Delaware Township School

Health Curriculum Philosophy

April, 2008

The Delaware Township School district believes that the practice of healthful living will positively affect students in all areas of learning and life. The purpose of our curriculum is to provide students with increasingly sophisticated information regarding physical growth, personal health, disease prevention, safety and family living that correlates with the New Jersey Core Content Curriculum Standards. Our comprehensive, sequential curriculum is based on research and incorporates current best practices. The instructional units and techniques are developmentally appropriate, differentiated where needed, and integrated with other curricular areas. It is designed to assist students in making positive decisions that improve overall health (physical, mental, emotional and social), prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors. It promotes critical independent thinking skills within a holistic framework to enable our students to make value-based decisions.