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Physical Education
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Phillips Exeter Academy supports a comprehensive physical education program for all students. The program is designed to promote health and fitness by teaching skills in diverse physical activities and educate students in cooperative effort, fair play, and the ability to handle stress.
Physical education at Exeter includes competitive as well as instructional activities, some of which are coeducational. The program is supervised by the chair of the Physical Education Department and the Director of Athletics. Eleven members of the Physical Education Department and many faculty colleagues teach and coach in the program at a variety of levels.
The athletic complex includes two indoor skating rinks, four basketball/volleyball courts, ten international squash courts, an all-deep championship swimming pool, a four-lane training pool, a dance studio, a weight room, a training room, and visiting team locker rooms. In addition, the Thompson Cage supports the indoor track and wrestling programs. Outdoor areas include 19 all-weather tennis courts, the Plimpton Playing Fields, the Amos Alonzo Stagg baseball diamond, the Ralph Lovshin all-weather track, and the Hilliard lacrosse field. Phelps stadium, home to the football, field hockey, and lacrosse programs, includes an all weather field turf playing surface and lights. The William G. Saltonstall Boathouse stands at the opposite end of campus and was named in 1990 in honor of our former principal.
Students are required to participate in the physical education program four days per week. Those students participating on an interscholastic team typically have a six day a week commitment with contests on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. A senior or an Upper may opt out of one of the three terms of Physical Education unless he or she participates in a one-term off campus program during the school year. Ninth grade students have the opportunity to try out for a varsity or junior varsity team. Ninth grade students that do not participate in the interscholastic athletic program are placed in the junior physical education program. All students take a swim test and non-swimmers are given the opportunity for instruction throughout the year.
