Course Sequence and Description

Health is a one-semester course designed to complete the health and safety requirements for graduation. This course is required for ninth-grade students. The Board of Education approved a semester Health course for your child with the goal of promoting wholesome attitudes toward his/her own health, both physical and mental, and that the information received by the student will help him/her make intelligent decisions about life-long health habits.  

Units of Study:

• Mental and Emotional Health
• Nutrition and Exercise
• Drug Use, Misuse and Abuse
• Family Health
• Safety 

The diseases unit will be embedded within the 5 units above!