COURSE NAME: Health

TEACHER: Ms. Jacqueline Key

ROOM NUMBER: 808
PHONE: 702-799-8888 ext. 3808
EMAIL: jdkey@interact.ccsd.net
TEXTBOOK: Prentice Hall Health (Student access online)
Parent Communication
1. Student progress will be updated weekly.
2. Parents can contact me at jdkey@interact.ccsd.net or call the school and leave a
message. I will attempt to return your call within 24 hours.
Course Scope:
This one-semester course is designed to introduce students to the mental, physical, social, emotional and environmental
problems which individuals face in today's society. The course will include concepts in achieving a healthy body and healthy
mental attitudes. Other topics considered are body systems, health hazards, diseases, safety, and first aid. Human sexuality
and AIDS education, within established guidelines, will be an integral part of this course. This is a required course for all
students.
Course Goals:
1. To investigate the meaning of health and to develop an understanding of the importance of assuming responsibility for
individual health and safety.
2. To understand the importance of forming healthful habits in hygiene, diet, exercise, and rest.
3. To understand and develop positive ways to cope with stress.
4. To study the structure and function of the various body systems.
5. To understand the biological, emotional, and social changes which occur during adolescence.
6. To examine how drugs, alcohol, and tobacco are mentally, physically, and socially harmful.
7. To understand the necessity for discretion in the selection and utilization of health products.
8. To explore public and private community agencies that are involved in health protection or health care.
9. To investigate the causes, signs, symptoms, and prevention of various infectious and non-infectious diseases.
10. To gain knowledge and skills needed for safe living, accident prevention, and treatment of minor injuries.
11. To understand functions of the male and female reproductive system.
12. To understand the processes involved in fertilization and contraception.
13. To recognize the early signs of pregnancy and explain the need for early prenatal care.
14. To understand the changes which occur in the developing baby and mother during pregnancy.
15. To recognize signs, symptoms, and ways of preventing sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS.
16. To discuss advantages and disadvantages of making decisions based on considerations of the pros and cons of an issue.
Curriculum:
Chapter 1: Healthy Decisions/What is Health
Unit 1 Mental and Emotional Health
Unit 2 Social Health
Unit 3 Nutrition
Unit 4 Physical Fitness (Anatomy and Personal Care)
Unit 5 Substance Abuse
Unit 6 Human Development
Unit 7 Disease Prevention
Unit 8 Community Health and Safety

Evaluation:
Points will be earned through exams, assignments, potential projects, quizzes, participation and citizenship. Grades will be
determined by total points.
Assessment and evaluation of student achievement/Grading
90%-100% = A
80%- 89% = B 70%- 79% = C 60%- 69% = D
Below 60% = F
Quarter 3: 45% of overall grade
Quarter 4: 45% of overall grade
Semester Exam (Final Exam): 10% [Final Exam Will Be Cumulative]

Grades reflect choices students make for participating in class and completing assignments. Points are earned for each
assignment. Progress reports and the final grade are based on the percentage of total points earned of the total possible up
to that date. Using the following school tenets as categories:
Content Knowledge 45%
Problem Solving 10%
Collaboration 10%
Technology 15%
Presentation 5%
Written Communication 10%
**Student Ethics 5%
(Student Ethics is not a school tenet, please see the scale for explanation)

Student Ethics
Tardy: ECTA/CCSD Progressive Discipline (see planner and classroom bulletin board [red])
Gum: 3= Counselor Referral
Off-Task: ECTA/CCSD Progressive Discipline
Citizenship
Category

Engagement

Preparation

Behavior

Outstanding (O)

Satisfactory (S)

Consistently involved
in class activities;
contributes to overall
learning process;
collaborates with
others and/or the
teacher.
Consistently prepared
with materials; work is
on time and may go
beyond expectations.

Engages in class
activities, but may
have to be
encouraged; works
with others or groups,
but may not initiate
collaboration.
Student has materials
and submits work in a
timely fashion and as
expected.

Consistently
respectful of both
classmates and adults;
Takes responsibility
for individual actions;
Consistently complies
with school and
classroom rules.

Respectful to both
peers and adults.
Occasionally accepts
personal
responsibility. Mostly
complies with school
and classroom rules.

Needs Improvement
(N)
Does not engage in
class activities; rarely
demonstrates initiative
and may occasionally
disengage from class.

