Health
Program and Department Overview
Healthy students include addressing social-emotional and physical well being for students at all ages. We strive to teach students age appropriate self-awareness, responsible decision-making, self-management, social awareness, and relationship skills that they can use throughout life. In addition, we teach components that lead to a healthy lifestyle, including: nutrition, exercise, body systems, reproductive health, drug awareness and refusal skills.
Social Emotional Learning Second Step from Committee for Children Units
Health units on hygiene, diet, exercise and the human body are taught as appropriate for each grade.
Grades K-5
1. Growth mindset and goal setting
2. Emotion management
3. Empathy and kindness
4. Problem solving
5. Bullying prevention
6. Child protection
*Fifth grade has a unit on puberty
Grades 6-8
1. Mindsets and goals
2. Recognizing bullying and harassment
3. Thoughts, emotions and decisions
4. Managing relationships and social conflict
*Sixth grade has a presentation from Candor Health on reproductive health
*Seventh and eighth grades have a unit on drug awareness and refusal skills
Letters
Contact Us
Director
Monique Abbate
📧 mabbate@cicd99.edu
Clerk
Jeaney Jelic
📧 jjelic@cicd99.edu
Additional Resources
Brought to you by Committee for Children, the Second Step family of programs creates brighter futures for kids everywhere through a holistic approach to social-emotional learning.
Candor Health Education empowers young people to make informed decisions about puberty, sex and drugs.