, but the larger ones may have their own entire section of the Magical Campus for their use at this point, as it was already a pocket dimension suitable for large scale events.

There are further Draconic PE courses listed below in their more specialized categories.

Dance Hall & Auditorium

All dance classes have been moved to more specific use venues. A newly constructed two floor Dance Hall is nearer the main campus but the lower floor also includes the ability to shift to full roller-derby and competitive interior rolling sports with a surface that can be altered from a large flat area to an incline-sided ring or reconfigured to any number of lumps and bumps for entertainment. Of course the Auditorium is still fit for a large audience, with the stage available for everything from poetry sessions and theater plays, ballet recitals to modern catwalk modeling shows, to full on rock and roll concerts!

Delia Carson and Dyshelle Jefferson head up the main 'generic solo dance' classes, while King Zvan attends more formal and highly competitive ballroom scenes, mainly couples. The professional Benali Dance Academy has chosen to center their work here at CHS and the ballet troupe produces stunning performances.

While the draconic counterpart is usually held outside, for size and space concerns, they also make use of the big screen in the auditorium for their own performance! This course includes non-bipedal instruction, so if you're a taur or quad (or more!) there's a spot for you in this course!

Boreah instructs in her Hyperlab, among the few classes dedicated to purely* energy or code-based lifeforms attending the school. Their performances may also be watched on screen when they're in competitive mode, at any of the campus lounges! *Note that physical beings may opt to use a cyberdeck or other such interface if they want to attend and participate.

Velenis and Magni Darrow help in performances that seem 'adult' in nature, but let's be real here: 99% of adults cannot even hope to lift themselves onto a pole to dance, and even fewer are able to literally fly to perform their dances in mid-air! Other instructors for these classes may appear here and there for coaching team dance or other types, including Carson's replacement for antigrav aerobics 5th period, Lela Dyal.

The Cheerleading classes have been vastly expanded with their new instructor Zhountiq Zuvraat (who goes by his first name on the lists because there are already two Zuvraats and mom's got the Z spoken for). He has Pep Squad, Team Structures, Large-Scale and Competitive cheering classes, and serves as the driver for local events - as well as one of the Bollywood Flashmob instructors, which is somewhat similar to Cheering already. With a broad interest in flexibility and performance, the new Zeddian instructors work on Gymnastics for competitive events as well as dramatic shows.

The personal aspects of training for individual gains are represented by this cluster of 'solo' type events, though Wrasslin is definitely a pairs feature. These classes may also overlap with other types of class such as performance, textiles, and physical therapy. Probably the most popular among these is Van Sanger's Posing and Weight Training course, which attracts a good number of spectators during free periods...

The Hand-Eye Skill training classes include solo, pairs, and teamwork for juggling, darts, and occasionally cross over to various track and field events, ball sports, air hockey, foosball, 'boardwalk' style skill (?) games, and and the like.

While several of these courses also have competitive angles, they mostly provide a method for personal outlets without the requirements of a team sport.

With the exception of the Interdimensional Surfing portion of these classes, all of the water-based PE events have been moved to a much larger venue upgraded with the rest of the campus. While their older pool was more than adequate for humanoid-sized students, it's been clear that they needed bigger and bolder areas to work with. The Dome being out in the actual ocean means that safety equipment is set up for events, but otherwise usually is in the form of on-site lifeguards rather than more complex force fields or netting. Anything that can injure local wildlife or surfers is put up with obvious warnings and is taken down when an event is over.

The smaller and more shallow Campus Pool is still in use for lap training, speed events, team ball sports, diving, and safety courses. However the new Wave Pool consists of a very large lagoon-shaped bulb end (with 'natural' looking rock formations and even shade trees, thanks to the Create Your Own Planet crew), mechanical and magical wave-motion that can be controlled from several access points (that turn off when not needed, this is not a constant churn danger), and much higher diving platforms, much deeper waters for aquatic students, and a connection to the beach outlet at the Dome build below Beach Boulevard.

While several staff members have retired or moved to other courses, Ridley O'tir and Dean Rhein have been joined by a few new faces over the years. Surfer Dude does surf but also tackles those weirder non-water 'Interdimensional' surf classes that may or may not overlap with the teleportation and dimensionality area. Kitty ahlKhat is a resident professional surfer graduated in a nebulously 'prior' era, the daughter of another ahlKhat prof; Plunge is a very new draconic arrival with safety on her mind; Apogee has been dragged from Abode by one of her oldest friends who is also an instructor, and takes all of her new duties with the casual ease of a team leader.

All manner of safety methods are in place to prevent student or spectator injury, but sometimes water has its own ideas, so please exercise caution at all times around any of the campus' varied water features.

The Track and Field department covers motion and running, as well as the traditional events which should only be handled outdoors such as javelin and shot put, high and long jumping, and the like. The new larger field incorporates a running track as well as cycling, though more rolling sports occur indoors and with their own grouped classes below.

Leticia ahlKhat and Marsha Phillips are both energetic Kin with practical experiences that vary considerably. Since Leticia has a more 'hands on' approach, and MVP is an actual local superhero whose speed and grace is well known, these classes are often watched by many!

Draconic field classes handle all sizes of dragons, though many who are 'large' (over 15' at the shoulder) receive magical or technological devices to bring them to an equalized size, typically around 7' at the shoulder. They are also afforded a bigger field to really let loose with their full size at least once a month!

The Urbex challenges that Aliya Saqqaf offers are taken by heroic studies as well as basic students, and often leave campus to delve into both real and manufactured 'abandoned' locations. All are handled safely with observation, but waivers are definitely required for these courses.

The Teleportation class as well as some others cross over with the Special Trade course roster, because the ability to teleport is a requirement after all. But it's still a workout and still winds up as credit for both PE and Trade. Students who develop this power, either by mutation triggered at puberty, or some development of magical or other source, are encouraged to take this class and work with the instructors after school, because teleportation of either yourself or things around you is highly dangerous.