Health education program activities include:

A skills-based curriculum (i.e., communication, decision making, planning/goal setting, and stress management skills) presented by elementary teachers, middle school science, social studies, and physical education teachers, and high school health educators. The curriculum has also been adapted for special education and limited English proficient students.

A system of health advocates and liaisons is established to facilitate program implementation and communication between individual school sites and the School Health Programs Department.

Classroom presentations by speakers from community-based organizations support and enhance the health education curriculum and provide a broader community perspective to the program.

Theatrical performances about health-related issues enhance and reinforce information and skills presented in the curriculum.

• Get Real, Too (grades K-3)
• Get Real (grades 4-5)
• Nightmare on Puberty St. (grade 6)
• Secrets (grades 9-10)

Panels of the NAMES Memorial Quilt are displayed at selected elementary, middle, and high school sites and are preceded and followed by classroom lessons.

District-wide events, such as Red Ribbon Week, Great American Smokeout, and World AIDS Day involve community-based agencies in school-site activities.

Prenatal/well baby education is provided for pregnant and parenting minors enrolled in Hilltop School.

Ropes, wilderness programs, and sailing trips are provided to selected students at middle and high schools as positive alternatives to substance use and gang involvement.

Club Live and Friday Night Live programs are offered at selected middle and high schools to provide substance-free events for students.

Ongoing professional development is provided to teachers responsible for implementing the health education curriculum.

Sixteen Health Education Teacher Leaders at the elementary, middle and high school level are identified to assist with the implementation of the district adopted health education curriculum by providing professional development, modeling and support to teachers throughout the district.

The Curriculum and Materials Review Task Force, composed of teachers, parents, administrators and community members convenes each year to review curriculum and presentations related to sexuality, as required by District, State and Federal guidelines.