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The purpose of comprehensive school health is to provide
each student with ongoing learning opportunities designed to maximize
the prospect that each student will make positive decisions throughout
life. The course of study will enable students to examine the options
available to today's youth and identify components that are high risk
and to be avoided. Our focus is clearly on prevention and promotion of
wellness, not merely to prevent disease and disability.
The Health Curriculum Frameworks focus on building resilience which promotes
the ability to thrive, persevere and maintain a positive attitude. Health
Literacy is the capacity to obtain, understand and evaluate basic information.
Health Self-Management enables students to integrate and apply essential
knowledge and skills with respect to their own health-related decisions
and behaviors. Health Promotion and Advocacy enables students to recognize
and fulfill personal, social and civic responsibilities.
Health education provides opportunities for all students to develop and
demonstrate health-related knowledge, attitudes and practices. It integrates
the physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of health. This
instruction is part of a sequential program designed to reinforce knowledge
and positive attitudes to contribute to
optimum health and wellness.
Physical education is an integral part of the total education of the student,
contributing to the physical development of the individual through promotion
and appreciation of physical fitness. It is a planned sequence of learning
experiences designed to fulfill the growth, development, and behavior
needs of each student. We recognize the unique opportunity physical education
has to contribute to social and emotional development, opportunities for
positive peer group interaction, good sportsmanship, and proper self-discipline
and control.
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