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Health Education
The
Health Education program is one component of Coordinated School
Health Programs. Health Education programs provide a setting in
which teachers, parents, and community members partner to help
students focus on health prevention concepts and to practice
life skills in a safe and supportive environment.
The National Health Education
Standards form the framework for health education curriculum.
The National Standards are used by schools to support programs
that allow students to become healthy and enable them to succeed
academically.
There is a Howard County
Essential Curriculum for Health Education for Kindergarten to
grade 9. The curriculum is sequential and based on the
developmental level of the students. At the elementary level, the
health education curriculum is implemented by the classroom
teacher. At the secondary level, the curriculum is implemented
in grades six to nine by a health education teacher. At the high
school level students are required to take one semester of
health education to earn a half-credit towards graduation
requirements. Read more...
Contact:
Linda Rangos, Coordinator
Curriculum
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