Health and Safety Education is taught every year in grades 6-8 through the Physical Education Department. The Comprehensive Health Act of 1988 requires 250 minutes a week for 9 weeks of instruction in health and safety education for grades 6-8.
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The health and safety curriculum includes:
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Growth, Development, and Sexual Health and Responsibility
Injury Prevention and Safety
Mental, Emotional, and Social Health
Personal and Community Health
Physical Activity and Nutrition
Textbook: Essential Health Skills for Middle School
Publisher: Goodheart-Willcox
2017 South Carolina Academic Standards for Health and Safety Education
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
Standard 2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services to enhance health.
Standard 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
Standard 6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
Standard 8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
