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 | 8th Grade Health: Personal Growth Students
in Grade 8 Health examine how personal health is influenced by the choices
and decisions people make. Time
is spent learning a foundation decision-making model and then applying it to
several areas of personal health including building healthy relationships,
nutrition, growth and development, preventing disease, and substance abuse.
Mrs. Marhelewicz
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| Skills for Action Open to students
in grades 9 and 10, this course helps students work towards becoming responsible, healthy, caring youth.
Time is spent learning the skills required to respond to emergency
situations as well as to friends in need. Standard responding skills as well
as CPR and accident prevention information are taught in the First Aid unit.
Students also receive information on many of the current health issues
facing teens today and practice skills for reaching out and helping others.
An update on HIV/AIDS is part of this course. Ms.
Nolen-Parkhouse
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| Life Management Open to students in grades 10 and 11. Students
look at aspects of living independently. Topics include
career exploration and life-style choices, money management, environmental
health concerns, personal fitness, and making wise consumer choices.
Mrs. Marhelewicz and Ms. Nolen-Parkhouse
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| Family and Community Health Open to students in grades 11 and 12. Students consider the problems of growing into adulthood.
Topics include the changing American Family, family relationships,
dating and marriage, sexual development and health care issues, community
health and disease prevention, parenting issues, and dealing with family
crisis. Ms. Nolen-Parkhouse
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| Trends
and Issues in Health and Wellness Open to students in grades 11 and 12. Through
readings, research and discussions, students examine how Americans make
choices about controlling their health, the impact of stress and emotions on
mental health, the effects of diet and nutrition on well-being, influences
of exercise and diet on health, the impact of drugs on our lives, research
on human reproduction and sexuality, major causes of death in the Western
world, the current state of health care in today's society, food labeling
and food and drug interactions, and hazards that affect our health. Ms. Nolen-Parkhouse
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