EDG-Contemporary Health

This semester-long course designed for high school students examines and analyzes various healthtopics. It places alcohol use, drug use, physical fitness, healthy relationships, disease prevention,relationships, and mental health in the context of the importance of creating a healthy lifestyle.Throughout the course, students examine the practices and plans they can implement in order tocarry out a healthy lifestyle, and the consequences they can face if they do not follow safe healthpractices. In addition, students conduct in-depth studies in order to create mentally and emotionallyhealthy relationships with peers and family, and to devise healthy nutrition, sleeping, and physicalfitness plans. Students also examine and analyze harassment and bullying laws.