Grade 9

Health I – Health & Wellness Education

#H8142 Quarter Credits: 1.25

The Grade 9 Health Education course is designed to develop the skills necessary to evaluate and improve a student’s personal wellness. Throughout the course of study, students will gain an understanding of the impact that personal responsibility has on wellness. The students will explore how technological advances impact both personal and community health. Students will analyze the impact that behaviors can have on someone’s overall wellness and will seek ways to improve their health by eliminating unhealthy behaviors from their lives. In Grade 9, students will work on their communication in order to enhance the interpersonal relationships that they will develop. Through skills-based activities, students will learn how to develop healthy relationships and will understand that there are prevention and intervention strategies for abusive and violent relationships. Students will learn how to deal with conflict and crisis and will further their understanding of the importance of acceptance and respect. In order to achieve these goals, the course will be guided by both the New Jersey Student Learning Standards and the National Standards for Health Education.