Course Description
Health is a total concept dealing with mnd and body inter-relationshps. This is a semester class for 1/2 credit, 5 days per week; it is state required to graduate
Units (not necessarily in order)
1. Overview of Health; health habits, leading causes of death
2. Nutrition and eating diesorders
3. Mental Health: stress and suicide (causes and prevention); coping with feelings
4. First Aid and Diseases; including CPR
5. Anatomy
6. Alcohol and Drugs
7. Human Sexuality: male and female reproductive system (structure and function), dating, marriage, pregnancy, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases
Requirements
1. Textbook: We will use classroom copies of the Glencoe Health Book. If you would like to check one out for any reason, please see me.
2. You are assigned to a seat in class; remain in your seat. Raise your hand to be recognized.
3. Keep your desk and floor area clean. No drinks in the classroom.
4. You are required to bring a notebook (3 ring with a pocket) or a folder (with 3 clasps and a pocket), paper, and a pen or pencil to class daily.
5. You are required to take notes. Notes will be checked periodically during the nine weeks. Keep an orderly notebook; no notes will be accepted not in a notebook; keep them in chronological order and date all material.
Grading
1. Your grade will be based on tests and quizzes, homework and class work, and positive classroom participation and behavior. Participation cannot be made up if absent.
2. Many class periods will be discussion oriented. For it to be meaningful, positive classroom participation is needed. We will also be having speakers throughout the semester; it is expected that your behavior would be positive. Both of these will be reflected a grea deal in your grade for the grading period.
3. Extra Credit: It is not required, but it can help your grade - no more than 3 extra credit articles will be accepted. Each extra credit assignment will consist of a one page typed critique of a health article that is no more than 1 year old. The source must be cited as well as a copy of the article. The last date to turn in exrta credit is the Tuesday of the last week of the grading period.
Attendance and Classroom Tardies
1. Attendance is as important as school work. The school attendance policy is enforced. You have the same amount of time to make up work as the days absent.
2. When you are not in your seat when the bell rings, you are considered tardy.
3. Two tardies will result in a lunch detention. Failure to show for this automatically results in an after school detention.
