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Health

Vickery Creek
Middle School
HEALTH

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We encourage communication with our community,
so please do not hesitate to contact us about any questions or concerns you may have.
 
We are very excited about health this year. 
We have an informative curriculum to teach and hope to
prepare each and every student for a bright, healthy future.
 
 

 

Joey Garner - 7th grade

Mark Taylor - 8th grade

Ryan Miller - 6th grade 

 
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
 
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6th Grade
 

Life Skills:

 
Personal Health                                            
Self-Image and Self-Improvement
Making Decisions                                        
Smoking: Myths and Realities
Smoking and Biofeedback                         
Alcohol: Myths and Realities
Marijuana: Myths and Realities                  
Advertising
Violence and Media                                    
Coping with Anxiety
Coping with Anger                                       
Communication Skills
Social Skills                                                  
Safety in the Home and Community
Disease Prevention and Control                
Intro. to Substance Abuse

Intro. to First Aid and Injury Prevention

 
Choosing the Best:
 
Deciding on Your Future                        
Figuring out Friendships and Relationships
Relationships                               
Identifying the Risks
Choosing the Best Way                         
Learning to say “No”

Avoiding Unhealthy Relationships

 

 
 
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7th GRADE
 

Life Skills:

 
Personal and Community Health                
Professional Health Services
Drug Abuse and Violence                           
Making Decisions
Media Influence                                            
Coping with Anxiety
Coping with Anger                                       
Communication Skills
Social Skills                                                  
Assertiveness
Resolving Conflicts                                      
Resisting Peer Pressure
First Aid                                                        
Substance Use and Abuse

Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases

 
Choosing the Best:

 

Sex: Everybody is Talking About it The Risk of STDs and HIV/AIDS

Teen Pregnancy and “Safe Sex”                
Pressures to be Sexually Active
Choosing the Best Path                              
Set it! The Need for Boundaries
Say it! The Need to Speak Up                   
Show it! The Need to be Assertive

 

 
 
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8th GRADE
 

Life Skills:

 
Personal and Community Health                
Drug Abuse: Causes and Effects
Making Decisions                                        
Media Influence
Coping with Anxiety                                     
Coping with Anger
Social Skills                                                  
Assertiveness
Resolving Conflicts                                      
Resisting Peer Pressure
Nutrition and Diet                                         
Eating Disorders
 
Choosing the Best:
 
Sex, Emotions, and Self-Respect                      
Sex, Alcohol, and Respect
Sex, STDs, and Honesty                                     
Sex, HIV/AIDS, and Compassion
Sex, Love, and Choices                                      
Sex, Limits, and Self-Discipline