Comprehensive Health Education

Health Education Materials

Elementary:

  1. Macmillan and McGraw-Hill Health and Wellness Grade K, 1, 2, 3, 4; McGraw-Hill School Education. 2005

  1. Second Steps (Erin’s Law) http://www.secondstep.org/child-protection

Additional Materials to Support Health Textbooks and Standards

Substance abuse-

  • American Heart Association Materials

  • Red Ribbon Week Materials

Nutrition-

  • Discussion with examples of healthy/unhealthy foods and other familiar substances, also healthy/unhealthy behaviors ie. risky/unsafe situations

  • Health topics included can be found within the McGraw-Hill Health and Fitness Curriculum

     

Disease Prevention-

  • Spark Curriculum for PE (K-8)

  • American Heart Association (materials and lesson plans on preventing heart disease) (Grade K-8)

  • Relay for Life Lessons for cancer related education

Dental Health-

  • Delta Dental comes to our school and we talk about dental health during lessons on hygiene.

  • Free dental screening is available by Healthy Smiles.

Injury and safety-

  • Guidance lessons on personal safety, PE lessons on bike and walking safety during walk at school week.

  • CPR training for intermediate school students through after school activities

  • CPR training for high school students – American Heart Association (Grade 9)

Fitness -

  • South Carolina FitnessGram Project – (FITNESSGRAM/ President’s Youth Fitness Program Human Kinetics Online Education Center, The Cooper Institute)