Health letter grade 8

Health Education

Dear Parent/Guardian and Student,

Welcome to Health/Wellness Class. Health class will meet three times a week for sixty minutes during one of the four quarters. The students will receive their grades on their report cards at the end of the trimester in which they had health.

Topics and skills taught may include:

Healthy individuals
Goal/hope/dream: quilt square
Individual health assessment triangle
Stress management
Cycle of use
Brain development-review
Decision making/risk taking
First-aid situations/hands only CPR
Nutrition and media influences
Eating disorders
Food quality and costs (financial literacy)
Cooking

Activities may include:

Computer Research
Discussion
Projects
Games
Role Playing
Multimedia technology
Cooking in the kitchen labs

If you have any questions about the Health curriculum please do not hesitate to contact me. I can be reached by email dave.nicholson@cesuvt.org or by phone 899-3711.

Respectfully,

David Nicholson, M.A.

Health/Wellness Teacher