The male reproductive system is presented to the boys and the female reproductive system is presented to the girls, with more in-depth information on the menstrual cycle. It also includes an introduction to understanding the cause and transmission of AIDS and the HIV virus. The unit is presented in the spring semester and is a two-class health unit taught by the elementary school nurse in the health curriculum. Middle School Program Beginning in the sixth grade, the students have an opportunity to not only learn more about their own changing body but are introduced to the developmental and physical changes occurring in the opposite sex. Expanded information concerning the cause, transmission and prevention of AIDS is discussed.
Abstinence is taught in every class.
The focus of the program is the emotional changes occurring during puberty, including today's pressures for dating and becoming sexually active. Parental involvement and communication are stressed and encouraged through class activities. At the high school level, sex education is taught as a part of the human development unit in the health classes. It is a three-class unit. Students at this level gain factual information concerning the human reproductive system, anatomy and physiology, fertilization, abstinence, prevention of fertilization, fetal development, teen pregnancy, birth, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, date-rape, sexual abuse, goal setting and decision making.