Professional Letter



Neshaminy School District

2001 Old Lincoln Highway ( Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047-3295

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Robert L. Copeland

Superintendent of Schools

Dear Parents/Guardians of 10th Graders:

During the 2014-2015 school year your son/daughter will study a Human Sexuality Unit as part of the 10th Grade Health Curriculum. We feel this is a very important and worthwhile unit for our students especially since tenth grade is the final year for health curriculum at Neshaminy.

The unit is designed to be comprehensive in nature and to complement lessons received in the 8th grade Health Education Unit. Abstinence (postponing sexual intercourse) is stressed throughout the unit while providing students accurate, up to date information about this complex portion of their lives.

We encourage you to review our unit content outline on the back of this sheet. We believe that parents are the primary sexuality educators with their children. Whenever possible, we hope you will initiate conversations with your children to discuss your family’s values and attitudes on these topics. If you have any questions about the unit please contact your son’s/daughter’s health teacher or the individuals listed below. Should you wish to have your child excluded from any portion of this unit, you need to contract your son’s/daughter’s health teacher or the Department Chairperson in writing.

Mrs. Amy Geruc Mrs. Jan King

Department Chairperson Lead Teacher

215-809-6139 215-809-6562

Ageruc@neshaminy.k12.pa.us Jking@neshaminy.k12.pa.us

Please return this form to school promptly.

Name of Student: ___________________________ Health Teacher: ________________

Name of Parent: ____________________________ Phone Number: ________________

Only send back if you check below:

_____ I wish to have my son/daughter excluded from:

________ the entire unit

________ Portion of the unit: please list topics from the outline.

Comments:

Understanding Sexuality: Making Healthy Choices

Lesson 1: Defining Sexuality: Defining sexuality within the TV and media while discussing adolescent concerns. Listing and evaluating values and responsibilities as an adolescent.

Lesson 2: Expressing Sexuality: Looks at sexuality as an integral part of our lives that can be expressed in healthy or unhealthy ways.

Lesson 3: Gender Roles and Stereotyping: Explores the impact of sex roles stereotyping on human potential.

Lesson 4-6: Dating Relationships: Explores the need for intimacy and considers the difference between true intimacy and close physical contract. Discusses violence within dating relationships and focuses on traits of a healthy relationship.

Lesson 7: Anatomy and Physiology: Reviews the structures and functions of the male and female reproduction systems.

Lesson 8: Short and Long Term goals: Looks at the realities of teenage pregnancy and the difficult choices involved with/without a child. Discusses resources associated with teen pregnancy.

Lesson 9: Family Planning: Explains pregnancy prevention methods, including

abstinence, as an important part of planning for the future.

Lesson 10: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Provides information on sexually transmitted infections, including symptoms, prevention, and the impact on the future health and relationships.

Lesson 11: HIV and AIDS: Relates accurate information about HIV and AIDS to everyday living, including the choices we do (or do not) make to protect ourselves, and the way we respond to others.

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