Students in grades 5 through 9 will participate in Family Life classes. We have endeavored to make this an age-appropriate instructional program following Tennessee's standards. The Guidance Counselors, Wellness teachers, Loudon County Health Department, Street Hope of Tennessee, and Child Advocacy Center teach Family Life classes. All students will participate in these classes unless a parent/guardian requests in writing to exempt his/her son/daughter. 

CURRICULUM

5^th Grade

• How unhealthy food choices contribute to the development of chronic diseases
• Pros and cons of drinking various types of beverages
• Implement a wellness routine
• Identify resources and facilities in the community that promote healthy living. 
• Identify positive and negative stress.
• Identify questions to ask during the process of making a choice
• Understand that cultural differences exist and influence emotions
• How to properly care for an individual whose bodily fluids could contain blood-borne pathogens 
• Puberty 
• Hygiene
• Viruses and bacteria
• Social Media
• Bullying
• Sun Exposure
• Drugs and Alcohol
• First Aid Techniques 
• Emergency safety preparation
• Body Systems

6^th Grade

• Life Goals, Decision Making, Abstinence
• High Rish Behaviors
• Emotional consequences
• What are STIs?
• Reproductive systems review and quiz
• Human Trafficking

7^th Grade

• Healthy Relationships
• Abstinence Review
• Common STI’s
• Unhealthy Relationships
• Teen Parenting
• Reproductive system review
• Human Trafficking

8^th Grade

• Respect and abuse in relationships
• Communication skills
• Why abstinence?
• Family life Activity
• STI’s
• Human Trafficking

9^th Grade

• Biology review, personal values, review of abstinence, opinion essays
• Drug/Alcohol Use
• Mental Health
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity and Fitness
• Disease
• First Aid
• Legal Matters
• Social Media
• Relationships
• Gender roles
• STIs 
• Human Trafficking 

Curriculum Resources:

• McGraw Hill
• Visualz
• EverFi
• Health Connect
• Kid’s Central TN
• Prevention Alliance of Loudon County