Students in grade levels one through twelve will receive, as part of their health education, instruction about personal health; food and nutrition; environmental health; safety and survival skills; consumer health; family life; human growth and development; substance abuse and non-use, including the effects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and poisons on the human body; human sexuality; self-esteem; stress management; interpersonal relationships; emotional and social health; health resources; prevention and control of disease; and communicable diseases, including sexually transmitted disease and acquired immune deficiency syndrome and current health issues. The purpose of the health education program is to help each student protect, improve, and maintain physical, emotional, and social well-being.
The instruction provided shall be adapted in each grade level to aid understanding by the students. Parents who object to health education instruction in human growth and development may file a written request that the student be excused from the instruction. The written request will include a proposed alternate activity or study acceptable to the Superintendent. The Superintendent will have the final authority to determine the alternate activity or study.
Approved: 1995-1996
Reviewed: FY 2016-2017, August 15, 2016, June 28, 2021
Revised: 02/24/17
Student Name:_______________ Grade:__________
Parent/Guardian:_______________ Phone #:__________
Please list the curricular objective(s) from which you wish to have your child excused and the class or grade in which each is taught. An example is provided for you to follow.
Objective Class/Grade
Example To understand the consequences Health Education
of responsible and irresponsible
sexual behavior.
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I have reviewed the Human Growth and Development program goals, objectives, and materials and wish my child to be excused from class when these objectives are taught. I understand my child will incur no penalty but may be required to complete an alternative assignment that relates to the class and is consistent with assignments required of all students in the class.
Signed:_________________________ Date:_______________
Parent or Guardian
Signed:_________________________ Date:_______________
School Administrator
Approved: 10/16/14
Reviewed: FY 2016-2017, August 15, 2016, June 28, 2021
Revised: 02/24/17