Health & Wellness

Fitness, Health, and Wellness Overview:

The MCCPS Fitness, Health, and Wellness curriculum is a collaborative joint effort to infuse healthy habits and skills into every lesson and student encounter by the FHW teaching team. This team consists of Physical Educator and Coach Tyler Kelleher, Nurse John Purdy, Guidance Counselor Sarah Biltcliffe and School Psychologist Melissa DeLeo. Traditional physical education classes are supplemented with targeted presentations about timely health topics including illness prevention, safety, social emotional development, stress reducing techniques, maintaining healthy relationships, and accessing valid health information.

Health Education:

Specific grade levels will engage in lessons during Fitness class on the following units:

• Mental and emotional health (Mindfulness resources)
• • Talking about your feelings
  • Worry Less in 3 Steps
  • 5 Facts About Goal Setting
• Healthy relationship skills (ACT at Home)
  • Understanding Other People
  • Assertiveness
• Violence prevention and conflict resolution
  • 5 Ways to (Respectfully) Disagree
  • Dealing with Bullying
• Nutrition (Remote learning Nutrition resources)
  • KidsHealth Nutrition and Fitness Center
  • TeensHealth Nutrition and Fitness Center
• Tobacco, alcohol, and drug awareness (Substance Awareness resources)
  • Vaping: What You Need to Know
  • Alcohol
  • Prescription Drug Abuse
• Growth and Development (using the 3Rs curriculum)
• Personal safety and first aid
  • KidsHealth Stay Safe Center
  • Online Safety
  • Sleep Hygiene
• Diseases and the immune system
  • Immunity and Germs
  • The Immune System
  • How the Immune System Works Video