Students participate in physical education classes four days a cycle and attend health class one day a cycle. Health education in sixth grade explores six major topics: nutrition and fitness, family life/growth and development, personal health, drugs, alcohol and tobacco, intentional and unintentional injuries, and community and environmental health. These units are taught with a hands-on approach and supplemented with guest speakers.

This required year-long course for seventh and eighth-grade students concentrates on issues of wellness and on the concept of health as a continuum. Topics discussed throughout the semester include: fitness and nutrition, communicable and chronic diseases, drugs, alcohol and tobacco issues, body systems, eating disorders, character education (resisting peer pressure, internet safety, and peer interactions) as well as other current health topics. The class lessons will be supplemented by guest speakers, novels, and hands-on lessons. All students are required to take this course during either the seventh or eighth-grade year. 

Students participate in physical education classes four days a cycle and attend health class one day a cycle. Physical education emphasizes building physical and social skills to ensure good teamwork. Students learn the rules and skills of the sports in which they will participate for their remaining years at Sanford.

Students participate in physical education classes six days a cycle and attend health class one day a cycle. At Sanford, participation, commitment, dedication and a strong work ethic toward skills that will help students achieve success in interscholastic competition are emphasized. Daily lessons incorporate physical fitness as students learn the rules and skills of the sports in which they will participate for their remaining years at Sanford.