The philosophy of our health education is to provide accurate information in such a way that it influences our students to take a positive action about their health. Our goal is to help students' live long, zestful and productive lives. Health is critical to the quality of life; learning how to become and stay healthy should be a priority. Health education provides the tools needed to achieve and maintain total well-being for optimum wellness.

Our comprehensive health education program encourages students to take full responsibility for their own lives by acting conscientiously in present and by establishing positive health practices that will support and enhance lifelong wellness. Health education is planned, sequential, K-12 curriculum that addresses the mental/emotional, physical, and social aspects of health. The curriculum is designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors. It allows students to develop and demonstrate increasingly sophisticated health-related knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices. The comprehensive curriculum includes a variety of topics and activities in all grades.

Effective programs are based on scientifically-based research and public health knowledge. They are student-centered and utilize multiple learning theories and models to support and promote health-enhancing behaviors. As a result, students are empowered to develop and demonstrate increasingly sophisticated knowledge, skills, attitude and practices. Quality programs are student-centered and interactive, which includes, encouraged classroom discussion, research, modeling, and skill practice. Students discuss issues that have real application to their lives and assessments that are authentic and contextual. Teachers, well-versed in current health issues and resources, challenge students to take responsibility for their own health. Providing information is not enough. Information must be coupled with skill development and practice in order to have any impact on behavior. As a result, students are progressively prepared and empowered to use higher level thinking skills to address a myriad of wellness issues, now, and throughout their lifetime.