HHS PE, Health, & Dance; Theatre Departments

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Physical Education Health Education Dance Education Theatre Arts

PHYSICAL EDUCATION/
DANCE HEALTH

Ms. Gay Petrlik, ITL

Biography
Mrs. Gay Cynthia Petrlik earned
her Bachelor of Science degree
from the University of Maryland. She has taught and coached at Hammond High School for 23 years. Mrs. Petrlik teaches
physical education classes and health classes and has written curriculum for both disciplines.

She is an American Red Cross Instructor and certifies many Hammond students and coaches
in Adult CPR yearly. She was awarded the Simon Mc Neely Award from the MAHPERD and received the Teaching Excellence Award from the Howard Community College, Howard Community College Educational Foundation and the Howard County board of Education two times.

Mrs. Petrlik coached Indoor and Outdoor Track, Field Hockey, and Girls Lacrosse at Hammond High. She was named to the Howard County Women's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

Physical Education/Health/Dance Faculty

Physical Education Overview
Physical Education helps students develop skills, knowledge, and attitudes for healthy, physically active, and productive lives.

Physical Education provides students with
opportunities to participate in activities that help them pursue physically active lifestyles while understanding that activity provides enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.

Dance Education Overview
The Dance Department at Hammond offers five levels of dance instruction:
introduction, intermediate, advanced,
junior company and company.

Students are taught ballet, jazz, modern, ethnic and tap. All dance students have
the opportunity to perform in two dance
concerts a year. Placement in Junior Company and Company are by audition.

"I don't just teach dance - I

teach LIFE through DANCE!"

~Ms. Brooke Kuhl-McClelland,
Dance Director

Health Education Overview
Health Education helps students develop
the knowledge, attitudes, and skills they
need to avoid risky behavior and maintain and improve their health. Health
instruction gives students opportunities
to practice skills that result in health promoting behaviors.

The standards for health education are designed to help students become health literate, obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and services, and use such information and services in ways that enhance health.

Ms. Petrlik

PE/Health Faculty
Ms. Gay Petrlik, ITL
Mr. Tim Cullen
Ms. Mona Reid
Mr. Bill Smith

Dance Faculty
Ms. Brooke Kuhl-McClelland

Dance Department Home

THEATRE ARTS
DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Lauren Tobiason, Director

Theatre Department Overview
The Hammond High School Theatre Department is comprised
of students in theatre courses as well as students involved in the department's production
and activities.

HHS Theatre produces two major productions each year - a fall play and a spring musical. Any student who is academically eligible can audition for these productions or participate on a technical crew.

In addition to these productions, one-act plays are written and performed by Advanced Theatre students and an improvisation group (Dramastics) performs in the spring. We seek to be an inclusive, creative, and collaborative department where artistic and personal growth are our highest goals.

Pictured - Cappies Gala 2008

Theatre Department Home

Theatre Arts Department Faculty
Mrs. Lauren Tobiason, Director
Mr. Robert Gross, Technical Director

Ms. Tobiason

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