Nutrition  

Am I a healthful eater?  Is this a healthy eating choice for me?  What influences my choices?

• Understands basic nutritional information and terms- i.e. nutrients, empty calories, Dietary Guidelines
• Reads and interprets information on food labels

·        Analyzes one’s own diet for nutritional value, applying one’s knowledge of six basic nutrients and the food pyramid

·        Makes healthy eating choices

·        Explains how the media, family habits, cultural background influences one’s decisions in selecting food and snacks.  Include a discussion of body image.

Violence Prevention

Bullying, Harassment and Sexual Harassment

What do I do if someone is being picked on or harassed?

• Understands the key concepts, school rules, and laws relating to bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment
• Knows how to access school and community resources to assist victims of bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment
• Practices effective communication skills

o       Strategies to manage and resolve conflict in healthy ways, including peer mediation

o       Refusal and negotiation skills to enhance health

Substance Abuse Prevention

How do a reach my goal of remaining substance free?  How can I say “no” and still keep my friends?

• Knows the effects of alcohol or marijuana use
• Analyzes the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on behaviors and decisions related to alcohol, marijuana, and other substance use/non-use
• Knows the consequences for using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs

• Knows where and how to locate resources to support the abuser or his/her friends and family

• Practices ways to stay drug free

Growth and Development

What are these changes I am going through?  What is a healthy relationship?  What skills do I need to maintain safe and healthy relationships?

• Knows the basics of the male and female anatomy, including the development of the fetus from conception to birth
• Understands why abstinence is the only 100% safe and reliable method to prevent pregnancy

• Knows what a healthy and safe friendship is and how to maintain it

• Analyzes the ways the media influences one’s behaviors and decision making related to sexuality 
• Uses refusal skills in regards to situations involving relationships and sexual issues

• Accesses resources related to information on adolescence, pregnancy and related issues of sexuality

Growth and Development – HIV/AIDS:

What exactly is HIV/AIDS? Where do I get accurate information?

·        Knows the stages and symptoms of HIV/AIDS, including methods of transmission

·        Explains the ways to protect oneself from HIV/AIDS, including abstinence

·        Knows how to access community resources and adults to help a person with HIV/AIDS or his/her family /friends

·        Knows how to get accurate, updated information about AIDS and HIV from a variety of resources, including the Internet