Teaching Health at AMS

This is the second year that we are offering health education to seventh graders. This addition to our school's curriculum is a result of the California Healthy Youth Act, which Governor Jerry Brown signed in October 2015. This Act requires that students receive comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education from a credentialed health teacher once in grades 7 or 8 and again in high school. The Comprehensive Sexual Health unit will be guided by several state laws (Education Code 51930-51939). All content will be delivered in an unbiased way that is inclusive of a range of sexual orientations, genders, family structures, and personal beliefs. This content will be delivered to students through wheel and music electives at intervals across the school year.