National Health Standards

~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 and 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.

Lower Moreland Township School District supports and values health education. Health education is a planned curriculum meeting the needs of our community. 

Health Education courses at LM are focused on building health-literate students. Health literacy refers to the ability to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and services to make healthy lifestyle choices, and achieving health literacy for all students is dependent upon a comprehensive Health Education curriculum.

Through the health years the curriculum prepares students to become health-literate 21st Century learners. Becoming responsible members of society - self-directed learners, effective communicators, critical thinkers, and problem solvers - using curriculum designed from National Health Education Standards and the Academic Standards for for Health, Safety and Physical Education. 

Core health concepts include mental and emotional health, bullying and tolerance, alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, personal and consumer health, human sexuality, safety and injury prevention, nutrition and fitness, disease prevention and control and 21st century issues. Health skills include analyzing influences, accessing information, interpersonal communication, decision making, practicing health-enhancing behaviors, goal setting and advocacy.