Health

Mr. Palacios

Quiz & Test - Taking Rule Specifics Followed at All Times
        -No speaking or communication of any kind, including
            “body language”
        -Desks must be cleared
        -Pencils & dark inks - (Black, dark blue or dark purple)
            only for any work to be handed in for grading!!!
        -Hands must be raised when asking permission to speak
        -All directions on paper must be followed exactly
        -Unreadable or “tiny” writing may result in an automatic “wrong”
        -NO doodling, drawings,, graffiti, stray marks, etc. On any papers
        -Exactly “T” or “F” must be used for True - False item answers
        -Capital letters must be used for answers if those are the choices
        -No sleeping, head-downs, or failure to do assigned work

Specific Rules for this Special Room
        -No gum, food or drinks in the classroom at any time
        -No physical activity or “horseplay” at any time
        -No evidence of GANG, GRAFFITI or violence - oriented markings or conversation at any time - - - - this is a
            “Gang Free” place
 
 

The Health Department's Syllabus is as follows------

HEALTH
CLASS SYLLABUS
School Year 1999-2000

                                          First Semester
A.  Making Healthy Choices
        1.  An introduction to health
        2.  Personal care and appearance
        3.  Your sense organs
B.  Mental Health
        1.  Developing a healthy personality
        2.  Healthy emotions
        3.  Managing stress
        4.  Treating mental disorders
C.  Nutrition
        1.  Understanding nutrition
        2.  Planning a diet
        3.  Digestion and excretion

                                         Second Semester
D.  Human Development
        1.  Family life
        2.  Growth and development
        3.  Reproduction and heredity
E.  Substance Abuse
        1.  Tobacco
        2.  Alcohol
        3.  Preventing drug abuse
F.  Modern Health Problems
        1.  Infectious diseases
        2.  Non-infectious diseases
        3.  Selecting health care
        4.  Public health
        5.  Personal safety
G.  Physical Fitness
        1.  Bones and muscles
        2.  Circulation and respiration
        3.  Coordination and control
        4.  Lifelong fitness