By providing students with detailed information and exploring current social issues, this course helps students develop and discover their personal values while navigating a healthy transition to adulthood. Through guest speakers, videos, individual exercises, and role plays, students become more knowledgeable about community resources and are better able to make educated and responsible choices for the future. Students earn high school credit for Family Health.

The Life Skills/Health class is focused on teaching adolescents about themselves and how they learn, think, process, recharge, focus, and what makes them feel emotionally, socially, and physically more confident in their daily lives. The goal is to create lifelong, passionate learners, strong and clear communicators, and more inspired young adults who will be able to advocate for themselves throughout the rest of their schooling and beyond.

The Life Skills/Health seminar continues from topics covered in sixth grade and addresses the emotional, social, and physical needs of the adolescent at this age. We explore a variety of topics such as learning styles, motivational types, financial basics, the brain and neurology of learning, nutrition, health, puberty, digital literacy, cyber bullying, media safety, creating healthy boundaries, communication skills, cultural awareness, diversity, and much more throughout the year.  Students’ interests and needs will steer the direction of the class at times as we focus on what may be relevant in their lives as they move through the year.