Wellness

Einstein School has adopted the California Standards for Health Education.

Good health and academic success go hand in hand. Healthy children make better students, and better students become healthy, successful adults who are productive members of their communities. Comprehensive health education that addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and social aspects of health teaches students how to maintain and improve their health; prevent disease; reduce health-related risk behaviors; and develop health knowledge, attitudes, and skills that foster academic achievement, increase attendance rates, and improve behavior at school.

A primary goal of the health education standards is to improve academic achievement and health literacy for all students.

Four characteristics are identified as essential to health literacy. Health-literate individuals are:

• Critical thinkers and problem solvers when confronting health problems and issues .

• Self-directed learners who have the competence to use basic health information and services in health-enhancing ways.

• Effective communicators who organize and convey beliefs, ideas, and information about health issues

• Responsible and productive citizens who help ensure that their community is kept healthy, safe, and secure.

These four essential characteristics of healthliterate individuals are woven throughout the health education standards.

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