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Health Education

Health Education

Health Education provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to maintain health and wellness throughout their lifetime. The intent of a comprehensive health education program is to motivate students to improve their health, prevent disease and avoid or reduce health related risk behaviors. All teaching and learning is focused on student achievement of learning standards (National and New York State). Healthy and literate youth have the ability to maintain and enhance personal health and fitness, create safe environments, and manage personal and community resources. Health education provides real life learning experiences with personal applications of scientifically research-based health knowledge and skills in relevant situations. Health Education creates opportunities and experiences that engage and challenge young people to assess, explore, and question their health, while personalizing, adapting and evaluating their learning.

Matthew Calarco

Director of Physical Ed., Health, Athletics, Drivers Ed. & Recreation

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    HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH
    Erin Dolan
    Lisa Nowakoski
    Jennifer Scott

    MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH
    Anthony Tussie
    Elizabeth Hoover
    Marta Giovagnoni

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    Middle School Health

    Mrs. Marta Giovagnoni
    Monday 2:25-3:05

    Mrs. Elizabeth Hoover
    Tuesday 6:50-7:30

    Mr.Anthony Tussie
    Wednesday 7:00-7:30

    High School Health

    Mrs. Erin Dolan
    Tuesday/Thursday 2:25- 3:05 Rm. 123

    Mrs. Lisa Nowakoski
    Thursday 2:30-3:00 Rm. 123

  • "Healthy Links”

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    Click on these links for Information:
    American Red Cross
    Gatorade Sports Science Institute
    Sport Fuel

    American Cancer Society (ACS)
    American Diabetes Association (ADA)
    American Dietetic Association (ADA)
    Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
    Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

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    More Healthy Links

    KidsHealth - An excellent site with information written just for kids. Includes explanations about the body, nutrition, fitness and more.

    The Innerbody - Online anatomy lessons containing more than 100 illustrations of the human body. Have your kids try the interactive portion of the site.

    Neuroscience for Kids - This is a terrific site for you and your students to learn about the nervous system. Includes experiments, activities and a free newsletter.

    Tobacco-Free Kids - Find out why smoking is bad for your health. Get the facts, check out special events and visit the kids corner.

    National Institutes of Health (NIH) - This useful site belongs to the National Institute of Health, which is one of the world's foremost biomedical research centers and the Federal focal point for biomedical research in the U.S. It also contains sites to numerous other medically helpful sites and includes job listings, as well.

    American Heart Association - Site of the American Heart Association, which presents a wide range of guidance about lowering your risk of heart disease and other medical links. 

    Arthritis Foundation - Home to the Arthritis Foundation, which publicizes data on arthritis and advocates research into its treatment 

    National Library of Medicine - Affiliated with Medline and the Natl. Institute of Health's Library of Medicine. Contains more than 9 million references to medical journals and includes links to information about HIV/AIDS, environmental health, and telemedicine video demos.

    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Site of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism with numerous links to publications on same.

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Home of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which details studies on obesity, nutrition and disease, energy metabolism, vitamins and minerals.

    Vegan Outreach - Site of Vegan Outreach, an international organization dedicated to furthering vegetarian living and an improved environment.

    HerbalGram or American Botanical Council - Site sponsored by the American Botanical Council, a nonprofit organization educating the public about beneficial herbs and plants and promoting the safe and effective use of medicinal plants. (Wholeheartedly recommend!)

    CDC Travelers' Health - Run by the Centers for Disease Control offering health info about travel destinations across the glove; recommends various vaccinations for travel to areas susceptible to specific tropical diseases..

    WebMD - A press-credentialed medical news organization whose goal is to "be the world's premiere authoritative daily news source for health and medicine." Site includes a prescription drug and herb database, a medical encyclopedia, Health-E-Meter, physician locator, resource center and sports and fitness information. Definitely worth a visit!

    The Center for Science in the Public Interest, with input from experts and parents, has developed two new resources with healthy snack ideas for parents, teachers, afterschool programs, and other caregivers.

    View this site: Center for Science in the Public Interest