The Health, Physical Education and Athletics Division provides the opportunity for students to maintain a healthy and well-balanced life. Students can choose from a variety of class offerings including fitness/wellness, individual and team sports, dance, Adaptive Physical Education and other activities designed to improve health, fitness, movement and creative expression. In addition, the Contemporary Health Problems class offered by this division is a lecture course designed to give students the knowledge necessary to develop life styles that will lengthen and enhance the quality of their lives. The following departments are headed by these committed department chairs:

Physical Education - Jeanine Prindle
Health - Ni Bueno
Fitness/Wellness - Carrie Gleckner
Dance - Janet Sanderson

The HPEA Division offers 19 sports, ten for men and nine for women, as the Cerritos College teams compete in the powerful South Coast Conference. During the 2005-06 year, the Falcon women's track and field team won the state championship, which was the 26th state title captured by Cerritos College sports teams in their history.

Physical education classes are also available for Cerritos College staff through the Staff Development Program.

For more information, please contact Dr. Daniel Smith, Dean of Health, Physical Education and Athletics Division.