HEALTH EDUCATION
Health is taught to middle school students; grades 6th through 8th.
In the coming years, your child will be making decisions that impact his or her physical, emotional, mental and social health. The purpose of the Health education class is to provide students with the knowledge and resources they need to make responsible and well-informed decisions about their health. Health education is a distinctive and one-of-a-kind academic discipline that crosses a variety of subject matters (science, social studies, math, language arts, physical education), yet it retains a very personal look at human behavior. The fundamental goal of health education is to enable individuals to use knowledge and develop skills that permit them to transform unhealthy habits into healthy habits. Students are supported in their efforts to apply knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward achieving wellness and maintaining a healthy life style.
Wellness: Exploring connections between physical, mental/emotional and social health, and identifying attributes of a healthy individual.
Self-Esteem: Examining factors that influence the development of healthy self-esteem
Healthy Decision-Making Skills: Identifying factors that may influence decisions (such as peer influence), and using a decision-making model to work through stressful adolescent social situations
Human Growth & Sexuality: In presenting a unit on reproduction, the educator plays a vital role in supplementing the efforts of parents by providing information and clearing up misinformation. In doing this, the educator can often help open communication between parent and child on this topic. The following information is provided as resource material to prepare you to present a unit on reproduction.
Parents may elect to exclude their children from the Human Growth and Development Unit, by submitting a written request or email to that effect to the school.
Bullying Prevention/Empathy Development: Recognizing different types of bullying (causes and effects), and practicing assertive skills —how to respond to bullying situations and create a safe school environment
Internet, social media and technology safety: Developing strategies to avoid dangers such as cyber-bullying and Internet predators.
Substance Abuse Prevention (Tobacco and Alcohol): Understanding short and long-term effects of tobacco and alcohol on physical, mental/emotional and social health, and on the developing adolescent brain
Media Literacy: Exploring how advertisements are created; analyzing messages in tobacco and alcohol advertisements
Nutrition: Reading and understanding food labels and ingredient lists; healthy meal planning and snack ideas
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs: Learning resistance methods for preventing substance abuse (tobacco, marijuana, steroids, alcohol) and avoiding risky behaviors.
Health is taught to middle school students; grades 6th through 8th.
In the coming years, your child will be making decisions that impact his or her physical, emotional, mental and social health. The purpose of the Health education class is to provide students with the knowledge and resources they need to make responsible and well-informed decisions about their health. Health education is a distinctive and one-of-a-kind academic discipline that crosses a variety of subject matters (science, social studies, math, language arts, physical education), yet it retains a very personal look at human behavior. The fundamental goal of health education is to enable individuals to use knowledge and develop skills that permit them to transform unhealthy habits into healthy habits. Students are supported in their efforts to apply knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward achieving wellness and maintaining a healthy life style.
Wellness: Exploring connections between physical, mental/emotional and social health, and identifying attributes of a healthy individual.
Self-Esteem: Examining factors that influence the development of healthy self-esteem
Healthy Decision-Making Skills: Identifying factors that may influence decisions (such as peer influence), and using a decision-making model to work through stressful adolescent social situations
Human Growth & Sexuality: In presenting a unit on reproduction, the educator plays a vital role in supplementing the efforts of parents by providing information and clearing up misinformation. In doing this, the educator can often help open communication between parent and child on this topic. The following information is provided as resource material to prepare you to present a unit on reproduction.
Parents may elect to exclude their children from the Human Growth and Development Unit, by submitting a written request or email to that effect to the school.
Bullying Prevention/Empathy Development: Recognizing different types of bullying (causes and effects), and practicing assertive skills —how to respond to bullying situations and create a safe school environment
Internet, social media and technology safety: Developing strategies to avoid dangers such as cyber-bullying and Internet predators.
Substance Abuse Prevention (Tobacco and Alcohol): Understanding short and long-term effects of tobacco and alcohol on physical, mental/emotional and social health, and on the developing adolescent brain
Media Literacy: Exploring how advertisements are created; analyzing messages in tobacco and alcohol advertisements
Nutrition: Reading and understanding food labels and ingredient lists; healthy meal planning and snack ideas
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs: Learning resistance methods for preventing substance abuse (tobacco, marijuana, steroids, alcohol) and avoiding risky behaviors.