Nehaunsey Middle School
Health Contract 2023 – 2024
Grade 8
Instructor: Mr. Keane
Phone: 856-224-4920 ext. 2127
Email: S[email protected]
Purpose
The purpose of Health class is to provide students with the ability to get a better understanding of the body, as well as learning about positive life skills and decision-making.
Course Outline
The students will focus on the following material throughout the year:
- Body Systems: Endocrine, Male Reproductive System, Female Reproductive System
- Pregnancy: Examining the different phases, teen pregnancy statistics, and safe behaviors that can be used
- Domestic and Dating Violence: identifying dangerous aspects of a relationship and ways to avoid them
- Emotional Health - Peer Pressure and Stress Management: identifying different stressors and types of peer pressures and healthy ways to deal with them
- First Aid - identifying an emergency situation, conscious choking, burns, open wounds, bone/joint problems, head trauma, shock, seizures, and poisoning
- Identifying major drug categories, the different uses, and short and long term effects from each one
- Understanding of the different drugs that belong in each category and presenting the information to a group
- Addiction and how one could get help
Materials Needed
Students are expected to come to each class with the following materials:
* Writing Utensil(s)
* Lap top
Failure to bring these items to class will result in deduction of participation/preparation points (See Grading).
MATERIAL NOT NEEDED: CELL PHONE
Students will be expected to have their cell phones away and silent in their book bags when they come to class. Any student who is caught using their cell phone without permission during class will have it taken away and handed in to the main office for further disciplinary action.
Absences and Lateness
All students who are absent from class are responsible for any work missed in class. Students may communicate with Mr. Keane on any work/notes that need to be completed. If a student misses any assignments or written assessments, they are responsible to reschedule a time to take the assessment no later than a week after the test has been given.
Students are expected to report to the classroom before the bell rings. Any student who is late to class will have preparation/participation points deducted from their grade. If tardiness becomes a recurring issue, the student will go through proper discipline procedures (see Rules and Consequences).
Rules and Consequences
Participation. Preparation. Respect. These are the three main things that are expected to be displayed by all students in class. Any student who decides to become a disruption in class will not only lose participation/preparation points but will be given the following discipline system:
1st Offense: Verbal warning after class
2nd Offense: After School Detention
3rd Offense: Administrative Contact
Grading
In Class Assignments (50%)
Throughout the marking period, students will be given different class assignments that will require them to work both individually and in groups.
Fitness logs will be done on a weekly basis and will also be included in this category.
Written Assessments/Project Presentations (35%)
Throughout the marking period, students will be given written assessments that will review any material covered in class. Students will be notified no later than three days before a written assessment is given. They will also be presenting major projects to the class that will require them to communicate information that they have researched on a certain topic. Students will be notified if a project fits under this category.
Participation/Participation (15%)
Each student will start the quarter off with 100 participation points. Points will be taken away for any student who is not following classroom procedures, coming to class unprepared (forgetting a lap top or charger), or not bringing a change of clothes (for days that we are in the gym).
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8th Grade
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Please sign the “Contract Agreement” given to the student in class. Any student who does not return a contract slip will receive a zero for an assignment grade.