


Your youngster might be exposed to a variety of health themes in school: nutrition, disease prevention, physical growth and development, reproduction, mental health, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, consumer health, and safety (crossing streets, riding bikes, first aid, the Heimlich maneuver). The middle years of childhood are extremely sensitive times for a number of health issues, especially when it comes to adopting health behavior that can have lifelong consequences. Starting in kindergarten and continuing through high school, it provides an introduction to the human body and to factors that prevent illness and promote or damage health. A comprehensive health education program is an important part of the curriculum in most school districts. Many parents are keenly interested in the basic academic education of their youngsters-reading, writing, and arithmetic-but are not nearly as conscientious in finding out about the other learning that goes on in the classroom.
