The health education curriculum presents to the student the
concept that good health decisions and habits practiced during early
adolescence will reduce the occurrence of related health problems and extend
life expectancy and quality.
Specific
objectives of Health are:
1.
To give students a knowledge base on the
behaviors that will lead to an extended, happy, full, and health life.
2.
To raise the studentsŐ awareness of how
emotions are directly related to health and illness.
3.
To inform students of normal body and mental
functions, and how certain behaviors and emotions change these normal
functions.
4.
To provide students with knowledge that
leads to solving health problems and to give them access to community people
and services available when they need help with there problems.
5.
Provide students with accurate information
on commonly abused drugs.
6.
To enable students in the area of decision
makings and refusal skills.
Parents are reminded The