Welcome to Health Specials

3rd Quarter

Unit 3-Nutrition and Physical Activity

The students will be learning about the MyPlate food groups, learning how to make healthy food choices, and knowing the difference between healthy and non-healthy foods.  

They will be learning the importance of incorporating daily physical activity.  

2nd Quarter

Grades K-5: 

Unit 2 Personal health and wellness. The students will learn about personal hygiene, disease prevention and preventing the spread of germs.

Unit 1 Emotional and Mental Health. The students will learn about expressing feelings and emotions in a safe and healthy way.

Third 9 weeks – Unit 4 Injury Prevention. The students will learn about preventing the risk  of injuries. They will learn safety precautions within a broad range of scenarios. 

Unit 5 -Violence Prevention. The students will learn about bullying and similar situations and knowing how to handle them. 

Fourth 9 weeks - Unit 6 Tobacco, Alcohol and other drugs prevention. The students will  learn health behaviors related to tobacco/vape, alcohol and other drugs. They will learn the potential short term/long term harmful effects related to the use of these drugs.