Teaching Health at AMS

This is the second year that we are offering health education to seventh graders. This addition to our school's curriculum is a result of the California Healthy Youth Act, which Governor Jerry Brown signed in October 2015. This Act requires that students receive comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education from a credentialed health teacher once in grades 7 or 8 and again in high school. The Comprehensive Sexual Health unit will be guided by several state laws (Education Code 51930-51939). All content will be delivered in an unbiased way that is inclusive of a range of sexual orientations, genders, family structures, and personal beliefs. This content will be delivered to students through wheel and music electives at intervals across the school year.

Published September 8, 2017 Print