Chesterfield County School District

Chesterfield County School District Comprehensive Health Instruction

In 1988, the South Carolina Legislature passed the Comprehensive Health Education Act into law. The purpose of the law is to address the crucial need for state public schools to be involved in the health and well-being of their students. Key components of the law established age-appropriate sequential instruction in the area of health education. Additional legislature mandated that schools provide opportunities for students to participate in physical activity on a regular basis. Kindergarten through grade five students are required to receive instruction in nutrition at least once a week. The Comprehensive Health Education Act mandates that schools provide time for health education instruction. Therefore, the South Carolina Department of Education professional staff, working in collaboration with the Safety Education Standards Review Committee and the Writing Team, created South Carolina Health and Safety Education Curriculum Standards to ensure that schools are satisfying the intent of the Comprehensive Health Education Act. Chesterfield School District educators adhere to the law by using the SCDE Health and Safety Education curriculum, instructional support documents, and health instructional materials in our classrooms to educate our children to make health choices that promote healthy well-being.

South Carolina Academic Standards for Health and Safety Education

Curriculum Guides and Scope and Sequences

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

Grade 7

Grade 8

High School

Chesterfield County School District teachers use the South Carolina State Health and Safety Education Curriculum Guidelines, Standards and Performance Indicators to implement Comprehensive Health Education. Teachers use the lessons, activity ideas, and assessments suggested in the state Curriculum Guide. Every class receives health instruction through units integrated within a Health block.

Materials Used in Classrooms

K-2

• Harcourt Health and Fitness - Copyright-2006
• ISBN 0-15-337526-4
• Harcourt School Publishers
• Textbooks and Resource Kits
• The OrganWise Guy

Grade 3

• Harcourt Health and Fitness - Copyright-2006
• ISBN 0-15-337526-4
• Harcourt School Publishers
• Textbooks and Resource Kits
• The OrganWise Guy

Grade 4

• Harcourt Health and Fitness - Copyright-2006
• ISBN 0-15-337527-2
• Harcourt School Publishers
• The OrganWise Guy

Grade 5

• Harcourt Health and Fitness
• Copyright-2006
• ISBN 0-15-337529-2
• Harcourt School Publishers
• The OrganWise Guy

Grades 6-8

• Glencoe Teen Health
• Courses 1,2, and 3
• Copyright-2014
• Publisher: McGraw Hill Glencoe
• Textbooks and Resource Kits
• Other resources
• Teacher Made Projects

High School

PERSONAL HEALTH (340223CW)

Credit: 1 Unit     Grade Placement: 10-12

Prerequisite:     Physical Education 1

This course will enable students to gain knowledge and skills about healthful living topics important to their age levels. Taught within our Physical Education Department, students are provided opportunities to explore the effect of health behaviors on an individual's quality of life. This course assists students in understanding that health is a lifetime commitment by analyzing individual risk factors and health decisions that promote health and prevent disease.

• Glencoe Health
• Glencoe Families Today
• Wellness and Sexual Health – Worth the Wait
• Living WELL Aware Adolescent Wellness & Sexual Health
• Textbooks and Resource Kits
• Other resources
• Teacher Made Projects-Supertracker.usda.gov
• Courses
• CATE Nutrition and Food
• Food for Today
• Apex Learning Health Course
• Sexual Health Unit
• Safer Choices Comprehensive Health Manuel
• The Truth About Dugs: Education Package
• Choice with Current Health Magazines