Tremont High School Health Syllabus

Class Objective: Health education provides a means to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle and good decision making. The goals of this course are to introduce and explain the concept of wellness; provide current information on health issues; assist the student in developing a balanced lifestyle; understand the inter-relatedness of the physical, mental and emotional realms in making a healthy individual; provide an opportunity for students to examine and evaluate their personal relationships; learn concepts of nutrition; receive sexual education lessons; and provide opportunities for the development of decision-making and critical-thinking skills.

Units to Be Covered in Health

This health class will be interactive with student led discussions as well as group activities. Our curriculum is designed to help students understand that the decisions they make can affect the quality and quantity of their lives both now and in the future. My classroom is a place where I welcome hard conversations. I want students to learn and grow from each other's perspectives and point of views. Our health lessons and activities focus on the following National Health Standards:

1.       Health promotion and disease prevention.

2.       Influence of different factors on health behaviors.

3.       Use goal setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.

4.       Access valid information and use interpersonal communication and skills

5.       Practice health enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.

Grading: Grading procedures will follow the standards based grading model that is implemented at THS. Students will earn 0-1-2-3-4 on the standards listed above. For more information on SBG, please visit the district website.

**If there is a 0 in the gradebook this should cause immediate concern. **

 Materials Needed for Class:

• Student Laptops – Students must have their computers and chargers with them every day for class

• Writing Utensils & Paper – Pens or Pencils and lined paper (loose leaf or a notebook)

• Health Folder

 Classroom Expectations & Behavior: Follow all classroom rules. Certain topics that will be covered in class require each student to act in a mature manner.  

BE Respectful.

BE Responsible.

BE Ready.

Each student is responsible for their individual behavior, language, staying on task in class and being prepared for class.  Students will allow me to teach, and other students to learn.

 Make-Up Work: Students are responsible for obtaining and completing all assignments due to absences. When a student returns from being absent, please see Ms. Crawford at the beginning of the class. Ms. Crawford will give a deadline for the missed work to be turned in. 

 Late Work: Late work will not be accepted.

·         Students who make prior arrangements may be granted extensions on due dates for extenuating circumstances

·         Any formative work not turned in on time will not be reviewed or graded.

·         Summative work must be turned in to avoid a “0” in the gradebook, if it is late you will receive a 1

·         Students will not be able to re-assess late work

 Re-Assessments: Students are allowed to reassess summative assessments with the following conditions:

• The summative was completed and turned in on time.

• Students must coordinate to Ms. Crawford via an email communication within 7 days of the original summative being entered into TeacherEase. 

• If a student did not originally attempt the level 4 questions, a student can NOT reassess for a 4.