2015-2016 Health Classes

Grades 5-8

Students will continue to have lessons in Health Education to meet North Carolina Essential Standards. I will continue to spread the 10 lessons of Health throughout the school year to allow greater flexibility.

Below you will find the topics that will be covered during the lessons of health for each grade level. You may feel that some of the topics being covered are sensitive in nature and something you would prefer your child to not sit through. If this is the case, please complete the attached form and send it into school with your child addressed to Matt Chambers, Physical Education and Health Teacher. Your child will be placed in another classroom at the time of the lesson and will be given other work to complete during that time.

If you are happy with the units to be covered, you do not need to fill out or return anything.

5th Grade Topics: cleanliness/disease prevention, stereotyping, positive stress management, depression/sadness, strangers, alcohol abuse, digestive system, circulatory system, puberty for girls and puberty for boys (summarize changes and functions of male/female reproductive systems). (Nutrition will be covered during PE.)

6th Grade Topics: protecting the environment, communication/stress management, nutrition, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, communicable/chronic diseases, effective interpersonal communication and relationships, refusal skills.

7th Grade Topics: emotions/stress, fire/water related injuries/basic first aid, body image, nutrition, relationships, immune system, substance abuse, depression/mental disorders, abstinence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual harassment.

8th Grade Topics: nutrition, body mass index, stress management, popular fads, Heimlich maneuver/CPR, violence, substance abuse, depression/mental disorders, relationships, disease prevention.

Health Form 5-8

As the parent of ………………………………………………(child’s name), in……………………………….(teacher’s name) class, I wish to not have my child participate in the following topics during the Health lessons scheduled for their grade level:

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I understand that while the lesson is being taught, my child will report to another monitored classroom and complete a health assignment not related to the topic being discussed.

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(Parent Signature) (Date)