Introduction to
The Health Course Challenge
Health is a required course for graduation, designed to examine the connections between
physical, mental, and social health, and their impact on student lives. In this course, students reflect
on lifestyle choices that they have made and how these choices may affect their lives. Much of the course
is devoted to current health issues, especially those facing high school and post-secondary students.
Course modules include: Non-Communicable Diseases, Safe Living and Emergency Response, Positive Body
Image & Nutrition, Mental Health, Social Health, Substance Use and Abuse, Consumer Health, Anatomy
and Physiology, Pregnancy, Prenatal and Childbirth, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Healthy Relationship,
Sexual Harassment, Teen Pregnancy Issues and Abstinence. Because we value previous experiences and skills
that students bring to this content, activities in the Health classes build on and extend student learning.
The course includes class discussion, performance-based and demonstration of student proficiency in
each of the skill modules. Mastery of the content, skills, and concepts are a graduation requirement.
The Health Course can be challenged by completion of all required performance tasks
as well as a successful score on the Comprehensive Health Written Examination. Students who review the
Health Course modules and tasks, and believe they have already mastered all of the competencies, are
invited to participate in a waiver process.
Students who wish to challenge the Health class will:
- Attend the informational meeting
with the health teacher to go over the timeline for
completing the demonstration of the waiver requirements
and for taking the written examination before the
end of the current school year.
- Meet with the counselor at one of the high schools
to discuss requirements Health Waiver Process.
- Fill out and return the “Health Challenge
Registration Form” with student and parent signatures to the School Counselor
by June 6th.
- Achieve a satisfactory score on the Comprehensive
Health Written Examination.
- Successfully complete a series of performance tasks
according to the current school year timeline.
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