WHS WELLNESS

WELLNESS DESCRIPTION: Students will participate in a wide variety of activities designed to improve fitness and develop a background of skills, knowledge, tactics, and ethical practices in competition. Students must take and pass the Physical Fitness Test that is mandated by the state of Connecticut. If the student does not pass all 4 components of the Connecticut Physical Fitness Test then they will be required to take the Personal Fitness Elective their Junior or Senior year in order to graduate. The students will be introduced to life-long activities such as archery, tennis and golf. In the health portion students recognize that human growth and development is an integral part of life. Topics to be covered include: Reproductive Systems – (Male and Female), Pregnancy and Birth, Childhood and Adolescents, Abstinence, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Healthy Relationships, Contraceptives, Exercise. Students will develop an understanding that physical and psychological well-being comes from a healthy body. Upon developing this understanding, students will articulate how the risks they and others take can affect them and how they can minimize these effects. If you wish to exempt your child from any portions of the Health curriculum, please write a letter to the attention of the school principal requesting such exclusion.