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Comprehensive Health Syllabus for Grayson High School

This syllabus outlines the health course led by Steve West at Grayson High School. The curriculum, based on the textbook "A Guide to Wellness," encompasses various essential topics in physical, mental, and social health. Key areas include decision-making, nutrition, mental health coping strategies, infectious diseases, first aid, and substance abuse prevention. The grading policy includes unit tests, final exams, classwork, and special projects. Students are responsible for making up missed work due to excused absences and must stay engaged with current health-related events through readings and summaries.

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Comprehensive Health Syllabus for Grayson High School

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  1. Grayson High School HEALTH with Steve West

  2. SYLLABUS • Textbook – “A Guide to Wellness”, Glencoe/McGraw, Hill Publishing, Mission Hills, California, 2003. • Objective – To develop awareness of the need for good health through the teaching of various topics covering the areas of physical, mental, and social health. • Topics – • Decision-making, risk taking, prevention techniques. • Nutrition • Mental Health, stress coping skills • Infectious diseases and disease prevention • First Aid, CPR • Family Life (relationships, communication skills, STD’s, AIDS, teen pregnancy) • Substance Abuse • “Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program” – State Highway Patrol Program • Academic, Knowledge, and Skills (AKS) – Objectives for Health are found on page 122 and 123 of the Gwinnett County AKS Handbook or GCPS website • Supplies – A folder with front and back pockets is preferred. • Grading – • Unit Tests: 35% • Final Exams: 20% • Classwork/Homework 35% (notebook, daily work, group work, current events when assigned, etc) • Special Projects 10% • Absences – • If a student has an excused absence from school, it is the students’ responsibility to ask for makeup work. A student has five days from the date of his/her initial return to school in which to complete all make-up work. Unexcused absences cannot be made up.

  3. Coach West’s background… • Schools attended: • Riverview Gardens RAMS - 1974 • Central Missouri State University – 1978 • Sports/Hobbies Former teaching assignment: • Wrestling-JV Coach Shiloh High School 1984- 2001 • Golf • Reading • Painting

  4. Daily Procedures • 1. Assigned Seats • 2. Notebooks • 3. Bellringers • 4. When to Speak!

  5. Current Events • Sample Websites: • www.cnn.com • www.ajc.com • www.msn.com • www.msnbc.com • www.usatoday.com • Requirements: • 1. Half page summary and response • (typed or written). • 2. Article must be attached to summary • (10 point deduction). • 3. Article must be health related (no crime reports, advertisements, etc). • 4. Name on summary and article. • FAQ: • 1. What if I do not have internet? • Can use newspaper, magazine. • 2. What if I do not get newspaper? • Use old newspapers from school • library. • 3. What if my printer runs out of ink? • Does not matter, do not procrastinate.

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