Wellness is an integral part of the total education program, and together, work to promote and empower individual student wellness. The goal of the physical education component to the wellness curriculum is the development of competence, confidence and persistence as it relates to educating students in, about and through movement to promote physical activity for a lifetime. The health component to the wellness curriculum is designed to develop a student’s health literacy with a focus on skill development, and a knowledge and understanding of the factors and choices that promote healthy and balanced living. The wellness curriculum gives students the opportunity to focus on the process of wellness in relationship to their own lives and their emerging autonomy, and to help students meet the physical, emotional, cognitive and social demands of a healthy and balanced life through college and career