FAIRFIELD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 2012 SUMMER SCHOOL HEALTH OPTION
For FCA Students in grades 9-12 during the 2012-2013 School Year
HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH COURSE OVERVIEW
High School Health is an on-line program through Switched-On Ignitia program offering student access at any time of the day. Successful completion of the course with a minimum grade of 65% will result in .50 credit for health. This grade will be entered on the student’s transcript as a summer term course.
High School Health is a health science elective course that introduces students to what good health is, why good health is important, and what students should do in order to achieve good health.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to do the following:
- Demonstrate an awareness of health as it applies to their own bodies, minds, and emotions.
- Demonstrate an awareness of health as it applies to their living environments.
- Identify the components of a healthy lifestyle and set reasonable goals to achieve a lifestyle of wellness.
- Understand that incorporating sound health practices creates a lifestyle of moderation and wellness.
- Understand the responsibility of properly stewarding the bodies God has given them as directed in the Bible.
- Describe health as it applies to broader society, the world, and their own responsibility to stimulate good health around them.
Unit Overview
Unit 1: Body Essentials - This unit introduces the different systems in the human body, showing how the body develops.
Unit 2: Physical Health - This unit demonstrates to students how they may develop good practices as they promote proper physical health.
Unit 3: Social and Mental Health - This unit teaches how to establish strong social and mental health though true health wisdom.
Unit 4: Preventive Healthcare and First Aid - This unit focuses instruction on safety, emergency care, and disease prevention.
Unit 5: Responsible Living - Lastly, this unit discusses how students may apply the principles of good stewardship, covering topics like pollution, drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
Additional Resources - Included at the end of the last unit is a lesson on sexually transmitted diseases, thoughtfully and discerningly presented by a Christian physician.
Grading: Lessons and quizzes, within each unit, require a 100% completion before the student can move on to the next assignment. All units have a final test that must be completed at FCA. Those monitored tests must be arranged through the instructor.
Lessons – 20%; Quizzes – 20%; Projects – 10%; Unit Test - 50%
Orientation—Prior to the end of the school year during school.
Mrs. Kris Brake will be the supervising instructor for this course during the 2012 Summer Term.
Program must be completed by Friday, August 3, 2012.
Cost $140.00 - REGISTRATION DEADLINE is Monday, May 14, 2012.
Register for course based on the grade the student WILL BE entering Fall 2012.
Payment must be received at FCA by June 1st.
Mail form to the attention of: Fairfield Christian Academy Summer Program, 1965 N. Columbus Street, Lancaster, Ohio 43130 OR you may bring the form directly to the High School Office.
Course Cancellation: In the event of course cancellation, you will be notified and a full refund of fees will be issued.
REFUND POLICY: A $10.00 fee will be charged for all cancellations. (Does not apply in the case of a course cancellation.) No refunds will be issued unless withdrawal is made 2 weeks prior to start of course.
SUMMER PROGRAM REGISTRATION
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