Student may have had

multiple instances of
being unprepared, late
work, or not completed
as requested.
Disruptive to others.
Argumentative and
defensive when
disciplined. Disregard
for school or class
rules.

Unsatisfactory (U)
Consistently uninvolved
in class activities.
Adamant refusal to
work.

Consistently unprepared
for class. Does not
submit work on time or
at all.
Consistent disrespect to
classmates or adults.
Regularly disruptive to
learning process and
violation of school or
class rules.

Missed Work
ABSENCE FROM CLASS DOES NOT EXCUSE YOU FROM HOMEWORK OR CLASS ASSIGNMENTS. It is YOUR
responsibility to ask for work you miss. To find out missed assignments, e-mail me at jdkey@interact.ccsd.net, see me
between 6:15 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. or between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (NOT between classes!) As per CCSD, upon your return
you have 3 school days to make up missed assignments or they turn into Failed assignments.
All written assignments must be legible in order to receive a passing assignment grade.
Quizzes may be given daily over homework assignments and/or class notes or activities. (Prepare Daily)

Assignments:
Homework is due the following class after it is assigned, unless specified by the teacher.
Extra Credit not offered.
[Any and all incomplete projects and assignments turned in will be subject to points being subtracted from the overall
allowable points!]
East Tech Progressive Discipline Plan
When students engage in inappropriate behaviors, they will be dealt with fairly and consistently using progressive
discipline. For minor classroom disruptions, teachers will follow the East Tech Progressive Discipline Plan:
First Offense: Verbal Warning
Second Offense: Parent Contact (Phone Call or Letter Sent Home)
Third Offense: Counselor Referral
Fourth Offense (and Subsequent Offenses): Dean Referral
Furthermore, teachers can issue classroom disciplinary consequences (detention, for example) at their own discretion.
Students who repeatedly cause classroom disruptions or who commit serious behavior infractions, depending on the
severity of the behavior and frequency of occurrences, will be disciplined through the Deans Office.

Classroom Behavior:
1. Come to class with all materials: notebook paper, pens (dark blue and black ink only), highlighter and pencils.
2. Arrive to class on time. Both feet must be in the room when the bell rings or the student(s) is considered tardy.
3. Class is dismissed by the teacher. When the bell rings, students are to stay seated until the teacher dismisses the
class.
4. The five minute passing time between classes is the time to get a drink and use the restroom. Ask for permission to
do so during class only in an emergency.
5. Be respectful of the questions and comments of others.
6. When visitors attend class, you are to focus and not become disruptive in any way.
7. No GUM, FOOD, or DRINKS are allowed in class, except water.
8. Please turn off cell phones while in class; if heard, they will be confiscated and turned in to the Deans Office for
retrieval by parents.
9. All school property, including the equipment in the classroom, is to be treated with the best of care: no graffiti,
carving, permanent markings, gum, destruction of property, etc.

Academic Behavior
There is a clear expectation that all students will perform academic tasks with honor and integrity. The learning process
requires students to think, process, organize and create their own ideas. Throughout this process, students gain knowledge,
self-respect, and ownership in the work that they do. Cheating and plagiarism violate the fundamental learning process and
compromise personal integrity and ones honor. Students demonstrate academic honesty and integrity by not cheating,
plagiarizing, or using information unethically in any way.
What is cheating?
Cheating or academic dishonesty can take many forms, but always involves the improper taking of information from and/or
giving of information to another student, individual, or other source. Examples of cheating can include, but are not limited
to:
Taking or copying answers on an examination or any other assignment from another student or other source
Giving answers on an examination or any other assignment to another student
Copying assignments that are turned in as original work (this includes submitting the same assignment to two separate
teachers without prior permission)
Collaborating on exams, assignments, papers, and/or projects without specific teacher permission
Allowing others to do the research or writing for an assigned paper
Using unauthorized electronic devices
Falsifying data or lab results, including changing grades electronically

What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is a common form of cheating or academic dishonesty in the school setting. It is representing another persons
works or ideas as your own without giving credit to the proper source and submitting it for any purpose. Examples of
plagiarism can include, but are not limited to:
Submitting someone elses work, such as published sources in part or whole, as your own without giving credit to the
source
Turning in purchased papers or papers from the Internet written by someone else
Representing another persons artistic or scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer programs,
photographs, drawings, or paintings as your own
Helping others plagiarize by giving them your work
Students must produce work that is theirs alone, recognizing the importance of thinking for themselves and learning
independently, when that is the nature of the assignment.