Requirements for Athletics

• Class VI boys participate on a team in the fall and spring and may play on a team in the winter as well. Physical education classes are required throughout the year and introduce students to a wide variety of activities with which they might otherwise not be acquainted: European handball, soccer, flag football, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, STX ball, track and field, softball, and fitness testing.
• Classes V and IV boys are required to play on a fall and spring team and may play on a winter team as well. Class V boys who are not members of a winter team take physical education classes during the winter months.
• Classes I, II, and III boys must engage in some form of physical exercise in two of the three sport seasons, either by membership on a team or by contracting with the director of physical education to undertake an independent physical education project of their own choosing, such as weight training, running, cycling, or golf.