OBJECTIVE:  To promote wellness, health literacy, and positive health behavior in young adults.

 

EXPECTED OUTCOMES:  
 

1.      Students will be provided materials in order to make good decisions regarding their health.

2.      Students will participate in various kinds of activities related to becoming healthy adults.

3.      Students will learn to evaluate their health.

4.      Student experiences will help determine future health related choices. 

 

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT:

 

1.      All policies and rules established by SFHS apply in this classroom and will be reinforced.

• No food or drinks allowed in the classroom
• Be in your seat when the bell rings
• Cell phones are not allowed in the classroom
• Study when given time
• No CD players or  MP3 players allowed in the classroom
• No game devices allowed in the classroom.
• To use the restroom, go to your locker, get a drink, you must have the pass  to leave the classroom at the teacher’s discretion.

2.      We will work together as a class to build a classroom environment in which everyone gives and receives respect.

 

TARDIES:

 

1.  You must be inside the classroom and seated in your seat when the bell rings.  If you enter the class in the first five minutes (without a pass), you are tardy.  After five minutes, you are counted absent (without a pass).

• 1st offense ……….. First warning
• 2nd offense ………. Second warning
• 3rd offense ………..Call home
• 4th offense ………..Referral

ABSENCES:

 

1.      Upon the return from an excused absence, the student is responsible for finding out what they missed and turn in any missing assignments the next class date.

2.      Check the health website daily: 

3.      If the absence is unexcused, no work will be accepted and tests or quizzes cannot be made up. 

 

WHAT TO BRING TO EVERY CLASS:

 

1.  You must come prepared to every class with the following items:

• Textbook
• Pen or Pencil
• Notebook Paper
• Health Folder
• Completed Work

CONTACT INFOMATION:

 

Mark Mason                                                                             

mmason@santafecatholic.org

 

GRADING POLICY:

1.  You will be graded in the following areas:                                 

• Participation/Attendance
• Homework
• Tests/Quizzes 
• Projects
• Health Articles                                                                   

2.  ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

 

Each student is expected to do his/her own work.  In order to eliminate any confusion about what academic dishonesty includes, the following definitions will apply in health class:

• Knowingly providing your work/answers to another student for them to copy as their own.
• Knowingly copying another student’s work/answers and submitting them as your own.
• Using illicit or banned materials during a test/quiz situation.
• Knowingly submitting work completed by another student as your own.
• Plagiarizing anything from books, magazines, the Internet or any other source already published.

 Students will receive a 0 on any assignment/project/test where cheating has occurred and will also receive a referral.

 

UNITS AND CHAPTERS COVERED THIS SEMESTER:

• Chapter 7 ……….Achieving Good Mental Health
• Chapter 8 ……….Managing Stress and Anxiety
• Chapter 9 ……….Mental and Emotional Problems
• Chapter 10 ……...Skills for Healthy Relationships
• Chapter 11 ……...Family Relationships
• Chapter 12 ……...Peer Relationships
• Chapter 13 ……...Violence Prevention
• Chapter 14 ……...Personal Care and Healthy Behaviors
• Chapter 15 ……...Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous Systems
• Chapter 16 ……...Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
• Chapter 17 ……...Digestive and Urinary Systems
• Chapter 18 ……...Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
• Chapter 21 ……...Tobacco
• Chapter 22 ……...Alcohol
• Chapter 23 ……...Medicines and Drugs
• Chapter 24 ……...Communicable Diseases
• Chapter 25 ……...Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
• Chapter 26 ……...Noncommunicable Diseases and Disabilities
• Chapter 27 ……...First Aid and Emergencies