Health

The goal of the health curriculum is to enhance the physical, social, mental and emotional well being of the students. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Andrea Conley. .

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Sixth Grade Health Curriculum

Unit 1 – Mental and Emotional Well-being
Main topics include: self esteem, making responsible decisions, controlling emotions, refusal skills, goal setting, stress, mental disorders

Unit 2 – Personal Fitness
Main topics include: exercise, preventing heart disease, measuring level of fitness

Unit 3 – Safety and Injury Prevention
Main topics include: preventing injury in athletics and exercise, home safety,
basic first-aid, community safety

Unit 4 – Growth and Development
Main topics include: body systems, adolescent growth and development, hygiene

*To enhance our sixth grade health program, we will be utilizing the following community resources:
-Township of Downers Grove Lifeskills program (self-esteem)
-Darien/Woodridge Fire Department Fire Safety Program

Seventh Grade Health Curriculum
Unit 1 - Mental Health
Main topics include: personality factors, self-concept, stress, identifying good
mental health

Unit 2 – Friendship and Peer Pressure

Unit 3 – Drug Education
Main topics include: drugs, alcohol, tobacco, classification, refusal skills, stages
of dependency, gateway drugs, substance abuse prevention

Unit 4 – Personal Safety
Main topics include: sexual harassment, sexual assault prevention, domestic
Violence

*To enhance our seventh grade health program, we will be utilizing the following community resources:
-Township of Downers Grove Lifeskills program (substance abuse prevention)
-Darien/Woodridge Fire Department Fire Safety Program

Eighth Grade Health Curriculum

Unit 1 – Nutrition
Main topics include: food pyramid, nutrients, healthy food choices, maintaining a
healthy body weight, eating disorders

Unit 2 – Mental and Emotional Well-being
Main topics include: maintaining overall health, death & dying, suicide

Unit 3 – Violence Prevention
Main topics include: conflict resolution, managing anger, identifying harmful
Relationships

Unit 4 – Diseases and Disorders
Main topics include: sexually transmitted diseases, communicable diseases

Unit 5 – Human Sexuality
Main topics include: female and male reproductive systems, pregnancy/childbirth, healthy personal choices, abstinence/limit setting

*To enhance our eighth grade health program, we will be utilizing the following community resources:
-Township of Downers Grove Lifeskills Program (stress management, shop lifting)
-Darien/Woodridge Fire Department CPR Awareness program
-A.W.A.R.E. program