Collier County Public Schools

Health Education

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Overview

The Collier County Public Schools Health Curriculum is an Abstinence - Based Curriculum that addresses, and is taught to, the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

HOPE is a combination of health and fitness and is a one credit course. This course is required for students who entered the ninth (9th) grade in 2007-2008. See Physical Educating for the description of the HOPE course. Life Management Skills (Health) and Personal Fitness (Fitness) are each a one-half (1/2) credit course and are mandatory for students who entered the ninth (9th) grade prior to 2007-2008 and after; however any student may use Life Management Skills and/or Personal Fitness as an elective.

The Health Program for Middle Schools is taught almost exclusively by science teachers. In a very few cases, principals have set up an occasional class to be taught by certified health teachers to fulfill this requirement. The health curriculum has been allotted ten (10) days/two (2) weeks.

The Elementary School Health Program is taught almost exclusively by classroom teachers. The health curriculum for the elementary level is approximately 50 minutes of instruction in Health and Nutrition each week for the entire year.

Our Health Program encompasses mental, emotional and physical health which is grade specific and developmental appropriate for students at each grade level.

The comprehensive health curriculum materials are available for review at each school site.

Any student, whose parent submits a written request to the school principal, shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, its symptoms, development, and treatment. A student so exempted may not be penalized by reason of that exemption

Mission Statement

The mission of the Collier County Public School Health Program is to help provide students with opportunities to develop and enhance skills necessary to make sound decisions and take positive action for healthy and effective living.

Goals

The goals of CCPS’ health education program are taught at grade level appropriate and are as follows:

To align our curriculum, instruction and assessment in accordance with Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.
To help students experience a positive emotional development.
To help develop positive communication, interpersonal and coping skills.
To help make students aware of responsible decision making
To help develop good nutrition and health habits.
To help students understand harmful situations.
To prepare our students for a healthy lifestyle.

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