Are you currently enrolled as a full-time Washoe County School District or WCSD sponsored Charter School high school student? Do you participate in or have an interest in participating in group classes at an approved facility? If so, you are eligible to earn PE credit through Physical Education (PE) Options

Registrations:

• Please scan the QR code or the link below under Required Forms and Links
• Course hours do not count until the registration is received by Extended Studies and the semester begins. You must register each semester.
• You MUST use an approved gym from the list found under Required Forms and Links below and attend classes to participate in the Extended Studies PE Options course.

Submit monthly hours:

• Email to extendedstudies@washoeschools.net; (please add our email to your trusted website addresses to prevent spam filing.)
  • Please do not attach links.
  • Please ensure picture submissions are clear, large enough to read and right side up..
  • Attendance Report and gym class schedules must be submitted together monthly.
  • Semester Deadlines and Timelines are listed below.

Students may earn a 1/2 (.5) PE credit by providing evidence of 60 hours of participating in a group class at an approved fitness facility. Physical Education (PE) Options are offered on a semester basis.

• Students must complete 60 hours (3,600 minutes) of live instructor-led group classes within the semester to earn .5 PE credit. The instructor may not be the student’s parent or relative. Video classes are not accepted. 
• Students may not count hours working out on their own or with a personal trainer.
• Hours are reported each month by email to extendedstudies@washoeschools.net Students report their hours in the first week of the following month after they have accrued them. When reporting hours each month, they must submit the gym schedule for the class they participated in. Circle the classes they attend and ensure their beginning and end times coincide with their attendance card.

• The certified instructor must sign the PE Options Attendance Card at the end of each group class.

• The facility manager or supervisor whose signature is on file with Extended Studies must sign the monthly PE Options Attendance Card to verify the instructors’ signatures.

• Classes under one (1) hour may not be rounded up. For example, a 45-minute class does not count as one (1) hour.

• Students may count up to two (2) hours of instructor-led group classes per day. If the student attends two (2) different classes, both instructors must sign the attendance card.

• Students may earn only .5 credit through PE Options per semester, with a maximum of two (2) credits (physical education credit) earned in total through PE Options in their high school career.

• Students must re-apply each semester for PE Options by submitting a new, completed application. Students may register once per semester/summer for a maximum of .5 PE credit.

• S/U grades are awarded for PE Options and do not affect the student’s GPA.

Failure to fully and properly complete and submit the course requirements will result in the student’s forfeiture of the opportunity to earn credit through PE Options for the semester.

Please click on the links below to download the required registration, the approved facility list and extra attendance cards.

Required Forms & Links

• 2025-26 Approved Facility List
• Extra Attendance Cards
• PE Options Registration Form

• PE Options Facility Renewal Application 

Scan the QR code, or download the link, to complete the registration/enrollment and submit to extendedstudies@washoeschools.net at the Extended Studies Department.                                         

 Questions?

Call Extended Studies at 775-353-6990. 

If you participate in a pre-professional or competitive sport, click here for the appropriate program. 

Spring Semester Due Dates (01/06/25 - 06/06/25)

Summer Semester Due Dates (06/16/25 - 7/27/25)