Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade Health: Students will need to bring a personalized folder to class which houses a pencil. Students will meet one day a week for health class the entire year. Students are currently working on nutrition information and reading labels. If a student brings home extended lesson work please support your child with the given activity to reinforce lesson concepts.

Seventh and Eighth Grade Health: Students will need a 1-11/2" binder to use for both PE, Health and Home and Careers or Technology Classes. The binder should have writing utensils, paper and dividers for each special area. This binder is to be transported between all special areas. Students will meet two days a week for class the entire year.

Seventh and Eighth grade classes will begin the year with team-building and group cooperatives to foster a supportive learning environment in preparation for the group activities and projects throughout the year.

Seventh grade Students: Students are currently going through drug and alcohol resistance lessons in a program titled Project Alert. The students will also begin a detailed Physical Activity and Nutrition Unit complete with several goal-setting activities. Throughout the course of the semester students will also complete various forms of Current Events articles and Blogs with topics related to current health topics.

Eighth grade Students: Eighth grade is beginning a detailed unit on decision-making. This unit wil involve research and presentations surrounding one of the six identified risk behaviors for New York High School Students as identified in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey which is conducted every two years. Students will become advocates for their identified risk behavior topic. Both classes will also complete the Adult, Infant and Child CPR class during January. Mrs. Andrew's homeroom will take their class on Thursday, January 7th and Mrs. Volo's class will meet on Wednesday, January13th. The course will be taught by myself and Mrs. Weidman from 8:00-4:00 p.m. the entire day with the exception of the students regular lunch and recess period.